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Funfact you didn't want to know today: Figs are technically not vegan (nor vegetarian) as during the (highly complex) pollination process some fig-wasps have a

by fho 5y ago

Funfact you didn't want to know today: Figs are technically not vegan (nor vegetarian) as during the (highly complex) pollination process some fig-wasps have a wild time in the fruit, where eventually some of the wasps die and get absorbed by the fruit.

phonypc 5y ago
The wasp is completely digested. You're no more eating a wasp when eating a fig, than you are eating grass when eating beef.
- fho 5y ago
  Hmm ... how does that work? We are obviously not eating cow stomach when eating a steak?
  - bumby 5y ago
    Hmmm...I see you've never had menudo or haggis :-) (Yes, I know tripe is not really stomach.)