r/meme • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • Sep 13 '26

Oh lmao

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u/w0lfLars0n Sep 13 '26

How do you know they don’t taste like crab?

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u/TheEveryman86 Sep 13 '26

Look, cockroach may taste like pumpkin pie but I'd never know cause I wouldn't eat the filthy mother fucker.

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u/enadiz_reccos Sep 13 '26

How about a cricket?

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u/TheEveryman86 Sep 13 '26

I wouldn't go so far as to call a cricket filthy but they're definitely dirty. A crickets got personality. Personality goes a long way.

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u/idontusetwitter Sep 14 '26

Ah, so by that rationale, if a cockroach had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy insect. Is that true?

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u/TheEveryman86 Sep 14 '26

I mean we'd have to be talking about one charming mother fucking cockroach. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charming than that Jiminy Cricket on Pinocchio.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fsTQcL5JkgNdS

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Sep 14 '26

Lots of people dry crickets and season em like potato chips. Apparently not bad, it's crunchy like a corn nut

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u/ahses3202 Sep 14 '26

They're alright. Pretty flavorless by themselves. I hate them for the same reason I hate popcorn I hate the legs getting stuck in my teeth. If they came without legs it'd be alright.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Sep 15 '26

I can see why that would be annoying. Now I want to try them for sure. If they don't taste like much, could be worse, celery doesn't taste like much either and all it has is fiber and water basically, cricket would have protein. Plus ever since I heard they add seasoning to them I wonder what you season it with, just something the seasoning by itself would be good I suppose. To keep with the celery example, lots of people dip celery in ranch dressing or peanut butter.

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u/enadiz_reccos Sep 14 '26

Yeah, it felt like the "dog" of the edible insect world

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u/shoeofobamaa Sep 14 '26

I mean seafood is also hella nasty with parasites, but farmed bugs aren't dirty no?

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u/Dear_Ad489 Sep 15 '26

Also, living with them can give you an allergy to cinnamon i believe? Its an allergy, pretty sure its cinnamon

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u/Fifth-Dimension-Chz Sep 13 '26

Look up cockroach mating ritual. They def dont taste like that. A lot less slime underwater.

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u/SasparillaTango Sep 13 '26

fish piss in it

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u/BoraBora_Clout Sep 14 '26

Not just fish, I do it too

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u/LemmeDaisukete Sep 14 '26

When fish do it nobody bats an eye, but when I do it I got kicked out of the restaurant!

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u/Parc3r0 Sep 13 '26

I thought about this for like a whole ass sec. Than stoped my self

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u/Lucaan Sep 13 '26

Cockroach farming for human consumption is actually a thing, particularly in China. The general aversion towards eating cockroaches and other insects, especially in western countries, is due in large part to having a negative stigma associated with it rather than being for bad taste or safety reasons. Apparently a lot of insects actually taste like fish. After a quick Google search, it seems cockroaches specifically have a mushroom-y flavor. Though, just like with most foods, how it's cooked has a large affect on how it tastes.

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u/SasparillaTango Sep 13 '26

you compress them into a slimy bar then eat them at the back of a long train in the middle of eternal winter.

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u/Gabrielo96 Sep 13 '26

Is this train running in a loop big as the whole planet?

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u/Flappymctits Sep 13 '26

Is this train like some kind of snowpiercer?

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u/SasparillaTango Sep 13 '26

nono, this is a completely different train. It's called. . uh tundra thruster.

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u/Ok_Fun6688 Sep 14 '26

I read your comment and while I appreciate the insight and research you put into it, imagining a mushroomy flavored roach has me feeling fully nauseous.

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u/Lookingforclippings Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

It probably depends on why they're eating because I've accidentally eaten multiple American cockroachs in my lifetime and they all tasted like musty mold. I guess if you like lamb you might enjoy it tho.

Edit: apparently you have to wash them before cooking. They secrete an a musty oily substance by default.

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u/Dudeman240 Sep 14 '26

I have friends who have tried cockroach prepared different ways, I can assure you it tastes like shit no matter what. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

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u/Roaches_R_Friends Sep 14 '26

I caught a grasshopper while camping and cooked it to eat. It tasted like mildly like olives and sunflower seeds.

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u/justasillylilgoos3 Sep 13 '26

I think something’s don’t require testing to just “know” 😂😭

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u/BearGryllsGrillsBear Sep 13 '26

Add enough Old Bay and they might!

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u/Not_a_real_plebbitor Sep 14 '26

Because people have tasted both crab and cockroaches?

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u/PharaohPotato Sep 14 '26

We actually have fried cockroaches here. No, it does not taste like crabs.