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So, what is it?
paper wasps are a popular food?
Nope. :)
then what is the popular food on the picture?
Fried chicken obviously.
It’s a Fig, before being Newtoned.
Bro we eat literal corpses this ain’t nothing
Who’s we
Like 93% of humans…
Damn that’s crazy
Anyway
Honey?
this is what one of the most popular foods look like before harvest
And what food would that be?
It’s a joke.
Not a very good one
You still learned about paper and fig wasps. :)
ಠ_ಠ
:)
As someone who grows figs in their living room:
Most commercial (and even hobbyist) fig varieties are parthenocarpic, meaning they don’t require pollination.
And fig wasps don’t look like that. They’re tiny little guys that most people would probably mistake for a very small ant.
And even if the fig was pollinated by a wasp, it uses enzymes to break down the insects body, to protect itself from mold and other pathenogens that such may cause.
Basically; fig waps are itsy bitsy wittle wupies, while figs are digesting their dead mothers corpses, because they are metal as fuuuuuck.
Not a fig wasp. In fact, the article for Apoica Pallens doesn’t mention figs even once. It says that they’re used in folk medecine in Brazil, but that’s far from it being a popular food…
That’s the joke, hence the title. ;)
The journey to the center is pretty intense. She loses her wings on the way in and dies after laying her eggs.
iirc, the figs sold commercially were selectively bred to self pollinate. I think the FDA or USDA would have a major problem with dead animals in fruit, even if they’re supposed to be there naturally.
You can think that, except If you want to think that, I wouldn’t look up the allowable amounts of insect parts or other stuff in what you eat.
But here’s the handbook straight from the fda if you want to anyhow. https://www.fda.gov/food/current-good-manufacturing-practices-cgmps-food-and-dietary-supplements/food-defect-levels-handbook
I remember this form a high school science class. There was a girl in my class who was absolutely disgusted and mortified with the idea that grasshopper parts could be in bread. Maybe I’m wrong, but I reckon there’s probably a difference between cooked prepackaged foods and fresh raw foods.
The idea of bug parts in food doesn’t bother me much. Just a little protein. When I was a teenager during harvest, I’d climb on the trucks and stick a handful of wheat germ in my mouth when we were finished harvesting a field. I love the flavor and texture of wheat germ. Naturally, my favorite breakfast cereal is bran flakes.
Side note: if you do this, make sure they’re golden brown, not pink. The pink ones are covered in poison.
“Most popular”
If you go back far enough, all food was poop at some point. And will be again, that’s the beauty of it.:-)
The circle of pooooop!
Pro-Tip: don’t Google that phrase (learn from my mistake yo!:-)
This graphic is wrong corn doesn’t turn into poop.
Thank you for your service!
Poopuna poopata!!
