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SF won't let restaurant owner sell grasshopper tacos
ABC Channel 7 / SF ^
 | 6/7/11
 | by Jonathan Bloom
Posted on 06/08/2011 3:28:42 PM PDT by GSWarrior
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco restaurant owner had a hit on his hands until the health department stepped in and said he can no longer sell his special grasshopper tacos or any other insect-inspired entrees. But Harry Persaud and his loyal customers are hoping to change their minds.
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KEYWORDS: disgusting; food; grasshoppers; oaxaca; sanfrancisco
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    Apparently some folks are hopping made over this.
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:28:49 PM PDT
by 
GSWarrior
 
To: GSWarrior
    I love chipolines. 
San Francisco is a sanctuary city, but they have a phobia about Oaxacan food? Losers.
 
To: GSWarrior
    As a teenager, my Sister used to eat chocolate covered ants. Gross! Most exciting thing she’s done in 63 years!
 
To: GSWarrior
    I do not eat insects. Thank you.
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:35:38 PM PDT
by 
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
 
To: GSWarrior
    I have heard many times that fried grasshoppers are very tasty
With a nutty flavor
Someone let me know, OK?
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:35:54 PM PDT
by 
Mr. K
(CAPSLOCK!  -Unleash the fury!     [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
 
To: Mr. K
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:36:49 PM PDT
by 
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
 
To: GSWarrior
    Am I the only one who read this and thought of the ice cream flavor?
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:37:08 PM PDT
by 
LukeL
(Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
 
To: GSWarrior
    Whats with all the insect entrees?
 
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:38:36 PM PDT
by 
jmcenanly
(  "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
 
To: GSWarrior
    Some of those San Francisco people will put anything in to their mouths. Yuck.
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:38:41 PM PDT
by 
Gator113
("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
 
To: LukeL
    Am I the only one who read this and thought of the ice cream flavor?
I was thinking of the drink...
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:38:56 PM PDT
by 
Dacula
(Just say no to Vidalia onions)
 
To: GSWarrior
    Some of those San Francisco people will put anything in to their mouths. Yuck.
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:39:00 PM PDT
by 
Gator113
("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
 
To: GSWarrior
    Whats with all the insect entrees?
 
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:39:00 PM PDT
by 
jmcenanly
(  "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
 
To: Gator113
    “Some of those San Francisco people will put anything in to their mouths. Yuck.”
And yet, God forbid one should want to put imported grasshoppers in one’s mouth...
 
To: trisham
    I do not eat insects.Yes, you do. You just don't know the details, and don't INTEND to eat insects or insect parts.
/johnny
 
To: GSWarrior
    Why? were they circumcised?
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:56:44 PM PDT
by 
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
 
To: JRandomFreeper
    Oy. I had a friend that worked for the FDA as an inspector. I know about that.
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 3:58:31 PM PDT
by 
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
 
To: GSWarrior
    SF won't let restaurant owner sell grasshopper tacosWhy not? If the grasshopper can pay for the tacos, why should he be refused service?
 
To: GreenHornet
    I bet he got a Obamacare waiver though.
 
To: GSWarrior
    maybe they should just stick to weiners
 
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posted on 
06/08/2011 4:05:05 PM PDT
by 
bigbob
 
To: GreenHornet
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