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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 12:57:28 GMT -5
A cup of straws next to the ill equipped cooler might remind you next time:).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:08:40 GMT -5
I have picked up can of Coca Cola and guzzled a yellow jacket and it stung me on the throat more than once. Also drank fire ants the same way. No allergies so it was just painful. Drink diet soda while you are out. No sugar, no bugs. I have never had a problem but a friend's son did the same thing as you. Jim
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 20, 2013 14:52:24 GMT -5
Micheal Special Ya' know James,now days,I probably would or will try that sandwich,but when its on rotted meat,No way-LOL.. I've eaten some weird stuff from my old Army days and drinking days... I'm game for most anything....LMAO-Been poisoned three times from food!One was really bad!!!!!!!!!!!Once in the Army and twice as a civilian.. I see the State Fairs have these wacko foods,maggots,grasshoppers(tried),ants(tried),Worms(tried live and dried)and other weird goodies... My cousin Bob,was Marine Recon in VietNam,boy did he eat some discusting crap and on purpose!Did the same thing when he got out too.......
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 15:02:43 GMT -5
You know... I was wondering whether maggots were good protein.... I know in African nations they eat these big bugs that look just like maggots but much larger as a food. I'll bet that in the US, the maggots are full of pesticides? But then, the only place they could get full of pesticides would be the food they were eating. What a thought!!
That said, those aren't maggots on the burgers, I think they're meal worms (fishing worms), maggots are much grosser looking and much smaller...
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2013 15:11:51 GMT -5
I worked as butcher as a kid. Many a times found maggots in the Winn Dixie meat grinder. Gross is one thing; gross sold to the public is yet another. Sorry to say, but bad stuff goes on in food industry.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2013 15:13:57 GMT -5
I have picked up can of Coca Cola and guzzled a yellow jacket and it stung me on the throat more than once. Also drank fire ants the same way. No allergies so it was just painful. Drink diet soda while you are out. No sugar, no bugs. I have never had a problem but a friend's son did the same thing as you. Jim You are very right Jim. I changed to diet about 5 years ago. Allergic folks would not do well w/a sting in the throat. Cause a closed up throat is the killer.
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 15:14:24 GMT -5
I worked as butcher as a kid. Many a times found maggots in the Winn Dixie meat grinder. Gross is one thing; gross sold to the public is yet another. Sorry to say, but bad stuff goes on in food industry. That doesn't surprise me in the least. That's why I want to see NO cutting of the USDA/FDA budget. We need more inspectors, not less. Yuck.
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Post by sheltie on Aug 20, 2013 15:14:47 GMT -5
Every time someone mentions gross food I have to remember back 40 years ago when I was in the Army in Japan. As you may know, food from the Far East is FAR different from ours and can be very colorful. It took me a few months to become completely acclimated to food from that region but when I did, I loved it and ate everything.
As you know, most Americans eat with their eyes. If they don't think it will look good, then it won't taste good. I had a friend, fairly new in country, join me at a golf tournament in northern Japan and we stayed at an inn where there was nothing but Japanese food. Of course by then I was very familiar with it and asked him if he wanted this or if he wanted to go out to eat Western food. He decided to brave it and have what I ordered. We were sitting on the balcony of our room, sipping some sake, when the order arrived. The waiter set it on a table in the room - there were a number of different plates and types of food - and left the room. When my friend and I came back into the room to eat, he took one look, asked me if this was what we were going to eat. I said yes and he immediately ran to the bathroom and threw up! I've never laughed so much in my life. It took him a few months but he became acclimated as I and he later enjoyed it as much as I did.
Incidentally, within two weeks of returning home to the states, after almost seven years in the Far East, I too began to eat with my eyes again. I spent over 15 years overseas total and in every place I went, I always took me a few months to get used to the food.
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 15:15:33 GMT -5
Drink diet soda while you are out. No sugar, no bugs. I have never had a problem but a friend's son did the same thing as you. Jim You are very right Jim. I changed to diet about 5 years ago. Allergic folks would not do well w/a sting in the throat. Cause a closed up throat is the killer. Diet soda is worse for you over the long haul than a sting in the throat I think. Terrible stuff... if the bugs won't even drink it, what's that tell you?
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 15:40:47 GMT -5
Every time someone mentions gross food I have to remember back 40 years ago when I was in the Army in Japan. As you may know, food from the Far East is FAR different from ours and can be very colorful. It took me a few months to become completely acclimated to food from that region but when I did, I loved it and ate everything. As you know, most Americans eat with their eyes. If they don't think it will look good, then it won't taste good. I had a friend, fairly new in country, join me at a golf tournament in northern Japan and we stayed at an inn where there was nothing but Japanese food. Of course by then I was very familiar with it and asked him if he wanted this or if he wanted to go out to eat Western food. He decided to brave it and have what I ordered. We were sitting on the balcony of our room, sipping some sake, when the order arrived. The waiter set it on a table in the room - there were a number of different plates and types of food - and left the room. When my friend and I came back into the room to eat, he took one look, asked me if this was what we were going to eat. I said yes and he immediately ran to the bathroom and threw up! I've never laughed so much in my life. It took him a few months but he became acclimated as I and he later enjoyed it as much as I did. Incidentally, within two weeks of returning home to the states, after almost seven years in the Far East, I too began to eat with my eyes again. I spent over 15 years overseas total and in every place I went, I always took me a few months to get used to the food. Well, I'll try almost anything ONCE. Except eyeballs. I cannot eat eyeballs. OMG. Let me add bugs and seahorses. When I was younger, I probably would have tried bugs, scorpions, grasshoppers, ants, worms (cooked ethnically). But not anymore. No eating bugs. Seahorses... the thought grosses me out.
