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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Never got a soapy taste from cilantro, but as a kid, a suicidal stink bug landed on a PB&J I was eating.

At first I was pissed off at my brother, cuz that bastard put cilantro on a fucking PB&J!!! I spit the bite out. Wad of partially chewed sandwich, mixed with insect legs and broken shell lands on my plate: no cilantro. Brother is now looking up at me with a genuine expression of concern: not a prank.

Lesson 1: look before you bite.

Lesson 2: Stink bugs taste exactly like cilantro.

Lesson 3: ...cilantro tastes exactly like stink bugs.

The tiniest little flek of that shit can ruin an otherwise delicious bite of food.

[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 4 points 1 year ago

@Sterile_Technique @PunnyName in some dystopian future where cilantro has gone extinct, stinkbugs get crushed up and dyed green as fake cilantro powder, much like horseradish pretends to be wasabi...... What a dark place that must be

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The only difference would be a bit of crunch :P

[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Sterile_Technique more protein! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wait until you hear about red food colouring

[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Infernal_pizza !?! What about red food coloring? Is it made from bugs too???

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] musicmind333@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@Infernal_pizza ๐Ÿ˜ณ #TIL bugs called cochineal are almost 1/4 carminic acid! The main component used in red dye. That's nuts!

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