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Re: Farm 432

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Post by meriororen »

lbotos wrote: post #45
warble wrote: post #3

I talked to my kids about eating insects the other day with the expected results in the form of 'ew' and such. We've spent so much time in modern society associating insects with disease it's hard to dissassociate. For some reason shrimp which are essentially bugs are no problem because (I think) they come from the ocean, so there's an obvious mental line that can dissassociate them from other bugs. This is a great i…

These guys are working on cricket bars as a protein source: https://www.exoprotein.com/ (No affiliation, they were a few desks over at a coworking space)

I used to go out and catch some crickets just for snacks when I was little back in my hometown. I don't think they're that bad. A little much can make you dizzy though (dunno why).

Re: Farm 432

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Post by eps »

jpatokal wrote: post #83
jimbokun wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At a Japanese noodle place in NYC, my wife and I were served shrimp with our miso ramen, with the exoskeleton still in place (you were meant to peel and eat it yourself). My wife wanted no part of it, although she likes shrimp with the eyeballs and antenna and stuff already removed. Go figure.

If properly deep-fried, the entire shrimp is edible, head and all.

If you ever watched Fear Factor, you might remember that pretty much anything is edible, including blended raw cow eyeballs and such :) It's always a matter of whether it's enjoyable.

Re: Farm 432

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Post by brohee »

I could see myself buying and using the device, but not eating the worms myself... The worms would feed pets and aquaponics fishes. Cats an dogs have little in a way of yuck factor. Fishes even less.

Re: Farm 432

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Post by sitkack »

astolarz wrote: post #58
rndn wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://edibug.wordpress.com/list-of-edible-insects/ There are a couple of bugs listed, I couldn't find anything about beefy tastes though. Perhaps, it can be achieved with artificial flavors?

I've gone to a couple vegetarian restaurants where they've made some pretty convincing "beef", "chicken", "duck", and "pork" out of tofu, so why not insects?

But how were the insects raised, farmed and killed? Was it insectane?

Re: Farm 432

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Post by dsl »

autarch wrote: post #63

This is so weird. Are people really so set on eating animal protein that they'd rather eat insects than just eat plants? Yes, this is incredibly more efficient than eating most animal products, but so are plant-based foods, which already exist, taste pretty good, and most importantly, are not completely and utterly revolting.

People in developing countries don't have the luxury of access to the variety of different plants you need to make a vegetarian diet work.

Re: Farm 432

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Post by GotAnyMegadeth »

brohee wrote: post #103

I could see myself buying and using the device, but not eating the worms myself... The worms would feed pets and aquaponics fishes. Cats an dogs have little in a way of yuck factor. Fishes even less.

My cat will eat spiders and flies and then will say yuck when I serve her up some gourmet fish in jelly. "I had this exact same flavour last week!"

Re: Farm 432

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Post by logn »

fastball wrote: post #50
mmanfrin wrote: post #27

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Pasture-raised beef still uses an obscene amount of water compared to every other protein we eat , by a very large margin.

Pardon my possible ignorance, but shouldn't all water consumed in the process be recycled when the cows + humans urinate? Water doesn't just disappear.

In the long term their waste will become potable water. But in the near term it pollutes water.

Also the water source makes a big difference. Letting cows graze doesn't really impact anyone's water supply. Grains are less efficient.

Re: Farm 432

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Post by namdnay »

dsl wrote: post #105
autarch wrote: post #63

This is so weird. Are people really so set on eating animal protein that they'd rather eat insects than just eat plants? Yes, this is incredibly more efficient than eating most animal products, but so are plant-based foods, which already exist, taste pretty good, and most importantly, are not completely and utterly revolting.

People in developing countries don't have the luxury of access to the variety of different plants you need to make a vegetarian diet work.

What gave you that idea? The overwhelming majority of India is vegetarian

Re: Farm 432

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Post by jengamaster »

amirmc wrote: post #73
warble wrote: post #3

I talked to my kids about eating insects the other day with the expected results in the form of 'ew' and such. We've spent so much time in modern society associating insects with disease it's hard to dissassociate. For some reason shrimp which are essentially bugs are no problem because (I think) they come from the ocean, so there's an obvious mental line that can dissassociate them from other bugs. This is a great i…

> "Maybe processing the grubs/flies into something less recognizable would help, but at some point you read the ingredients and you're back at square one." How many of the ingredients do you currently understand? Just use the latin name of the insect and no-one would notice. Given the yield, I can imagine that we'll be eating a lot of insects in the future and in many parts of the world larvae/insects are not a probl…

In fact, insect byproducts are already used in food production. Carmine is a red food dye made from the scales of a particular bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine

Re: Farm 432

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Post by ilitirit »

derefr wrote: post #78
headShrinker wrote: post #37

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Lobsters are closely related to Spiders... yet are considered a delicacy. I even think to my self as I eat lobster, "spider, spider, spider" yet I never get grossed out at eating it. On the other hand I can barely hold a spider much less eat one...

Lobsters are, once you get inside them, just chunks of very uniform "meat" that has very little trace of where it originated. If we could find two-pound spiders, boil them, and serve their cracked-open legs on a plate, people would probably be just fine with eating those.

Depends on the part of the spider. While you may not recognize where the meat comes from, if it's the abdomen of the spider then you probably would not enjoy it at all.
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