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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 days agoHoney? Bee vomit. Syrup? Tree blood. Hotdogs? You don’t even wanna know. We’ll turn literal cat shit into expensive coffee.
minus-squarefinallymadeanaccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoRed food colouring or cosmetics? It’s called Carmine, and is made from dissolved insects.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI was thinking of shellac. Comes from beetles. It’s also used in edible waxes, like what apples are coated in, IIRC.
Honey? Bee vomit.
Syrup? Tree blood.
Hotdogs? You don’t even wanna know.
We’ll turn literal cat shit into expensive coffee.
what’s this about coffee??
Red food colouring or cosmetics? It’s called Carmine, and is made from dissolved insects.
I was thinking of shellac. Comes from beetles. It’s also used in edible waxes, like what apples are coated in, IIRC.