Mexican jumping beans

[tex]

Got some of these recently....fascinating things, little maggots trapped in a bean that jump when they get warm.....i'll get my coat

[George 1978]

Re: Mexican jumping beans

Thanks for mentioning maggots - I was eating my evening meal when I read that!

[Zincubus]

Re: Mexican jumping beans

Thanks for mentioning maggots - I was eating my evening meal when I read that!

Ahhh..,

Me and my mates found masses of blackberry bushes one day over the lodges .. we ate loads and I took a huge bag of them home for my mum ... she had a look and said ‘ these are no good darlin’ .... they’re full of MAGGOTS !!!


Aghhhhh!!!


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[George 1978]

Re: Mexican jumping beans

She did have a point.

[tex]

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Full of nutrition...YUM!

[Zincubus]

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Full of nutrition...YUM!

Yep ..... I must have gotten loads of bonus protein with those hidden maggots


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[tex]

Re: Mexican jumping beans

Witchity grubs are giant maggots eaten in Australia by aborigines

[Richard1978]

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I didn't know until I looked them up that Mexican Jumping Beans are naturally occurring.

[Mulletino]

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I remember there being a craze at Junior School (so 70s) of "Mexican Jumping Beans", which were basically just capsules (like the tablet ones) with a ball bearing inside.

[zabadak]

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There was supposed to be a mention of them on an edition of QI - unfortunately, they had all died!

[Richard1978]

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I remember there being a craze at Junior School (so 70s) of "Mexican Jumping Beans", which were basically just capsules (like the tablet ones) with a ball bearing inside.

Supposedly my brother swallowed one when he was young, & my parents were worried the weight inside was made out of lead!

The Wiggly Gigglys of the mid 1980s were similarly weighted with a steel ball baring inside, but were too big to swallow, though in time the glue holding mine together wore out.

[Arran]

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Mexican jumping beans are mentioned in the book Boy by Roald Dahl as one of the items that would be stored in a tuck box at his boarding school in Weston-super-Mare.

I had to do an internet search to find out exactly what they are.

[Trickyvee]

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I think I remember these, the plastic version with a weight inside. I didn’t know they were also a real thing.

[tex]

Re: Mexican jumping beans

I think I remember these, the plastic version with a weight inside. I didn’t know they were also a real thing.

Yuck....