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Lobsters are closely related to Spiders... yet are considered a delicacy. I even think to my self as I eat lobster, "spider, spider, spider" yet I never get gro

• bch 12y ago
  > ... yet are considered a delicacy. But they haven't _always_ been considered a delicacy: http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-06/heres-how-low-rent-lobster-became-expensive-global-star http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-06/heres-how-low-rent-lob...
• derefr 12y ago
  Lobsters are, once you get inside them, just chunks of very uniform "meat" that has very little trace of where it originated. If we could find two-pound spiders, boil them, and serve their cracked-open legs on a plate, people would probably be just fine with eating those.
  • jpatokal 12y ago
    Calling Phnom Penh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_spider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_spider
    • azinman2 12y ago
      I just threw up a little. That's pretty much my nightmare.
      • Kiro 12y ago
        Really? I think it looks delicious.
  • ilitirit 12y ago
    Depends on the part of the spider. While you may not recognize where the meat comes from, if it's the abdomen of the spider then you probably would not enjoy it at all.