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[–] 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Kind of arbitrarily stupid lol.

Only 10 insect species are approved as food ingredients in South Korea, including grasshoppers, mealworms and silkworm pupae.

Other places allow ants as an ingredient, just not South Korea, while they allow other insects to be used as food.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    tests that found heavy metals above permitted levels in the ants.

    That seems like the bigger issue tbh

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The most direct way to antagonize food inspectors.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Is "ant farmer for Michelin star restaurants" a job that is hiring? It seems like it might actually be pretty fun?

    They estimated the dessert was served to 12,274 customers, using 49,096 ants, for total revenue of about 120m won.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    So you only get 4 ants with your dessert? What a fucking ripoff

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I've done a hatred meal that had two dishes with ants.

    One was a lamington that had some sort of black ants.

    Another dish was a dessert with green ants. They tasted like fizzy lime, and there were heaps of them on both dishes.

    I've also seen a green ant gin here for sale also.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Ants are used as an ingredient in the US and Europe

    What do you people use ants in?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Aussie Bush tucker uses them for tea (Green ants) They have a citrus flavour

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Painful little shits, accidentally walked through their nestsin the bush growing up in Darwin. Felt good to bite them their bums off for some revenge

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