bugs as food(entomophagy)

[redspicyflag]

http://www.eatbug.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy

yay or nay?
Bugs are more lean than livestock, have more protein and are easier to rear.

I wouldn't mind trying them.

 

[MagnuM]

I'm sticking with red meat. Much easier to obtain.

 

[Stacks Of Terror]

No. Just no.

 

[Heart Break Kid]

See: Unintentional entomophagy
You already do eat a lot of bugs!

 

[Kev07]

Do crabs count? They are arachnids

oh and lobster too

 

[redspicyflag]

I'm sticking with red meat. Much easier to obtain.

well I don't know about that.
You probably won't find a cow in your backyard.

 

[navyseal2101]

How much protien do bugs have?

 

[redspicyflag]

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...ion&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a

 

[KnockoutJM]

Im gonna start bulking on catepillars..

 

[Quiksilver]

Okay... Where to begin... I actually don't know where to start, aside from saying that a chick will be slightly creeped out by your hobby.

Personally I have eaten grasshoppers, and frogs for that matter. They're a common food in Indonesia where I lived for a while. Hardly appetizing, even when ground up, fried, breaded, dipped in chocolate, whatever.

Omen should have included this in his Cheap University Food list.

Normally I'd close this thread because while it is interesting for the purpose of health and fitness, it goes against the concept of the whole website.

However... there are some threads that are "too weird to live, yet too rare to die." - Raoul Duke.

Play on.

 

[speakeasy]

Do crabs count? They are arachnids

oh and lobster too

They're not arachnids, they're crustaceans.

I remember walking by some stalls in Thailand and seeing cooked bugs. They actually smelled pretty good but I was grossed out nonetheless. I just imagine biting into them and having this slimy goo squirt out into my mouth. Just the thought makes me want to throw up.

I've already accepted the fact that I eat them in bread. Nothing I can do about it, but at least in that case, it's not obvious, until I see that little black speck on my corn flakes or bread and you know what it is, most likely a tiny piece of an insect exoskeleton.

I do think though that if we ever got over the taboo of it, insects would be a good source of food, but I'll stick to chicken breast and steak as my protein of choice.