I Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk

[Chesterton]

This time of year when I'm out walking I sometimes pilfer, I mean, pick up a few fallen pecans and take them home and eat them. Occasionally the shell has a crack in it all the way through to the meat inside. I sometimes eat those, but I was thinking I maybe shouldn't because little bugs or bacteria could've gotten in there, but then lots of fruits and vegetables aren't completely sealed in their skin and even if store-bought they've lain around in crates or bags in a warehouse or in a truck or something. Should one eat pecans with cracked shells?

 

[brinny]

LOL!

 

[DaisyDay]

Bugs and bacteria really aren't bad for you, for the most part - it's fungus that you have to watch out for in temperate climates.

Is your nose any good? Mine varies depending on the allergens in season. Anything that smells at all funky should be thrown out as well as anything discolored or moldy.

 

[AV1611VET]

So that's where our pecans are going!

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

I thought this was going to be about the Roadkill Diet...

 

[Chesterton]

Bugs and bacteria really aren't bad for you, for the most part - it's fungus that you have to watch out for in temperate climates.

Is your nose any good? Mine varies depending on the allergens in season. Anything that smells at all funky should be thrown out as well as anything discolored or moldy.

Okay thanks. But I'll send you an angry PM if I get sick.

So that's where our pecans are going!

Well we kind of have unwritten rules around here. The area is lousy with them, and some people use them, some don't.

 

[Moral Orel]

I was walking along the sidewalk one day when I saw, what appeared to be, dog doody on the ground. I went up and sniffed it, and it smelled just like dog doody. When I picked it up it felt just like dog doody, and when I licked it, it tasted just like dog doody too! Good thing I didn't step in it!

 

[AV1611VET]

I was walking along the sidewalk one day when I saw, what appeared to be, dog doody on the ground. I went up and sniffed it, and it smelled just like dog doody. When I picked it up it felt just like dog doody, and when I licked it, it tasted just like dog doody too! Good thing I didn't step in it!

I ... I think I'm gonna ...

 

[juvenissun]

This time of year when I'm out walking I sometimes pilfer, I mean, pick up a few fallen pecans and take them home and eat them. Occasionally the shell has a crack in it all the way through to the meat inside. I sometimes eat those, but I was thinking I maybe shouldn't because little bugs or bacteria could've gotten in there, but then lots of fruits and vegetables aren't completely sealed in their skin and even if store-bought they've lain around in crates or bags in a warehouse or in a truck or something. Should one eat pecans with cracked shells?

The first step of any experiment is always: examine your sample.

 

[Moral Orel]

I ... I think I'm gonna ...

No, no, no... I didn't step in it!

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

Reminds me of Milton Jones - "I like cats - but let me tell you, their eggs aren't as chocolatey as they look..."

 

[timewerx]

It depends on which sidewalks you're picking stuff from....

In third world countries, you could pick nasty stuff like Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, etc.

 

[AV1611VET]

In third world countries, you could pick nasty stuff like Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, etc.

Thanks to Hinduism, which the educated elite here compare to Christianity, many starve to death, while their "sacred cows" roam the streets right in front of them.

They also go down and wash in their sacred river, the Ganges, where cows upstream are urinating.

And thanks to Gandhi, who loves our Jesus, but not His Christians, many wouldn't think of killing an animal of any kind.

Second to Jesus Christ, they need Bob Evans and Colonel Sanders.

Christian organizations send them relief and C.A.R.E. packages, while the educated elite here sit and deride what they (the Christians) believe in.

 

[timewerx]

Thanks to Hinduism, which the educated elite here compare to Christianity, many starve to death, while their "sacred cows" roam the streets right in front of them.

They also go down and wash in their sacred river, the Ganges, where cows upstream are urinating.

And thanks to Gandhi, who loves our Jesus, but not His Christians, many wouldn't think of killing an animal of any kind.

Second to Jesus Christ, they need Bob Evans and Colonel Sanders.

Christian organizations send them relief and C.A.R.E. packages, while the educated elite here sit and deride what they (the Christians) believe in.

That is sadly because of ignorance.

They do it because of ignorance. But they are not entirely to blame, we Christians often take things too far because of ignorance as well.

Humanity is an ignorant species, no matter what creed or color or religion. It is ignorance we are so gullible and easily manipulated. It's a miracle we haven't destroyed ourselves already.

 

[Nithavela]

Germs are not so much of a problem, washing them should take care of that.. But you should propably get informed about parasites in your region. Some animals are infected with worms, and you can get those by eating them.

 

[Nithavela]

Thanks to Hinduism, which the educated elite here compare to Christianity, many starve to death, while their "sacred cows" roam the streets right in front of them.

They also go down and wash in their sacred river, the Ganges, where cows upstream are urinating.

And thanks to Gandhi, who loves our Jesus, but not His Christians, many wouldn't think of killing an animal of any kind.

Second to Jesus Christ, they need Bob Evans and Colonel Sanders.

Christian organizations send them relief and C.A.R.E. packages, while the educated elite here sit and deride what they (the Christians) believe in.

The real thing to help the starving in India would be a better infrastructure. Next to the amount of spoilage due to inefficient transportation, eating all the holy cows would be negligible.

https://www.indiafoodbanking.org/hunger