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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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Apparently some folks are hopping made over this.
1 posted on 06/08/2011 3:28:49 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior
I love chipolines.

San Francisco is a sanctuary city, but they have a phobia about Oaxacan food? Losers.

2 posted on 06/08/2011 3:32:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GSWarrior

As a teenager, my Sister used to eat chocolate covered ants. Gross! Most exciting thing she’s done in 63 years!


3 posted on 06/08/2011 3:34:18 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: GSWarrior

I do not eat insects. Thank you.


4 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.)
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To: GSWarrior

I have heard many times that fried grasshoppers are very tasty

With a nutty flavor

Someone let me know, OK?


5 posted on 06/08/2011 3:35:54 PM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Mr. K

Not me.


6 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.)
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To: GSWarrior

Am I the only one who read this and thought of the ice cream flavor?


7 posted on 06/08/2011 3:37:08 PM PDT by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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Whats with all the insect entrees?

Cicada ice cream sales come to end in Missouri


8 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)
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To: GSWarrior

Some of those San Francisco people will put anything in to their mouths. Yuck.


9 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.)
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To: LukeL

Am I the only one who read this and thought of the ice cream flavor?

I was thinking of the drink...


10 posted on 06/08/2011 3:38:56 PM PDT by Dacula (Just say no to Vidalia onions)
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To: GSWarrior

Some of those San Francisco people will put anything in to their mouths. Yuck.


11 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.)
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Whats with all the insect entrees?

Cicada ice cream sales come to end in Missouri


12 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)
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“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...


13 posted on 06/08/2011 3:46:58 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (PAVE THE PLANET!!)
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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

14 posted on 06/08/2011 3:51:30 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: GSWarrior
Why? were they circumcised?
15 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)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Oy. I had a friend that worked for the FDA as an inspector. I know about that.


16 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.)
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SF won't let restaurant owner sell grasshopper tacos

Why not? If the grasshopper can pay for the tacos, why should he be refused service?

17 posted on 06/08/2011 4:01:58 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

I bet he got a Obamacare waiver though.


18 posted on 06/08/2011 4:04:51 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: GSWarrior

maybe they should just stick to weiners


19 posted on 06/08/2011 4:05:05 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: GreenHornet

I like it!


20 posted on 06/08/2011 4:08:15 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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