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[–] 46 points 4 weeks ago* (2 children)

how did they grab the roach titties

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  • [–] 73 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

    I didn't know cockroaches were mammals. Everyday is a new lesson on Lemmy.

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  • [–] 44 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

    Close, you actually blend them up and strain out the liquid.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 weeks ago

    From what I remember, the original study was indeed about cockroach "milk", from a species that births live babies and feeds them a slurry of crystals and proteins. That slurry is the stuff that is technically more "nutritious"

    I don't think anyone is actually trying to get humans to consume the stuff. There are a lot of mammals that produce milk that is more nutrient dense than cow milk, it's just not as easy to collect it + theres little reason to do so

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  • [–] 31 points 4 weeks ago

    It was the next obvious place.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 weeks ago

    "Regrettably, it's true, standards have fallen..." - Jackie Treehorn

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  • [–] 19 points 4 weeks ago* (4 children)

    They have to kill the mothers. It's nowhere near a practical food. One estimate suggested you'd need around a thousand roaches to get about 100 grams of crystals. The more realistic idea scientists floated was sequencing the genes behind the protein and producing it with yeast. 😬

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  • [–] [S] 18 points 4 weeks ago

    #milkmaxxing

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Does this mean we're going to start breeding cockroaches for breast size?

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  • [–] 15 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    I'll just drink four times as much milk.

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    [–] 14 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Don't tell this to RFK Jr.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Too late, he's balls deep already.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 weeks ago* (2 children)

    Okay so... One species of cockroach DOES produce "milk" but its the Pacific beetle cockroach (Diploptera punctata)

    They secrete the "milk" into the brood sack (uterus-like pouch housing embryos).

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Roaches have nipples? Greg, I'm talking to you.

    How do you milk them?

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

    why bother when oat milk is best milk anyways

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Peamilk is better imo but nobody stocks it. I imagine something that sounds like "pee milk" is hard to market though to be fair.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    Can you cook with oat milk like you can regular milk? Like sub it in for sauces, or gravies, or whatever?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    By itself, it's not noticeably different than water. The flavor is subtle enough that anything will overpower it. It lacks (but not entirely) viscosity.

    Coconut milk makes a superior gravy texture as long as the gravy is strong enough to hide the coconut. You can make sawmill gravy out of coconut, but you'll need to add garlic, salt and pepper to hide the coconut.

    None of the _____ milks properly work with eggs.

    Cashew milk has a great mouthfeel but separates when heated.

    All that said:

    The plant-based heavy whipping cream you can get from MOM's Organic Market will absolutely work in sauces, gravies and even whipped cream. but it's full of stabilizers to make it happen (which i'm find with personally)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    it’s not noticeably different than water.

    That's kind of what I was thinking. I've only had it a couple times though. Real milk thickens up and absorbs the flavors of the other ingredients when it's heated. Didn't seem like that would work well with the nut milks but I haven't tried it so I asked. Others have said it works fine though so idk... maybe I'll just get some and see what happens.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    My wife has a late-in-life diagnosed cow's milk allergy. I've been experimenting with alternatives for 18 years.

    There are often a small handful of substitutes that work for specific dishes. A vegan place near me makes absolutely banging DF mac and Cheese, Daiya flavored cheesecakes are 70% of what a real cheesecake is. None of the substitutes are catch all, most aren't even catch-multi.

    Country Crock (or many other brands) DF whipping cream is the closest sub I can find for things, but you have to be careful, it has a subtle sweetness in it that messes with things you don't want sweet.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    The scientists that tested it can have it all for themselves, I'll even give them a free pass to lord it over us cow milk drinking peons.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    (Who remembers that banger)

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    I'm stick to oat thanks. You keep that.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    Imagine wrangling 2k+ cockroaches for 1 glass of milk a week 😂. Hopefully there are no accidents...

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Imagine how many cock roaches you need to milk to fill a glass

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago

    Lister should be grateful for the dog's milk in hindsight.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Made using the same method as almond milk? Patent pending, of course.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Cockroaches are mammals???

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I think they mean roach milk the same way almond milk is meant

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago*

    Ewe Boll presents ... Titty Roach

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago
    1. milk the roaches.
    2. roast the roaches.
    3. Grind the roaches.
    4. Drip them...

    Delicious, low impact, home made drink!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    No bugger'll drink it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah, how about no

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    For roaches, sure

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    This is my last resort

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I believe this is Cockroach Janta Party (a satirical political party in india) propaganda.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    Pasteurised or unpasteurised?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    We're gonna need some bigger roaches! Yum yum!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    Inb4 nausea

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I don't care if it comes with a blowjob from Brett Buttler, I aint putting cockroach ANYTHING in my mouth.

    disgusting little sewer dwelling vermin.

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