I live in a fishing town, and I used to love crab, until I was adult and it was my turn to prep them. The first time I turned a crab over and saw the bottom, where all its freaky little legs connect, I had a real “oh god this is either a bug or a space alien” moment. I can’t stand crab anymore, just the thought of it makes me feel nauseated. Lobster too. Somehow shrimps are okay, though.
Bro… Shrimp are bait. How can you be grossed out by crab and then pinch a shrimp in half XD? I myself like all the water bugs… But land bugs are still gross.
I can see it, I grew up fishing for both too and shrimp are so easy and casual to twist and shuck off the shell and chow down, while crabs are all armored up and feel a lot more like eating an alien being.
A tasty alien being, though.
No land bugs for me either, they’re just full of goo inside. I like my animals full of meat, personally.
It’s gross sure but i never understood how that would make someone stop eating it. For me no matter how gross something is the taste is the only thing that matters.
Other examples, rabbit’s brain, black pudding, or in general how we kill most animals to make steak… It’s always creepy, gross or a bit disturbing, but it never changed my taste for it.
I live in a fishing town, and I used to love crab, until I was adult and it was my turn to prep them. The first time I turned a crab over and saw the bottom, where all its freaky little legs connect, I had a real “oh god this is either a bug or a space alien” moment. I can’t stand crab anymore, just the thought of it makes me feel nauseated. Lobster too. Somehow shrimps are okay, though.
Bro… Shrimp are bait. How can you be grossed out by crab and then pinch a shrimp in half XD? I myself like all the water bugs… But land bugs are still gross.
Land bugs mostly have pretty blend or bad taste, regardless of their looks anyway. In Asia they often add spices to make them taste something.
It’s a bit like snails too, it’s not that tasty itself, the only reason it’s good is because it tastes like the butter and garlic we put in.
And for both it’s mostly the texture that’s off putting. Some people can grow used to the texture though.
I can see it, I grew up fishing for both too and shrimp are so easy and casual to twist and shuck off the shell and chow down, while crabs are all armored up and feel a lot more like eating an alien being.
A tasty alien being, though.
No land bugs for me either, they’re just full of goo inside. I like my animals full of meat, personally.
It’s gross sure but i never understood how that would make someone stop eating it. For me no matter how gross something is the taste is the only thing that matters.
Other examples, rabbit’s brain, black pudding, or in general how we kill most animals to make steak… It’s always creepy, gross or a bit disturbing, but it never changed my taste for it.