Would you eat insects?
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have eaten live and dried meal worm, freeze dried crickets, ants, earthworms, bees. not bad. Earthworms dried are bacon-ish. None were bad, just prefer to not recognize what they are.
Earthworms aren't insects, but close enough! I've never thought of eating them dried.... I still instinctively save worms after a rainstorm by picking them up and bringing them to grass so that they don't get caught on the sidewalk and dry up. I'm probably responsible for many baby birds starving to death
Also not insects: scorpions. But closely related, so we'll count them as well.
Hate to tell you this, but once you touch an earthworm with your fingers they die... Something in our skin kills them:/
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I ate an ant out of curiosity when I was seven, but I don't think that counts.
Other than that, no, I would not. Even before having given up all meat in its entirety, I would not have tried insects. I've squished so many, the idea of putting one in my mouth thoroughly grosses me out.
And, no, I wouldn't recommend ants...0 -
I've actually eaten a lot of fried meal worms. I used to do a bat program working as a naturalist, and part of the presentation was eating a fried meal worm and passing them out to students who wanted to try one too. I liked the spicy ones better than the bbq ones. We had those and some fried crickets available in our gift shop. The problem with the crickets is when the legs get stuck to your tongue!0
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have eaten live and dried meal worm, freeze dried crickets, ants, earthworms, bees. not bad. Earthworms dried are bacon-ish. None were bad, just prefer to not recognize what they are.
Earthworms aren't insects, but close enough! I've never thought of eating them dried.... I still instinctively save worms after a rainstorm by picking them up and bringing them to grass so that they don't get caught on the sidewalk and dry up. I'm probably responsible for many baby birds starving to death
Also not insects: scorpions. But closely related, so we'll count them as well.
Hate to tell you this, but once you touch an earthworm with your fingers they die... Something in our skin kills them:/
Source please. I've never heard this before in my life, and I can't find even a reference to the idea on Google.0 -
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have eaten live and dried meal worm, freeze dried crickets, ants, earthworms, bees. not bad. Earthworms dried are bacon-ish. None were bad, just prefer to not recognize what they are.
Earthworms aren't insects, but close enough! I've never thought of eating them dried.... I still instinctively save worms after a rainstorm by picking them up and bringing them to grass so that they don't get caught on the sidewalk and dry up. I'm probably responsible for many baby birds starving to death
Also not insects: scorpions. But closely related, so we'll count them as well.
Hate to tell you this, but once you touch an earthworm with your fingers they die... Something in our skin kills them:/
I think you're thinking of salamanders. Salamanders can die if you touch them with your bare hands. But not earthworms, you can touch worms. Ask anyone who gardens or goes fishing! I use to play with worms a lot when i was a kid, they never died.0 -
have eaten live and dried meal worm, freeze dried crickets, ants, earthworms, bees. not bad. Earthworms dried are bacon-ish. None were bad, just prefer to not recognize what they are.
Earthworms aren't insects, but close enough! I've never thought of eating them dried.... I still instinctively save worms after a rainstorm by picking them up and bringing them to grass so that they don't get caught on the sidewalk and dry up. I'm probably responsible for many baby birds starving to death
Also not insects: scorpions. But closely related, so we'll count them as well.
Hate to tell you this, but once you touch an earthworm with your fingers they die... Something in our skin kills them:/
I'd like to see your source for that. I've never heard of that, and haven't found any reliable sources about the issue either. They are vulnerable to any products you might have on your hands, but so are all amphibians, fish, and anything else that requires highly moist skin. If you hold it out long enough to dry out, it will die, but moving it off a sidewalk certainly won't do it much harm.0 -
Haven't tried insects, but I have eaten snails and cow's brain0
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Why not? I can think of way grosser things to eat, most of which I've seen on Fear Factor.0
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Living in China for more than 10 years, i've eaten most things.
Honestly I can't say I enjoy eating insects, but the only variety I really thought tasted bad was fried cockroach because it was very very bitter. Mostly they are quite crunchy and taste like whatever sauce they have been cooked in.
Some animals we might consider disgusting in the west like snake, bull frog (really really tasty), turtle were actually very good.0 -
I do not eat bugs because I'm a vegetarian, but they're very popular here in Thailand. Cheap protein. There are even little carts that people push around town to sell them, like this:
To see more, you can Google: Thailand fried bugs :laugh: Enjoy!0 -
NO. Not just no, but H3LL NO.0
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I would! Just because, well, a sucka's gotta know.0
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I would like to say that I would eat insects because they would be a sustainable source of protein but in my mind I can't get past the gross factor. It's mostly the legs and antenna freaking me out.
I would definitely try them in unrecognisable form, like ground up into a powder, but I don't even know how you'd go about eating that0 -
Sure. I've had chocolate covered ants before and they were actually pretty nice. I also at a live earthworm, but it was when I was 7. But I'd try different types. The one thing that I want to try that somehow has more of a ick factor than insects is snake. I really want to try some, but it really grosses me out.0
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I'm from Mexico and I've eaten Maguey's worms... Fried and in tacos with guacamole.
I don't like them and I'll probably not eat them again.. but I tried them.0 -
have eaten all sorts of insects & would eat them again (apart from really fat grubs - they taste like dirt). crickets are crunchy & pretty good unless the legs are a bit spiky!0
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i refuse to eat crabs & prawns & such because they have too many legs.
if you eat them, why not eat bugs?0 -
Take a look at a picture of a prawn - alive/uncooked - and ask yorself how much does that differ from an insect?0
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Thanks for the answers so far!
Just to be clear, we are talking about cooked (not live) insects, and only the edible species.
Why limit yourself?
I've eaten various fried and live insects (a small red beetle sold in Oaxaca market) many many times.
They are good and easy to access in certains locals.
Fried crickets (chapulines) are delicious and protein rich, if i could buy them here, I'd have them as a snack all the time.
Maguey worms? I don't like.
cheese maggots? Pick them out.
Chahuis? Spicy! Served great in tacos.
Dried mopane worms? Crispy and nice.
Escamoles? (ant larvae) like a little caviar.
Various locusts are kosher, too.0 -
Never ever. Gross.0
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I bet every person has unintentionally eaten bugs in their lifetime. The F.D.A. actually allows a certain percentage in our food. Google it!0
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I'm in Japan right now.
So far this week I've eaten crickets and bees. I'll be having wasps in the coming days.
The crickets are good with beer or saké
The bees I found a bit too sweet due to preparation. I'm more of a savory guy.0 -
Crickets:
Bees (and larvae)
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I like to think I would try anything once, including insects. I've never eaten anything unusual in my life, but I'm open-minded.0
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I would only eat bugs if I was on a deserted island and I had nothing else to eat...but even then I'd try to get some fish first!!0
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I do not like bugs.
I do not like them in any style.
I will not eat them fried or boiled.
I will not eat them poached or broiled.
I will not eat them soft or scrambled…
Despite your argument well-rambled.
Not in a box,
Not with a fox,
Not in a house,
Not with a mouse,
Not on a boat,
Not with a goat,
I do not like green bugs and ham,
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.
Seriously, I am sure I have unintentionally and unknowingly consumed bugs but I would not do it on purpose (assuming that we aren't talking about a true survival situation).0 -
Yes, if they were prepared with the intent to eat them I would try them.0
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so - you wouldn't eat bugs. Maybe you want to check this out. ) I was absolutely shocked when my mother-in-law heard this on the news the other day. I guess if I can't taste it, it doesn't matter.
http://www.undergroundhealth.com/dannon-yogurt-uses-crushed-insects-beetles-to-color-its-yogurt/0
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