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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Wingnut on May 20, 2017, 02:08:38 am

Title: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: Wingnut on May 20, 2017, 02:08:38 am

Who new?
 :beer:


But, the rumors are true: There might be small amounts of beaver butt goo in some of our favorite gummy candies, ice creams, sodas and baked goods. Don't worry though, it's safe.

For the past 80 years, we've been using the "brown slime" emitted from beavers as a way to add vanilla, strawberry and raspberry flavors to some of our favorite foods.

How exactly does this work? Beavers emit the chemical compound castoreum from their castor sacs. The sacs are located under the animal's tail and are secreted when they seek to communicate or mark their territory.

And because of this location, "castoreum is often a combination of castor gland secretions, anal gland secretions, and urine." National Geographic describes it as a "musky, vanilla scent", making the secretions a go-to for some food scientists and even perfume manufacturers.

https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2017/05/15/beaver-butt-vanilla-castoreum/22087699/

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: geronl on May 20, 2017, 02:11:43 am

um... yummy? lol

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: Wingnut on May 20, 2017, 02:13:56 am

Walk This Way.

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: GrouchoTex on May 20, 2017, 02:41:08 am

Eating Beaver is good for you


I
Can't....
I
Just
Can't....
 :nono:

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: anubias on May 20, 2017, 02:56:16 am

Sent the link including wing's title to Hubby dearest.  Watched for his reaction as he loves raspberry topping and Castoreum is one of the main ingredients according to the video.  He went from twinkling eyes to near gakking in a few seconds.  LOL  Thanks for the link @Wingnut ;)

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: INVAR on May 20, 2017, 03:06:10 am

Someone has to:

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PACTQutbow4/hqdefault.jpg)

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: GrouchoTex on May 20, 2017, 03:12:51 am

It is just too easy...

I feels like a trap
A tender trap,perhaps, but a trap nonetheless.

Too easy to go full force locker room humor here.

Must
Resist
the
urge!
 :nometalk:

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: Cripplecreek on May 20, 2017, 03:19:26 am

Try the porcupine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: rodamala on May 20, 2017, 04:10:23 am

Quote from: INVAR on May 20, 2017, 03:06:10 am

Someone has to:

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PACTQutbow4/hqdefault.jpg)

@INVAR

(http://s12.postimg.org/tek2smgtp/xj_HUme_N.gif)

Title: Re: Eating Beaver is good for you.
Post by: Gefn on May 20, 2017, 08:51:09 am

Heck, even Kurt Vonnegut had a chapter in one of his books about this double entrendre.

(At 5 am I can't recall which book it was).