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You cook it...
Yet thousands of people get salmonella every year from under cooked chicken and some die of it. Eating bat is the same, cook it correctly and it's safe.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_as_food
Why not eat something nice and normal instead of a bat though? I mean FFS
Fixed that for you. You know different regions and cultures have different norms for foods, right?
Do they? Most everywhere people eat basically the same shit. Preparation methods vary and there's substitutions historically based on available resources but globalisation has practically obliterated all that.
I'm not a westoid BTW I've traveled a decent amount.
Buffalo sauce is a rare sight in Europe, as is white gravy. Americans consider them an everyday occurrence.
What on earth do you put on your biscuits, if not white gravy?
man what part of america are you in lol. I've never seen either of those as an everyday occurrence, though you will find them if you go to a southern fried chicken joint.
...the south lol
I'm struggling to think of a single component of a hot dog or sausage that isn't "normal" to eat everywhere in the world except for reasons of religion and even then it depends on what meat was used to make it.
I'm curious as to whether this is lack of experience, knowledge or imagination. Maybe all 3.
because you're used to it.
Also, you replied to the wrong person
You're absolutely correct, in fact most food is usually variations on a theme e.g. meat in bread like sandwiches, burgers, burritos, tacos, dumplings... but this isn't a popular opinion unfortunately.
You may be surprised to learn that "normal" changes based on your culture and geographic location.
I've changed geographic location many times, there's a huge difference between pickling vs. breading and eating fucking bats.
Culture is a spook and an excuse for simpletons.
Lol wtf makes a bat not normal?
Do you eat bats often?
have you tried bat?
Could be manna from heaven, for all you know
No? Why would I? Is there anything that makes them as a food source particularly beneficial?
Eating bat vs. eating air seems like a no-brainer in the survival dept.
Now that makes sense. This nonsense about cultures is a crock of shit on the other hand.
Do you ask yourself the same thing when eating any other meat or you just have something against other cultures?
Yes I do, I always wonder how it came to be, and if it's unusual I wonder about why it remains to this day.
Do you not even realise how actually painfully racist it is to imply that their culture is eating known extreme risk factors for horrible diseases? It's like saying having AIDS is queer "culture". It's so fucking patronising.
Guy above gave an actual response. My original comment was just wondering if something happened like extremely bad famine or war that would cause people to take such a risk.
Wait...
You realize that you're the one acting like their culture is weird because they don't act like you do? The only person coming off as racist here is you buddy!
You ever eat a hot dog? Crazy stuff in there just as sketchy as bat.
Maybe in the US? I'm sorry but we still have food regs in europe
I forgive you. 🤗
Unless you don't eat meat you don't have much of a leg to stand on right now
Huh? Meat I eat isn't considered to be a risky source of novel zoonotic coronaviruses
Chicken is safe as long as you cook it properly
Beef is safe as long as you cook it properly
And guess what...
Bat is safe as long as you cook it properly
People get sick and die from under cooking beef and chicken all the time, will you stop eating it because of that?