Overheard on the General Topics Boards

Published on Wednesday, May 5, 2010, by Sarah Perry / Edit Post

"Actually, May's sompopo queen ants could be considered the 'Mayan caviar' since the part removed from them is loaded with ant eggs. In other words, the belly bottom of the sompopo queen ant is the equivalent of the roe of fish." – rworange

"Key is to buy SMALL strawberries that look ugly. More often than not producers have been trying to find the holy grail of 'beauty queen' strawberries—so much the better for dipping in chocolate and charging a premium, but so much the worse on the palate." – ipsedixit, on finding tasty strawberries

"I'm not yet fluent in Spanish and I found I have great success with info about fish varieties by pointing to it and asking 'Tilapia?' If they put one-inch smelt on my dish, I still ask the same thing." – rworange

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