Cricket flour?

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  • itsallgood803
    itsallgood803 Posts: 133 Member
    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
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    I think the reason they make it into flour is to be less repulsive.
  • oocdc2
    oocdc2 Posts: 1,361 Member
    If crickets were cheaper I'd give them a go.
  • PL4TNM
    PL4TNM Posts: 85 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    How about a chapulines taco? They're delicious.

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    Ma'am? Say Ma'am there appears to be a bug in my taco ;)
  • PL4TNM
    PL4TNM Posts: 85 Member
    Isn't there just squishy guts inside and skin, creepy legs and eyes...nahhh I'm good
  • WickAndArtoo
    WickAndArtoo Posts: 773 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    How about a chapulines taco? They're delicious.

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    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
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    oocdc2 wrote: »
    If crickets were cheaper I'd give them a go.

    You could try catching some in your backyard :wink:
  • lessofme43
    lessofme43 Posts: 139 Member
    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
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
    edited April 2017
    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
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,645 Member
    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
    BlueSkyShoal Posts: 325 Member
    edited April 2017
    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
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    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
    nevadavis1 Posts: 331 Member
    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
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    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
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,235 Member
    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.
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