Eat insects to save the world!!!!

ninerbuff
ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
in Food and Nutrition
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-13/fight-world-hunger-eat-insects-un-recommends

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  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    i'll starve then
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Gross. No thanks.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    Yes!!!! This just means when an apocalypse happens, Asians will survive!:laugh:

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  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    Well, I'd figure they'd survive based on sheer numerical superiority.
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member
    insect protein powder plz
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    Depends how its prepared!

    I mean, People do it by choice so it can't be that bad right?

    bleeeh
  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    insect protein powder plz

    food processor and make your own

    You could be rich!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    hissingcockroach.jpg
    Imagine the protein content in this madagascar hissing cockroach.

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  • Pearlyladybug
    Pearlyladybug Posts: 882 Member
    007.jpg

    Imagine the protein content in this madagascar hissing cockroach.

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    There goes my lunch!
  • dieKriegerin77
    dieKriegerin77 Posts: 62
    Don't know that I could ingest a cockroach... but I have actually enjoyed silk worm larvae and grilled scorpion. <--- enjoyed is the right word, i swear. But they must be prepared. None of that Fear Factor isht.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    I had mudbugs yesterday. Does that count?

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  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    i'll starve then

    I'm with you. gag.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,272 Member
    Its only because you are not used to them - my parents tried fried cockroaches in Cambodia, is local delicacy.

    Indiginous people in Australia used to eat many insects.

    But to some people in the world, things we eat or drink seem revolting - I know in many parts of the world drinking animal milk was considered revolting - yet is commonplace to most of us.

    Cultural difference, thats all.
  • theundead
    theundead Posts: 51 Member
    not very vegan friendly.

    I have seen labels with cochineal on them in the shops, that is a insect! Otherwise known as e120, Carminic acid, Carmines Natural Red 4 - colouring, you could be eating insects already and not even know it.
  • kbeech06
    kbeech06 Posts: 328 Member
    I'm one of those who will try just about anything once. How bad can it honestly be if they're considered delicacies in some parts of the world? If they were prepared in a nice way, I would try it. It would be better than starving. I will draw the line at eating anything that's still alive though...nothing squiggling and squirming!
  • Showmm
    Showmm Posts: 406 Member
    If you eat shellfish, you really shouldn't feel so squeamish about eating insects. There's not a lot of difference.
  • angrybirdfunny
    angrybirdfunny Posts: 4
    It's okay for me, but it depends on what kind of insects.
  • milozara
    milozara Posts: 24
    NP.. ill take grasshoppers and crickets. just add a little bit of salt.. taste like sun flower seed. :bigsmile:
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    Seems like I eat a couple of bugs every time I ride my bike. They'd probably taste a lot better cooked and seasoned properly.
  • MsLilly200
    MsLilly200 Posts: 192 Member
    Riight... So in a few decades we'll start to run out of insects like we're apparently running out of cows, fish and vegetables...

    What're we gonna eat then? Or are they thinking that eating bugs is so gross that everyone will eat way less?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    Riight... So in a few decades we'll start to run out of insects like we're apparently running out of cows, fish and vegetables...

    What're we gonna eat then? Or are they thinking that eating bugs is so gross that everyone will eat way less?
    Insects are some of the few that breed in the hundreds and thousands. And unlike cows, fish and vegetables, many species have survived for thousands of years through extinction events.

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