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Post by sheldon74 on Aug 20, 2013 18:36:14 GMT -5
I'm glad to hear that no one here has had any mcnugget chicken heads or syringes in pop!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:40:26 GMT -5
Every time someone mentions gross food I have to remember back 40 years ago when I was in the Army in Japan. As you may know, food from the Far East is FAR different from ours and can be very colorful. It took me a few months to become completely acclimated to food from that region but when I did, I loved it and ate everything. As you know, most Americans eat with their eyes. If they don't think it will look good, then it won't taste good. I had a friend, fairly new in country, join me at a golf tournament in northern Japan and we stayed at an inn where there was nothing but Japanese food. Of course by then I was very familiar with it and asked him if he wanted this or if he wanted to go out to eat Western food. He decided to brave it and have what I ordered. We were sitting on the balcony of our room, sipping some sake, when the order arrived. The waiter set it on a table in the room - there were a number of different plates and types of food - and left the room. When my friend and I came back into the room to eat, he took one look, asked me if this was what we were going to eat. I said yes and he immediately ran to the bathroom and threw up! I've never laughed so much in my life. It took him a few months but he became acclimated as I and he later enjoyed it as much as I did. Incidentally, within two weeks of returning home to the states, after almost seven years in the Far East, I too began to eat with my eyes again. I spent over 15 years overseas total and in every place I went, I always took me a few months to get used to the food. I ate everything in China right from the start. I just told them not to tell me what was in it. There were a lot of things that I could not tell what it was but I ate it anyway. I am positive I did not eat what I was talking about earlier. It is really hard to get and very expensive. gag gag gag Jim
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 19:56:32 GMT -5
I worked as butcher as a kid. Many a times found maggots in the Winn Dixie meat grinder. Gross is one thing; gross sold to the public is yet another. Sorry to say, but bad stuff goes on in food industry. I was referring to the fact that maggots could grow on the meat cutter at a grocery store... not that you worked at a butcher shop. If you read The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, the book that founded the USDA in the US, the absolutely most grossest thing was what they put in sausages. And I wonder how they make sausages today, since you never see anything about it, and we no longer have as strong a USDA as we used to.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 20:01:48 GMT -5
If you have not read "The Jungle" DO NOT READ IT. It will gross you out and give you nightmares. Maybe even make you sick. Jim
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 20:03:17 GMT -5
Oh it isn't THAT bad Jim:).
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2013 20:13:03 GMT -5
I am aware of that subject. Hell, i loved cutting meat and learned a lot about butchering wild game. And it paid my way thru college.
Most of the time the butcher shop was super clean and we took great pride in the cleanliness. In those days the meat department made more money that the rest of the whole grocery store.
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Post by grizman on Aug 20, 2013 20:22:24 GMT -5
Way back in the 70's sometime, we bought a six pack of orange pop. You know the brand...starts with an "N". We drank a couple, and then pulled one out of the six pack carrier and there was a dead (had to be, huh?) mouse. I took it back to the store where we bought it, and like a dummy, I let them have it back for a new six-pack. In those days the "extra" 5 bottles was more than fair payment for the mouse!! Ever been there?
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Post by helens on Aug 20, 2013 20:23:06 GMT -5
I am aware of that subject. Hell, i loved cutting meat and learned a lot about butchering wild game. And it paid my way thru college. Most of the time the butcher shop was super clean and we took great pride in the cleanliness. In those days the meat department made more money that the rest of the whole grocery store. Well, earlier I said, "That doesn't surprise me.", and I was referring to maggots on the meat machine, not that you worked in a butcher shop:). I try not to take cheap shots, since the good shots are so readily available:). Someone told me that Winn Dixie owned their own cattle ranches or something like that? We only have ONE Winn Dixie left in the area and they are far away.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2013 20:57:28 GMT -5
Yes i have suffered a lot of anguish from your cheap shots and good shots. Psychiatrist has almost got it straightened out. Accupuncture too. But i do love maggots. I named my dog Maggot. She likes her name.. I know you have missed taking all those shots at me. I was just too much for me to handle. Had to hibernate for awhile.
Winn Dixie is where i worked ha
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Post by jamesp on Aug 20, 2013 20:58:34 GMT -5
Nehi soft drink?
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