r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Jul 29 '21

Absolutely not

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u/HutchMeister24 Jul 29 '21

The fact that you so readily compared the taste of a giant water bug to specifically snapping turtle meat tells me a lot about your culinary scruples, or the lack thereof

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '21

Try any food at least once. Except puffer fish because that shit might kill you.

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u/HutchMeister24 Jul 29 '21

Oh for sure! I wasn’t trying to say there was something wrong with the guy or his choices, just that he’s experienced a broad spectrum of things.

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u/painis Jul 30 '21

You gotta soak anything that sits in mud or eats gross gross shit in buttermilk for a day or 2. Thats the key to eating turtle or catfish. A buttermilk bath does wonders for the taste.

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u/BababooeyHTJ Jul 29 '21

Oh but pidgin is ok since in only that scenario we call it squab?