I don't suppose they'd be better fried?

[zacheese]

My mom occasionally drags me to the chinese herbalist for a checkup, and I usually come home with a bag of dried vegetation to boil down and drink. Nasty tasting, but what can you do

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[just_keep_on]

EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW DDXXXXXXXX

*cringes and flails and bleaches eyes*

I hate bugs Q_____Q

... Did you really have to drink that o_o???

[zacheese]

A bowlful, yes. :( I just noticed the roaches are hollow, though, so at least bug guts are off the menu. Yay?

[jailbaitjello]

.... Did you really drink that?

I mean as long as it's herbs and stuff, I'll bite the bullet and down that shit too, but I draw the line at certain kinds of animals...

[zacheese]

I would probably have refused, but I'd already gone through 3 packets of the stuff before I realized what was inside.

I will say this is the nastiest mix I've ever had though. Just smelling it makes me gag.

[windstar127]

well, i'm glad i didn't have breakfast before this...

at least you have plenty of asian cred now?

[zacheese]

Ugh...I could do without, really.

[econn]

Cicada exoskeletons! We used to play with them as kids during the summer (and try to creep out the more squeamish kids by sticking them on their clothes), but I can't imagine EATING them! Ew.

[zacheese]

Oh hey! Not roaches, then? (I feel marginally better.)

No eating. Just drinking. Cicada shell essence. :3

[econn]

Yeah, cicadas shed them when they grow, so they're at least probably cruelty-free. I can't imagine what medical benefit they'd have, since they're pretty much just chitin, but IANAD. ^^;

[zacheese]

Greater than the sum of its parts, is what I'm hoping for. :) He did manage to fix me up when my regular doctor couldn't, so I'm on board. Hopefully it won't get any weirder than cicada shells, though.