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President's Choice brand 😳.. This is cochineal..

submitted by kammmmak to whatever 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 12:56:23 ago (+17/-4)     (files.catbox.moe)

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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 18 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 13:11:37 ago (+18/-0)

That is not cochineal. Those are Armadillidiidae, which are known to every kid in the US as a pill bug, a roly poly, or a sow bug.

This is cochineal, which is an insect that was used in Mexico for centuries for its red coloration.

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/santafenewmexican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/36/e3623ee1-6acb-5b77-949d-e6822379e331/5554feed6a2cb.image.jpg

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 8 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 13:34:41 ago (+8/-0)

In a way, buying cochineal products is helping the remaining farmers (usually family-based) keep the tradition alive, and if it helps them stay in their own countries, all the better.

[ - ] prominent_proboscis 6 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 20:09:37 ago (+6/-0)

if not mistaken, cochineal was popular as a natural red dye and food coloring until rockefeller monopolized the market with the cancerous petroleum product red-40.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 3 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 16:37:50 ago (+3/-0)

Is red. Go figure.

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 17:54:52 ago (+2/-0)

Some go so far as to call them "doodlebugs".

I think that might be a Brooklyn thing.

[ - ] Shotinthedark 3 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 18:02:04 ago (+3/-0)

Doodle bugs are ant lions. At least that's what my father called them

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 18:31:05 ago (+2/-0)

That's what I thought my grandfather said as well, but ma-in-law and her daughter call them doodlebugs. Daffy blondes!

[ - ] Ragnar 1 point 10 monthsJul 24, 2023 00:31:54 ago (+1/-0)

You love them

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 10 monthsJul 24, 2023 00:57:31 ago (+1/-0)

CARNALLY!

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 7 monthsOct 22, 2023 23:16:50 ago (+0/-0)

Are you an entomologist by chance?

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 6 monthsOct 23, 2023 09:45:30 ago (+1/-0)

Actually, bugs creep me out, although when I was a kid, I did like roly-polies. I looked that up just for the purpose. Other than that, I'm more of a blowhard and a know-it-all windbag.

[ - ] Metanoid 7 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 13:51:00 ago (+7/-0)

I seem to remember cochineal is used as a non toxic red food coloring, but I might be wrong. In my memory it is derived from an insect.

Looked it up, and memory is correct. From wiki

The cochineal (/ˌkɒtʃɪˈniːl, ˈkɒtʃɪniːl/ KOTCH-ih-NEEL, -⁠neel, US also /ˌkoʊtʃɪˈniːl, ˈkoʊtʃɪniːl/ KOH-chih-; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America (Mexico and the Southwest United States), this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients.


Apparently the alternative red food dye caused cancer, so I've always given this one a pass.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 4 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 14:24:43 ago (+4/-0)

I think this has been used in food for awhile. Like centuries.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 16:39:10 ago (+1/-0)

I look at it like humans don't eat insects as a prferential food sourcr, but we do get them in our food. Always have.

[ - ] deleted 4 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 14:09:39 ago (+4/-0)

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[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 2 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 16:37:18 ago (+2/-0)

What is this butter chicken stuff?

[ - ] Ragnar 1 point 10 monthsJul 24, 2023 00:34:22 ago (+1/-0)

Street shitting food

[ - ] deleted 2 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 15:40:44 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 2 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 14:15:41 ago (+2/-0)

Better than red# 666?

[ - ] Ragnar 1 point 10 monthsJul 24, 2023 00:32:21 ago (+1/-0)

Pajeet food is the most vile anyway

[ - ] purityspiral 1 point 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 16:04:25 ago (+1/-0)

in Texas we call em "rollee-pollees"

[ - ] coldsoak 0 points 10 monthsJul 23, 2023 18:07:07 ago (+0/-0)

Found Carmine listed as an ingredient in some grapefruit juice I bought years ago. You mean it had nothing to do with the character in Laverne & Shirley???