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There,s an old joke – and by OLD we mean it was probably invented by the Aztecs – that goes something like this:
Q. What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? A. Finding half a worm.
It’s OK. You can stop pretending to laugh. We kNoW it’s totally pants. And anyway, there are lOtS of
things worse than finding a worm in your apple. Being eaten by a hippopotamus, for instance. That’s worse. Or accidentally sitting on a wasps’ nest just after spilling a bucket of sTrAwBeRrY JaM all over yourself. Give us the worm any day!
However, it IS true that finding creepy-crawlies, wriggly-jigglies and stingy-thingies in food is NoT a pleasant experience at all. But if you’ve ever come across a beetle in your burger or a spider in your spaghetti and you think YoU’vE GoT iT BaD, GeT rEaL!
If you were an Aztec kid, you were fed beasties oN PuRpOsE! Because nutritious meat wasn’t all that abundant and was considered a luxury for most folk, poor people supplemented their mainly vegetarian diet with . . . other stuff.
We’re talking slugs, tadpoles, flies and MaGgOtS, people.
Yes please. And can I have a Slug Shake with that?
Just a portion of flies for me.
Would you like to supersize your Maggot Meal?
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