pest toast, please ignore
A Polish jalapeño pastry
Submitted 3 weeks ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside
naeap@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Spicy upfront
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
What is it with European bakeries and bees? I’ve seen memes and stuff about it, and this one youtuber, a Vietnamese woman who’s German BF never shows his face, I can’t remember her name right now. She showed a bakery in Germany with bees everywhere. Why is this a thing?
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll never understand why people call wasps bees. They are extremely different. It’s like calling deer horses. Why is this a thing?
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
Ya, that’s an odd odd thing. I know people that live around actual bees, watching the commercial hives swarm in the fields during pollination. They really know what bees are. And then when a wasp shows up, they are like “Fukin BEES!!!” and break out with a can of poison.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A bee is a type of wasp, is it not? I think techniclly ants are wasps too.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Because I just glanced at the picture while hiding my phone from customers and thought they were bees
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I think those are actually wasps. It’s particularly common in countries like Germany and Luxembourg where native wasps are protected species. As for Poland and other parts of Europe, it’s hard to keep them when you keep the doors propped open in lieu of central AC (and they’re attracted to the fresh sugar), and wasps and bees don’t transmit disease anyway, so people just get used to them
gleb@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
those are wasps, unfortunately,
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Wouldn’t traps near the food be a bigger concern than wasps taking a bite? Idk I live in Germany so I might be desensitized. The way I see it wasp-free pastry is preferable but if they decide to help themselves then oh well. They don’t soak the food in spit and they don’t lay eggs on it, they just nibble.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
When eating outside we sometimes set up an “Opferteller” with left overs and put out to the side so the wasps have their thing going on that plate and we can continue to eat. It’s fascinating to watch but at the same time I’m scared shitless since I had a very bad experience with nest defending wasps and my long hair as a child…
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
You’re mad. Out of your mind. That’s not uncommon on the internet. There are many of us.
needanke@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Compared to (my impression of) north America I think there are some contributing factors:
- Less sprawl: Bakeries are usually in a town/neighborhood (which has more nature compared to the US, therefore also more insects) and not surrounded by a huge parking lot where no wasps would live. There are also many neigbouhring properties with different owners/occupants. So their nest might nor be on your property or even somewhere where you’d be able to locate it.
- (more) indipendent shops: I see waaaay less wasps in the baked good section in supermarkets here as well. Bakeries are usually not huge so it is just a short distance for the wasps to fly in a confinded space. Bakeries are also not usually airconditioned which would probably irritate wasps.
- conservation laws: Wasps are considerd a protected species in Germany and catching, harming or killing them without a proper reason can carry a fine of up to 5-65k€ depending on the kind of wasp and the state. In general wasp nests can only be moved by professional and licenced exterminators (and they only do it when necessary, like the nest being near a kindergarten or in an occupied builduing).
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I think Europe and surrounding countries do a lot of shit right, but some things like protecting wasps and making melatonin prescription genuinely baffle me. What the fuck
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Uyen Ninh
Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 3 weeks ago
I’m wondering the same thing.
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Serious question, are the wasps as likely to get diarrhea eating that as I think they are, and will the hive reject them at the entrance if they’re doing the insect equivalent of shitting their pants the way hives do with drunks?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure [spicy chemical I can’t spell] is toxic to insects. I’d double check but I can’t spell it at the moment
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Capsaicin?
I think “spicy” is referring to the wasps.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
Yes.
rmuk@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Can’t say I’d be delighted about this, but they’ll very quickly leave when the food’s disturbed and wasps - like bees - don’t leave behind diseases or eggs. The same cannot be said for flies - if those were flies I wouldn’t touch anything in the shop.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My experience with wasps are different. They’ll fucking attack you it you’re anywhere near their food.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
These are the wasps that I know and destroy.
vxx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Africanised bees will be like that, but we don’t have them in europe as far as I know.
Wasps usually only get really stingy if you disturb their nest or come way too close to it.
Enkrod@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
And wasps will kill any fly that dares come close. Only thing they like more than sugar is protein.
klemptor@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Yikes
AnxiousDuck@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
Fuck, I entered a bakery in Vienna once that was flooded with wasps everywhere. I asked about it and the person just went 🤷♀️. Still haunts me.
FreeWilliam@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Whenever I go to Germany it’s the same thing! What is it with european bakeries and bees? Wait a second… the europeans must be undercover wasps!
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Do they just like, not have screens over there? I stayed in Germany once and the whole house had no screens on the windows, then I started noticing that I couldn’t see them anywhere I went.
Meron35@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If white people can’t handle heat then explain this spicy polish pastry
match@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
the easy explanation is that Polish people aren’t counted as white by white people
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Them and the Irish can wish all they want, but they will never be white!
sprite0@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not personally familiar with these jokes, but the signage does appear to be Polish or some similar language. This may not have been the intent?
sprite0@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
the ‘joke’ is that they are spicy (jalapeno) because poles are stupid. unless there’s some interpretation that isn’t really shitty that i’m overlooking it’s a classic right wing ‘joke’.
Maalus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is Polish. No idea why the dude even went there, it is a Polish bakery with wasps on the food. Not uncommon to see over here with some places that are outside or keep doors open.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As an American, I can say most Americans barely know Poland exists. They know the name and little else.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
Ya know, I have to hang my head with a lot of the “Really, America?” shit. Yes, my home is a bit weird.
But it’s not like we got aaaaaaall the weird.
It is fukin bizzare to let insects crawl on your food and then desire or use said food in any way other than feeding pigs.Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You wouldn’t eat something that grew in nature?
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
:]
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
My kids screamed his head off two days ago. There’s ants in the house. I’m like yeah whatever. I go to check it out. There were thousands of ants in the house. They came in through a little spot near the garage went all the way down one wall along another wall straight through the kitchen under the fridge to a single crunchy snack thing that fell onto the floor.
I’m not too worried about this fly or two or an and or two and I leave spiders alone If they’ve picked a nice quiet corner. But I can’t have thousands of ants in my kitchen.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
Meh.
vxx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t watch videos of grain ships
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Most of those things get baked out because of the high temperatures.
These ones after baking, not so much.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 weeks ago
Enjoy!
Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
It’s nearly impossible to keep wasps and flies out of your store.
dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 weeks ago
This is not true. We have stores with flies. I don’t go to those stores.
As for wasps, I understand there are legal restrictions here. Boy, that is pretty strange. For wasps. Wasps do just fine without our help.
SuperApples@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No no, I’m pretty sure that’s a Bienenstich.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Ancient Signoid Secret
badbytes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That price stings.
devilish666@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tha ks. Now i know to avoid polish bakeries :)
lemmus@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
Ostry posmak 😂
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Can I get one without wasps, please?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You don’t have to be online to see the best reviews.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Extra spicy