On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:20:38 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> wrote:
>On Dec 2, 12:16*pm, Welsh Dog > wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:36:36 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>> >On Dec 2, 4:23*am, Welsh Dog > wrote:

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>> >> Luckily nobody has come down with food poisoning... yet... but we're
>> >> waiting for feedback from the parents just in case!!!
>> >Likely, nobody will get sick - other cultures eat those weird critters
>> >all the time, to say nothing of that Bizarre Foods guy (Zimmer).

>> True... but they don't usually eat them alive do they?? Not to mention
>> the dirt etc that was in the bottom... and what was left in there from
>> the last time it was used?? It was just gross!

>> >Next time, tell them that you want to inspect the empty container
>> >before they fill it with ice.

>> Somehow I don't think we'll be going back!

>Well, actually, lots of cultures do eat live critters, both land-based
>and oceanic. Not me, though ;-)

Ewww gross!!

A Japanese guy I knew used to tell me he ate live fish but I never saw
him do it... nor did I want to. I've eaten live mealworms myself...
they have a flavour very much like walnuts.

Might make a new thread on that!

>You're right about the dirt, etc. - but I bet nobody really got sick,
>did they? All the artificial chemicals in the syrup probably killed
>off any bacteria.

rofl...

Nobody has rung in sick no...

Welshdog
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