I ate one spider, and almost ate another!
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
July 27, 2017 7:24am CST
While happily eating blue berries I had picked the day before, I got one with an incredibly sour, slightly acrid taste to it when I was chewing. I knew then that I probably ate a bug. So at that time, I took the berries and washed them in a bowl, and up pops a spider! So yeah, it was likely that I ate its friend spider as well. After all, bugs and spiders taste different!
When was the last time you ate a spider and were aware of it?
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
27 Jul 17
The other day I as taking the pits out of cherries and there was a was a live worm so I wondered how many insects we eat over time and didn't know. Anyway I hear they are nutritious
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
If you look at the FDA's rules regarding flour and grains, there is an allowance of bug parts and even rat droppings (which I found to be worse than the bugs) as a small percentile in the products. Sometimes you'll see off-colored specks in bleached flour, and I used to think that was just husks of grains, but it's likely to be bug parts.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 Aug 17
@Freelanzer I'm sorry. I was thinking originally that I was better off not knowing, but these days I'm kind of glad I do know.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
5 Aug 17
@OneOfMany I will never look at flour and grains the same way again.
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@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
4 Aug 17
@OneOfMany Well, either way, I would be freaking out. I am no fan of bugs.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
5 Aug 17
@inertia4 After watching the Lion King when I was little, I got curious about the grubs they were chowing down, but then again, I would never see raw meat as food either, so I realized that I wouldn't enjoy it.
I ate a cricket's head once... it was nasty.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
Fortunately, it was very small. Still didn't taste so great.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
It's better not knowing about it, if you have or not.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
5 Aug 17
@HazySue Denial is a powerful tool that protects our sanity!
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
4 Aug 17
@OneOfMany I think you are right. It would gross me out.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
6 Aug 17
When you are a child, everything is more appetizing. :P
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@YrNemo (20255)
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6 Aug 17
@OneOfMany 
You could be right... ignorance is bliss! (I have searched for that same beetle which my childhood friends considered as the best roast to them, but so far, I only remember vaguely its size - but in a child's mind, size is different too 
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You could be right... ignorance is bliss! (I have searched for that same beetle which my childhood friends considered as the best roast to them, but so far, I only remember vaguely its size - but in a child's mind, size is different too .)
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
I wouldn't be a super hero. I would be a super villain, because they have more fun! :)
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
5 Aug 17
@dollaboy And unlike most villains that never wear a mask, I would completely conceal my true identity.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
I've probably eaten a bunch from grazing on berries. I wouldn't doubt it, at least. Usually bugs taste different.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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28 Jul 17
Never. Eugh!
Isn't spider a delicacy in some countries? I'm sure I saw on a documentary that some tribes in South American countries enjoy nibbling on tarantula.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
There are a lot of places that eat them, to be honest. I saw deep fried tarantulas once on some site.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
Nope, it's been over a week and I can't stick to walls yet. :P
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
4 Aug 17
Well, it certainly wasn't intentional! :D
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