Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for September 19, 2016

Your roots have settled over time, you’re set in your ways..

Man, Drake, what species are you invading?

Humans are an invasive species.

My Grosh Kevin, I will repay you for the all the pizza I helped myself to. Can you please tell me what you spiked the toppings with? Is this out of one of your Thor books?

Would that be like a New Zealander who is against eating feral cats?

Invasive species are flora and fauna whose introduction into a habitat disrupts the native eco-system. In response, Invasivorism explores the idea of eating invasive species in order to control or reduce their populations. A number of chefs around the world have begun seeking out and using invasive species as cooking ingredients, not just to make a point, but to make a dent in the population. On the other hand, the incorporation of invasive species into our diet could cause eaters to begin farming these pests, exacerbating the problem.

Although it could be argued that humans are the most hostile and disruptive invasive species of all, in Ireland today examples of the ‘most unwanted’ are the brown bullhead catfish, the water fern and the grey squirrel. How would you feel about grey squirrel stew for dinner?-Invasivorism Hits Texas: Eating the Snails That Eat Our Oysters-What’s an invasivore?If you can’t stop it from invading, eat it for dinner.-Invasivores eat invading species of plants and animals. In the Florida Keys, lionfish is being served up by local chefs. This striped invasive predator is taking over parts of the Caribbean and devastating the ecology of the marine system. It’s estimated that a single female lionfish can produce 2 million eggs a year. --It’s not just invasive fish that are being eaten. It’s invasive plants, too. Edible weeds are being hunted and eaten as a way to stop them from invading further.

Invasivores seek the environmental benefits of their eating habits. Like a locavore that chooses locally grown food so that a minimum amount of energy is used to transport it, an invasivore chooses some of his foods to lessen the devastation that invasive species do to the local environment. Both types of eaters are motivated by their environmentalism.

Some take eating invasive species further than just eating things that don’t belong. They are eating animals that are a nuisance on their property — invading their backyards and gardens. Squirrels, rabbits and opossums can be considered fair game, as long as you kill them yourself.-@Happy. Sorry about the rabbit-eating.

I don’t even know how I did that strikethru. It was an accident that I don’t know how to repeat. Where’s the FA commenter whose name starts with an A and always has the answer for computer-related activities?

That looks like Don Draper from “Mad Men”. Are we supposed to eat him?

U R getting right 2 the root of his problem… don’t U just hate that?

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Nighthawks of Cleo and Company over on Sherpa finished the logo for the side of my van.

All you gingers say that.

My favorite part was

Tubers usually should be boiled thoroughly for safety’s sake.Mandrakes scream too much anyway….

Actually, I believe you’re a STARCH.

Maybe we should get to the “root” of the matter.

From Heraldnet.com:David George Gordon, the Seattle author of “The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Slow Lane,” told one common origin story for foreign snails: a French immigrant wanting a little taste of the homeland.

“In the 1800s in San Jose, which back then was a farming community in California, there was a French vineyard owner who introduced escargot snails in California,” Gordon said. “He was like the Johnny Appleseed of snails.”

Being a protein species I am a staunch critic of carbs…