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In reply to the discussion: So how about those groceries, Motherfucker? [View all]Hellbound Hellhound
(298 posts)35. 99% of what we eat has had parasites, fungus or sickness of some kind or another.
Never quite understood the squeamishness. If you've eaten fish, you've eaten parasites, dead or alive. Eat pork? Parasites. Beef? Twelve sorts of flu! Carrots? Hope you like fungus. Potato? Enjoy every pathogen under the sun! Rice? Enjoy the molds.
But now that chickens get sick, people lose their goddam minds.
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Here's an NPR link to explain the difference. It has to do with their lifecycles.
IronLionZion
Feb 11
#22
99% of what we eat has had parasites, fungus or sickness of some kind or another.
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#35
Here in Upstate NY, eggs are sitting at 2.99 a dozen, less at indie farm stores.
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#4
To be fair, that's LI. New York City may as well be a different country, mate. :P n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#8
Eh, y'all are cityfolk to us Upstaters. :P Anything south of Albany is NYC.
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#12
It's all good, you get the governing power and control of the state, we get the cheap goods.
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#15
If we gotta drive four hours for Broadway, you can drive four hours for Asparagus. XD n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#17
I shop around, but even in Wal Mart Eggs are sitting at 3 bucks here.
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#19
Who in their goddamn right mind pays 3 dollars for a single fruit? (Unless it's a watermelon) n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#14
No kidding. For a stupid fruit that tastes like the backside of a [REDACTED].
Hellbound Hellhound
Feb 11
#34