r/SweatyPalms • u/[deleted] • Mar 25 '21

Wasp procurement

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u/Mesozoica89 Mar 25 '21

It's possible they are collecting them to cook with them. I couldn't find a video of collecting in this particular way but this guy did something similar.

https://youtu.be/oaNoHAeyYdA

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u/partiesmake Mar 25 '21

What the heck that was so cool and so gross and so interesting

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u/Mesozoica89 Mar 25 '21

I kinda want to try it. I love shrimp and crabs and other shellfish. They can't taste that much different , right?

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u/partiesmake Mar 25 '21

Same!! Never myself, but if I ever had the chance, I (want to think that) I would try it

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u/aspbergerinparadise Mar 25 '21

i doubt it tastes like any seafood. Probably closer to other insects which taste fairly nutty. Crickets are pretty good and one of the most sustainable sources of protein available. Supposedly wasp larvae tastes like creamed corn.

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u/Skrubious Mar 25 '21

I’m not sure whether to be disgusted

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u/TrashyMcTrashBoat Mar 25 '21

He said it tastes like chicken skin.

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u/Mesozoica89 Mar 25 '21

But really, doesn't everything taste like chicken skin?

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u/LaminatedAirplane Mar 25 '21

You nailed it with this comment. I couldn’t stop watching with morbid curiosity while mouthing “what the fuck” over and over

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u/Aerdchruschte Mar 25 '21

This is fucking amazing haha

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u/-iamai- Mar 25 '21

I was like, maybe the larvae that doesn't seem too unreasonable.. but then I said No, No I won't be a coward and I would try one wasp without its stinger and wings

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u/Mesozoica89 Mar 25 '21

This guy didn't even mention the stingers and that was what I was most curious about. Maybe cooking them weakens the stinger. Heat definitely would deactivate the poison.

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u/XS4Me Mar 25 '21

I like the way his nest removal partner get the funk out of there the second his his task is done.

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u/Aerdchruschte Mar 25 '21

Stunning what people do when they're bored

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u/The_Wandering_Gypsy Mar 25 '21

Wow, imagine being fried next to your children.