# I ate a maggot burger for supper.  How was your dinner?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-maggot-burger-for-supper-how-was-your-dinner/258393 "2004-08-05T02:39:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-maggot-burger-for-supper-how-was-your-dinner/258393/41 "2004-08-06T02:01:29Z")

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> [@Cowgirl Jules](#):
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> If you’re around a bunch of people who chew Copenhagen, you should learn to keep _very_ careful track of your own beer can.
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> That’s all I’m saying, lest I hurl on my keyboard.

So that’s what the song’s talking about…

“Co-penhagen What a wad of flavor!”

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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-maggot-burger-for-supper-how-was-your-dinner/258393/42 "2004-08-06T05:10:23Z")

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I don’t know if this counts, but…I found a tentacle in my french fries, once. (The tip of one, at least) I’m guessing it was Squid, but I can’t say for sure. It was at a nice Italian chain restaraunt in San Francisco, and apparently they used some of the same equipment to fry Calamari that they used for the fries.

I’m not sure this counts, because: A) I didn’t find it disgusting, and B) I found the tentacle before I actually ate it…and I ate it anyway, of my own freewill.

However, by the light of the rest of this thread, I see I’ve been lucky. In fact, any last lingering doubts about food irradiation and chemical additives have now been scoured from my mind.

> [@lieu](#):
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> [YS]
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> In Russia, maggots eat you!
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> [/YS]

I don’t know why, I’ll have you know that this left me in stitches. ::“Muttley” snicker::

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-maggot-burger-for-supper-how-was-your-dinner/258393/43 "2004-08-06T07:03:21Z")

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> [@honeydewgrrl](#):
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> How cool would it be to explore yet another facet of this thread…and be graced with the post of someone who has been [recently medically treated with maggots](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/02/health/main633556.shtml), or who has performed such treatment or, possesses some sort of intimate knowledge about?

Well I did watch the worm and fly episodes of Human Wildlife. I’ve almost fully recovered and I don’t really want to talk about it.

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**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-maggot-burger-for-supper-how-was-your-dinner/258393/44 "2004-08-06T11:47:25Z")

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I’d just like you all to know that halfway through this thread I got up and cleaned out my food cupboard.

So… thanks.

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