Banana slug mucus makes your tongue go numb, and they aren't half bad when cooked/cleaned properly! (I went to a living history camp as a kid)
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Mmm now i got rat lungworm ๐
Please do not the slugs.
Parasites! Death!
how else does one become secretary of health tho
Roadkill
You have to be a parasite for that, not have a parasite.
So he's a twofer?
Don't what the slugs?
Eat? Fondle? Give words of encouragement?
Fuck. It's always fuck.
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring...
Banana slug.
I hate you so much.
Did you peel it first?
It's not ripe yet. Sure, the green is gone, but the brown spots haven't started to show up yet.
Gross! Everyone knows bananananananananas are best when there's still a bit of green.
Needs more spiders
Their flavour is probably based on the Gros Michel variety of bananas, which was mostly wiped out by a blight in the 1950s. Most bananas these days are the Cavendish variety, which doesn't taste the same.
Are these the ones that produce epic levels of mucus as defense? I saw a video once of a frog try to eat one of those and it eventually gave up after its mouth was so full of mucus it couldn't swallow
The older, nicer version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbWjJsLymE
The newer, more extreme version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOxP3_HFcM
it was a snake, the slime from the slug clogged the snakes mouth.
What about with rice?
Fiat Slug!
Banana [slug] for scale.
Hrm, but not 1/10? Good to know... ๐
Sludge Life reference
Needs salt