Disgusting

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

And for the record, any amount of anything you put in your mouth will have really gross things in it. Microscopic pieces of feces, human flesh, blood, urine, etc...

It is part of life, and if you choose to ignore it, well... ignorance is bliss, right?

Read Fast Food Nation... It's a fascinating read!!!

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Thanks Heather! I'm never going to eat again. This beef jerky I have here at my desk is useless now.

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

Thanks Heather! I'm never going to eat again. This beef jerky I have here at my desk is useless now.

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Hey, any time :) From a scientist to you!! ;)

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

And you miss the point entirely.

Nevermind.

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How did I miss the point I understand what your saying 100%. I just find that its cruel to drown a snake in an alcoholic beverage. I completely understand the use of venom as medication. I just think it should be done in a more humane way (extracting the venom and just putting it in the drink). By no means am I saying that using snake venom is disgusting. Because snake venom and vodka has to be a great mix as pat said;) And I'm not joking.

The show on Travel channel with Andrew Zimmerman.... the dishes that man has tried. Wow. They had a drink with a pickeled gecko in it....braver then I could be.

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Originally Posted by pythontricker

How did I miss the point I understand what your saying 100%. I just find that its cruel to drown a snake in an alcoholic beverage. I completely understand the use of venom as medication. I just think it should be done in a more humane way (extracting the venom and just putting it in the drink). By no means am I saying that using snake venom is disgusting. Because snake venom and vodka has to be a great mix as pat said;) And I'm not joking.

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Who said it was drowned? They are killed before placed in the alcohol from what I understand. I think you are assuming a bit too much about the way things are done.

I know how it is done in China, and they dispatch of the snake before putting it into the alcohol....

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

And for the record, any amount of anything you put in your mouth will have really gross things in it. Microscopic pieces of feces, human flesh, blood, urine, etc...

It is part of life, and if you choose to ignore it, well... ignorance is bliss, right?

Read Fast Food Nation... It's a fascinating read!!!

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Pssh I just watched that movies about 2 weeks ago. Very good movie and probably an equally good book. Who needs reading?:rofl::gj:

While it is not appealing to ME (snails and frog legs are not either and I am French :rolleyes:), it does not offend me!

What is disgusting for one might not be for another, different cultures have different sensibilities and ways to do things.

Some animals are sacred in some part of the world while in other cultures they end-up on the dinner table.

I think it is important to be open and understand other cultures without judging because they do thing a little differently, if the animal was raised for that purpose and euthanized humanely who are we to judge.

I ate farm raised alligator before, is it disgusting? I guess so to some people somewhere!

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I ate farm raised alligator before, is it disgusting? I guess so to some people somewhere!

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MWAHAHAHAHA...

Something I am dying to try. Really.

Florida, here we come!!

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

MWAHAHAHAHA...
Something I am dying to try. Really.
Florida, here we come!!

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It was in a cajun restaurant and I could not believe how good it was, you got to try it! :gj:

My only thought is that it was bottled by peyote pete, or something like that, and he doesn't sound very asian to me or part of that culture and he didn't have a liquor license...
Cultural diversity and acceptance (or at least tolerance) is very important to me. But someone doing something without the ritual and culture behind it seems like a fake action and born with opportunistic and capitalistic ideology.
My two cents.....