Any Idea What You're eating?

[Old Moparz]

Got the link to this story from someone, but decided to share it here so everyone can enjoy their next meal. 

http://money.aol.com/bw/general/canvas3/_a/whats-in-my-food/20060808141909990001

Food coloring ain't no big deal, they make it from bugs. At least it isn't chemicals anymore. 

Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word.

When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.




YUM!!!

[Orange_Crush]

Considering some of the stuff I've had my mouth on, a crushed bug is no big deal.

Salmon...the other pink meat.

[bluesfool]

yep...no big deal. You know we all swallow insects in our sleep, right?

[Charger_Fan]

Geez, I'm getting hungry & it's not even lunch time yet.

[Blown70]

I grew up on a dairy farm.  Let me tell you this bugs are the least of the worst that was in my mouth or covered in  YUCK

[Rocky]

That is too gross.  Guess I'll just stick to eating Jello

[Orange_Crush]

If you saw where Jello came from, you wouldn't eat it either.

[bull]

  No biggie. I eat sushi and that's pretty gross if you think about it. I eat a couple pink-colored yogurts a week and I haven't died yet.

[Chargen69]

If you saw where Jello came from, you wouldn't eat it either.

[Johnny SixPack]

Kielbasa (or any sausage for that matter) anyone?

[Old Moparz]

Kielbasa (or any sausage for that matter) anyone?

[Johnny SixPack]

This guy has an idea. 

[Old Moparz]

This guy has an idea. 

LOL, Yeah, I think you might be right.

Maybe he saw Charlton Heston in Soylent Green? 

[Lowprofile]

Yummie.

[andy74]

B.F.D, so whats a little bugs? i watched my nephew gobble a earth worm,now that was freaking gross

[bull]

B.F.D, so whats a little bugs? i watched my nephew gobble a earth worm,now that was freaking gross

Yea, but he liked it. He was probably just trying to get to the dirt inside.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

yep...no big deal. You know we all swallow insects in our sleep, right?

I just found out a while ago that this is an urban legend - specifically created by a sociologist who wanted to learn how urban legends spread.  He made up a story about how the average person swallows x number of spiders in his sleep and it's become a part of the cultural encyclopedia.  Talk about unintended consequences...

[TruckDriver]

If you saw where Jello came from, you wouldn't eat it either.

Horse hoofes isn't it?

[Rocky]

No it comes from the hooves and hides of cows.  No cameras are allowed in gelatin factories.

[Dennis K]

I thought all these "food activists" would be happy that we're eating bugs. After all, they want to ban the use of insecticides and herbicides and make all our food organic, which means full of bugs, mold, rot, disease, etc.