Additional fun fact: The coagulant used in tofu making can be a wide variety of things, but primarily gypsum (calcium sulfate). Which is used in drywall. So if you find yourself on a desert island with soybeans and drywall and not much else, you could make tofu.

My money's on the insectivorians- once they kill enough vegans, they can eat the bugs that come out to feed on them. Even if the vegans kill all the insect...whatevers, they're still stuck and unable to eat anything, so they starve.

Maaaan, now I'm hungry for mapo tofu. And a nice bowl of syrupy dou hua for dessert. TOFU 4EVA

oh my WORD those are glorious. Did you paint them yourself, or where did you get them? They are PERFECT.

I already loved this and then you had to drop in the carcasses. ILU.

When can I expect lard replicas of cauliflower to be hitting the shelves?

Also, I feel like the Midwest has had a lock on the whole "everything is meat" game for a while, so it's nice to see other areas getting in on the action.

You and Mr. Trout would probably not want to go to Cambodia, then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_spi…

A lot of bugs aren't even that bad-tasting when they're still bugs, and not processed to extract all the protein and none of the bugginess. Hot silkworms are actually pretty nice- creamy and nutty. Cold silkworms on the other hand, are the devil's own dingleberries.

Bee vacuums! How is that not full of wonder in itself? A beekeeper waving a massive vacuum wand in the air, sucking bees into a jar?

Fair! The stereotype exists because those people exist, of course. I just think there's fewer of them out there than it would have us believe. But hey, at least the Americans are just being loud and obnoxious. The only things they wreck there are their own (questionable) dignity and the American reputation.

2 points: 1) People shouldn't say that term period. It doesn't matter if it's being said to someone of that ethnicity or not. It's a slur, full stop, the end. Don't pull out that fucking "It doesn't even make sense" bull shit.

What's hilarious about that particular trope is that for the large part, it's no longer true. Enough Americans are mortified by it that they try to be extra-awesome when traveling. The new "OH GOD NOT THESE GUYS" are apparently the British and the Chinese.

Agreed. Or it might be time for another "awesome customer" week if you can scrape up enough positive stories.

Why is it always the churchy people? (See: story about the breadsticks, others from BCO) Jesus ain't gonna tip for your uncharitable asses!

All right. Enjoy your Jack London-esque existence without any human interaction! Let me know how that goes after the first month or so!

I kind of want "Undisputed King of the Dickwalruses" as a sticker on one of those old-style tattoo banners so I can go around giving them out to deserving -people- penile pinnipeds.

...How much you wanna bet that the shitstorm never actually materializes because we're all too busy popping popcorn? Someone's gotta start the craystorm rolling, after all!

<popcorn.gif> Oh boy, this is gonna be good.

Dude, cracker crust is totally a thing. As long as the cheese and sauce is correct, it's pizza.

Why the hell are you ordering garbage chain pizza, anyway? If you live in a major metropolitan area, there should be at least non-chain pizza that can scratch that "shitty pizza" itch!