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@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?
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@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.