02 Sep 22
@divegeester saidNo, Butchers' from all over the world compete. I think this link is streaming live. At present the apprentices and rookies are up.
Is it like the “World Series”, where the USA are the only team in it?
@the-gravedigger saidNo, in fact vegans don't eat figs because the fruit is wasps that get trapped inside the immature fruit and digested by the tree
Do vegans eat insects?
03 Sep 22
@gambrel saidWrong, I fear: vegans shouldn't eat figs because it implies eating an insect; but vegans are, every single one of them, hypocrites, and will gladly eat figs and pretend that the fig wasp's death was intentionally self-inflicted and therefore "doesn't count".
No, in fact vegans don't eat figs because the fruit is wasps that get trapped inside the immature fruit and digested by the tree
@shallow-blue saidOkay
Wrong, I fear: vegans shouldn't eat figs because it implies eating an insect; but vegans are, every single one of them, hypocrites, and will gladly eat figs and pretend that the fig wasp's death was intentionally self-inflicted and therefore "doesn't count".
*backs away from screen, goes back to "another chess site"*
@gambrel saidI hope nobody loses a finger!
No, Butchers' from all over the world compete. I think this link is streaming live. At present the apprentices and rookies are up.
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@gambrel said<Ed McMahon>I did not know that.</>
No, in fact vegans don't eat figs because the fruit is wasps that get trapped inside the immature fruit and digested by the tree
I had heard that the purple color in some Turkish Delight comes from crushed bugs.
06 Sep 22
@divegeester saidFair, but did your inner demons make you post that?
Is it like the “World Series”, where the USA are the only team in it?