Cashier Rosemarie O'Connor waves a customer forward as she stands below a sign advertising toasted chile-lime grasshoppers, under a heat lamp in tiny containers at lower left, before a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Seattle. The idea of serving edible grasshoppers at a baseball game didn’t come out of the blue. The Mariners brought that unusual offering to their ballpark this season, and although it might have seemed like a head scratcher to many fans and foodies, this crispy snack was meant to be more than just a quirky attention grabber. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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