Bugs in your diary??

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lotusspark
lotusspark Posts: 367
in Food and Nutrition
Did anyone catch that new News piece? They
are pushing the concept here in the Western
part of the globe to eat bugs .. they explain how
we can get good nutrients and protein from
smaller sources than chicken, beef and other
options. Wondered what everyone thinks of this.
Not appealing to me at all!



a link» http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eat-insects-19165953

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  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
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    I should have titled it 'Insects in your diary'! lol. :sick:
  • keithf1138
    keithf1138 Posts: 63
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    Like Lobster?
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
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    I know right. In fact about 100 years ago lobster was thought if as
    not worthy to our plates but today they are considered fine dining
    food. But they mean crawling and flying things that they might eat
    in Thailand and other places on the map. I know they make those tequila
    candies and stick a worm in certain tequilla bottles so to some it might
    be fine, others novelty. I just can't get my appetite into that.
  • hsmaldo
    hsmaldo Posts: 115 Member
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    Well, we're set to get a record number of cicadas this year on the East coast....but no, I don't think I"ll be adding them to my food diary...
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    They eat bugs in Asia...
  • RumpusP
    RumpusP Posts: 163 Member
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    Even were I still omni there would be no way in hell I'd *intentionally* eat bugs. Back when I was I did, in fact, have opportunities.

    I don't like the things near me, I ain't putting them in me.
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
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    Well, we're set to get a record number of cicadas this year on the East coast....but no, I don't think I"ll be adding them to my food diary...
    I heard about that. I feel bad for everyone there, it gives me the creeps. Maybe that was their intention ..
    take care of 2 problems, American diet + insect illumination..lol
  • caribear1984
    caribear1984 Posts: 203
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    I tried some chocolate covered ants when I was younger. They were peppery but not too bad. Now, though, I don't know if I'd be that brave. I mean, escargot is a delicacy, but the thought of eating snails nauseates me just a little...
  • Mmmmona
    Mmmmona Posts: 328 Member
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    They used to sell chocolate covered grasshoppers and ants at the corner store when I was very young. I hate to say it but I ate a lot of grasshoppers. They're really good covered in chocolate - but then again, so is plastic.
  • creech6317
    creech6317 Posts: 869 Member
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    I've always lived by the rule of "try something before you say you don't like it." I would probably try the insects, but I can't see it being something I would eat on a daily basis.

    I have had escargot (and thought it was delicious) and it didn't even cross my mind that these are the pests that I toss out of my garden :noway:
  • bearkisses
    bearkisses Posts: 1,252 Member
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    lol gross! i can't even fathom the crunch
  • TheWinman
    TheWinman Posts: 700 Member
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    Yep, bugs are good for you!
  • ruggedBear
    ruggedBear Posts: 295
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    Yep, bugs are good for you!

    I bet they are - but so are dandelion leaves and I'm never going near that stuff again! :sick:
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
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    Some red food coloring is made from bugs... from the color in strawberry ice cream to shakes to lipstick. You've probably been dining on bugs for years.

    http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp

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