Ah, I'm too late, I was gonna post thatSkarKrow said:But they tried to kill stephen fry!
Then kill em then eat em. It's just wasteful otherwise.katsumoto03 said:No. No, no, no, nope.
I hate insects. They suck and should all die. I'm dead serious.
Perhaps, but they're far more efficient than say beef which requires gigantic amounts of land and resources and contributes to the worsening environment in some areas.OlasDAlmighty said:I don't see insects being a very practical source of nutrition. They're really small and squirmy, require a decent amount of space (crowd insects together and they'll fight each other), and in the end you don't get much actual food for your effort. I'd estimate your average insect provides as much sustenance as a pistachio, but requires significantly more effort to produce. So why bother with insects at all, instead of just eating more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
And this is on top of the fact that eating bugs is goddamned gross.
Pretty much anything seems efficient when you compare it to producing beef. Especially when you corn feed the animals. However, that doesn't stop people from doing it. Apparently efficient use of resources isn't the most important factor in choosing foods to produce/consume.Frission said:Perhaps, but they're far more efficient than say beef which requires gigantic amounts of land and resources and contributes to the worsening environment in some areas.OlasDAlmighty said:snip
Protein can be found in all kinds of things, including many vegetables. Asparagus, cauliflower Nuts, seeds, legumes, soy, oats, and even some forms of wheat all have it. We aren't in need of another source of non-meat protein.Frission said:I don't know how it compares to plants, but insects are a source of protein that vegetables don't have.
...yeah, it's hard to argue with this. Still, if you were to just roast it, or mash it... maybe make a lovely sauce of it. It could work, just don't tell your customers what they're eating.Samurai Silhouette said:
You do realise you're meant to bite the head off that grub right? They always say that's what you do on shows where they eat that stuff...ZehMadScientist said:Hmmm, the only insect I've ever eaten was a grasshopper coated in sugar, and it tastes like... well, sugar. A bit crunchy here and there (The legs I assume, or it could be the whole thing? Who knows.) but it wasn't puke inducing or anything of the sort. Just...
...yeah, it's hard to argue with this. Still, if you were to just roast it, or mash it... maybe make a lovely sauce of it. It could work, just don't tell your customers what they're eating.Samurai Silhouette said:
Oh yeah, and I've had roasted scorpion too. It tastes like chicken. Everything you won't eat tastes like chicken.
Captcha: Nutrition. Ok, this accuracy is just plain creepy.
Yeah, that's what I found out later as well. I'm not too familiar with the proper etiquettes for eating bugs... Besides, I ate it on a dare, and my friends went easy on me; there were a lot more disturbing little buggers crawling about on display. *Shudder*JokerboyJordan said:You do realise you're meant to bite the head off that grub right? They always say that's what you do on shows where they eat that stuff...ZehMadScientist said:Snipped because I don't want to see that gif anymore