Did you peel it first?
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Please do not the slugs.
Parasites! Death!
how else does one become secretary of health tho
You have to be a parasite for that, not have a parasite.
So he's a twofer?
Roadkill
Don't what the slugs?
Eat? Fondle? Give words of encouragement?
Fuck. It's always fuck.
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.
What about with rice?
Fiat Slug!
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring...
Banana slug.
I hate you so much.
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
it was a snake, the slime from the slug clogged the snakes mouth.
The older, nicer version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYbWjJsLymE
The newer, more extreme version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COOxP3_HFcM
Hrm, but not 1/10? Good to know... 😋
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.
Mmm now i got rat lungworm 😋
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)
Banana [slug] for scale.