Cricket flour?

itsallgood803

Yeah but snails don't have legs....and antennas. I reluctently tried snails once..they were actually pretty good but I still couldn't get over what they were.

I'll only eat shrimp if they're deviend...I don't want to eat shrimp poop.

cburke8909

I think the reason they make it into flour is to be less repulsive.

dudebro200

With all this paleo BS going around, I am surprised bugs grubs, and worms aren't more popular. They were most definitely a staple of the Paleo diet.

oocdc2

If crickets were cheaper I'd give them a go.

extra_medium

dudebro200 wrote: »

With all this paleo BS going around, I am surprised bugs grubs, and worms aren't more popular. They were most definitely a staple of the Paleo diet.

Cavemen only ate fine cuts of grass-fed steak and bags of frozen broccoli.

PL4TNM

bpetrosky wrote: »

How about a chapulines taco? They're delicious.

Ma'am? Say Ma'am there appears to be a bug in my taco

PL4TNM

Isn't there just squishy guts inside and skin, creepy legs and eyes...nahhh I'm good

WickAndArtoo

amusedmonkey wrote: »

bpetrosky wrote: »

How about a chapulines taco? They're delicious.

I would not eat that. I have an aversion to "legs". I don't touch any food that has legs unless that has been remedied in some way (like peeled shrimp or crab meat). Now if these were ground and made into fried cricket balls I would not think twice before giving them a try.

You would not like frog legs then! Even I couldn't get over that "leggy-ness" and I generally am pretty open to that that stuff

kimny72

oocdc2 wrote: »

If crickets were cheaper I'd give them a go.

You could try catching some in your backyard

lessofme43

Crickets are known carriers of parasites. It makes me wonder how the crickets are processed that parasites are not a problem? Is there any nutritive value left after that? Yes I'm quite ignorant on the subject

Sunna_W

I think it is all based on what you're used to. I remember reading a NatGeo article about a guy exploring the Amazon jungle and he was appalled that his guides ate termites. They had a bit of cultural exchange. He ate their termites and they ate his tuna fish. Everyone threw up...

PaulaWallaDingDong

lessofme43 wrote: »

Crickets are known carriers of parasites. It makes me wonder how the crickets are processed that parasites are not a problem? Is there any nutritive value left after that? Yes I'm quite ignorant on the subject

I mean, if they're desicated, then the parasites would be too and you'd just eat them. Seafood always has some kind of parasite but we don't pull the flesh apart looking for them. We just cook them well enough, or freeze before consuming raw.

BlueSkyShoal

There's nothing inherently gross about eating insects. There is a taboo against it in western culture. And if the taboo makes someone too uncomfortable to eat insects, then that's fine. I mean, I wouldn't ask a traditional Hindu to eat cow or a kosher Jew to eat pork. Just realize that the "problem" with insects is in your head, not with the actual insects being "gross" or "too dirty" or whatnot.

Incidentally, Starbucks used to crush red insects for their strawberry frappucinos, to make them pink. Then only stopped when vegans found out and stopped drinking them. Apparently the insect-dye is quite common. Also, we've all eaten insects in processed food without knowing it. They fall into the machinery sometimes.

lemurcat12

This thread made me wonder about eating cicadas, especially those annoying 17-year cicadas.

Some discussion for those interested (I'm going to pass):

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/before-eating-cicadas-pause/276096/

"Last week National Geographic pointed out that cicadas are gluten-free and low-carb. Which is true. Six years ago, the same magazine sold them as low-fat, which is also true. They are also soon to be enormously abundant, and eating them will not likely kill you."

"Entomologist Jenna Jadin, a fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, wrote a book of cicada recipes, so she's not impartial, but she says they're probably fine in small doses. Still the first page of her book reads: 'The University of Maryland and the [cicada interest group] Cicadamaniacs do not advocate eating cicadas without first consulting your doctor.' That caveat seems extreme, but, their words, not mine. It may refer to the possibility of a shellfish allergy. If you have a shellfish allergy, cicadas may not be for you. Meanwhile the site Cicada Mania warns that even dogs should be wary: 'Pets can choke on the rigid wings and other hard body parts of the cicadas; pets will gorge themselves on cicadas, and possibly become ill and vomit; pets who consume cicadas sprayed with copious amounts of pesticide can and will die.'"

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070522-cicadas-eat.html

http://www.tullabs.com/cicadaworld/cicadarecipes.pdf

http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/are-cicadas-safe-to-eat/

https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/if-you-cant-beat-em-eat-em

nevadavis1

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I mean, if they're desicated, then the parasites would be too and you'd just eat them. Seafood always has some kind of parasite but we don't pull the flesh apart looking for them. We just cook them well enough, or freeze before consuming raw.

Some parasites or their eggs can dry out, freeze, etc and then come back from that.

I used to work in a store. People returned fish that had moving worms in it. they weren't into that stuff

livingleanlivingclean

BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

There's nothing inherently gross about eating insects. There is a taboo against it in western culture. And if the taboo makes someone too uncomfortable to eat insects, then that's fine. I mean, I wouldn't ask a traditional Hindu to eat cow or a kosher Jew to eat pork. Just realize that the "problem" with insects is in your head, not with the actual insects being "gross" or "too dirty" or whatnot.

Incidentally, Starbucks used to crush red insects for their strawberry frappucinos, to make them pink. Then only stopped when vegans found out and stopped drinking them. Apparently the insect-dye is quite common. Also, we've all eaten insects in processed food without knowing it. They fall into the machinery sometimes.

Thats cochineal pink (or carmine) - it's pink food colouring (or colouring used in cosmetics)

Wynterbourne

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

There's nothing inherently gross about eating insects. There is a taboo against it in western culture. And if the taboo makes someone too uncomfortable to eat insects, then that's fine. I mean, I wouldn't ask a traditional Hindu to eat cow or a kosher Jew to eat pork. Just realize that the "problem" with insects is in your head, not with the actual insects being "gross" or "too dirty" or whatnot.

Incidentally, Starbucks used to crush red insects for their strawberry frappucinos, to make them pink. Then only stopped when vegans found out and stopped drinking them. Apparently the insect-dye is quite common. Also, we've all eaten insects in processed food without knowing it. They fall into the machinery sometimes.

Thats cochineal pink (or carmine) - it's pink food colouring (or colouring used in cosmetics)

Also known as Red 4. I've had it in a bottle of Prosecco before. (Had to take a photo of the label and make a beetle juice comment. Hehe ) Not nearly as common to see in food as Red 40, but still used.