We do all the time. Ever had lobster?
Shell fishes have marinated in a tasty iodine and mineral packed salted water, that also have the benefit of preserving it from a lot of infectuous agents.
Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
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Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#22I've heard that I'm unknowingly "eating" bugs everyday by drinking ground coffee I don't know if it's a fact or a myth
Haven't seen many bugs in our coffee machine yet and none of the beans looked like bugs either.
Perhaps when buying ground coffee instead of beans. But then, all industrially processed food items contain parts that you wouldn't intentionally put in, simply because it's hard to prevent foreign objects completely at scale. Heck, I guess apple juice might have quite a few bugs in it, too.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#23A comment was deleted, which said, > For the same reason we don’t eat grass. We get them preprocessed by other animals and then eat them instead because they are tastier. The reason we don’t eat grass is because our digestive system can’t really absorb much energy from it. Eating grass requires a very specialized digestive system, and we just don’t have those specializations. The reason grass isn’t tasty is because o…
I encourage you to research what percentage of bugs are actually edible and a reasonable source of protein in northern climates. And then research the eating habits in regions where the percentage of edible and protein rich insects is significantly higher. Within there, I imagine you will find an answer.
Also, insect are hard to find in the winter, and much harder to raise at a reasonable quantity than cows and chickens.
And if your 1000 sheeps escape in the wild, you have a chance to get some back, and you will be able to protect you fields against them.
It's practical.
Plusyou don't have to care about venom when cookinh lamb.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#24It's a cultural thing.
When I was very young growing up in Zambia, we used to eat those flying termites that appear everywhere after the rains, as well as a certain type of caterpillar.
And I remember them being delicious. Then we flew off to the US for about 6 years.
That was enough time for me to completely lose the taste for them on a very visceral level.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#25A comment was deleted, which said, > For the same reason we don’t eat grass. We get them preprocessed by other animals and then eat them instead because they are tastier. The reason we don’t eat grass is because our digestive system can’t really absorb much energy from it. Eating grass requires a very specialized digestive system, and we just don’t have those specializations. The reason grass isn’t tasty is because o…
I encourage you to research what percentage of bugs are actually edible and a reasonable source of protein in northern climates. And then research the eating habits in regions where the percentage of edible and protein rich insects is significantly higher. Within there, I imagine you will find an answer.
> Within there, I imagine you will find an answer.
The answer to what? The post you replied to didn't raise any questions like that.
Also, why not just say what your point is rather than being vague and cryptic. And your point about what percentage of insects are edible isn't very relevant because there are like 5k species of mammals and over 900k species of insects, and we don't need more than a handful of different species to actually eat.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#26One thing about some insects - I used to have fish in an aquarium that were large enough to eat crickets in one bite, and every single insect I caught in our home and put in the water also had parasitic worms that tried to escape the host insect immediately when it realized the insect was in water - these parasitic worms seem to take up most of the insects abdomen. This might not be a problem in non tropical parts of…
you need to deep fry the insects and problem solved, then add guacamole and that's it
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#27I was eating out with an "ideologically motivated" vegetarian friend of mine, who doesn't eat meat because it's "ethically wrong", and he ordered crabs. I challenged him (jokingly, but ready to argue my point on aesthetic grounds): "Crabs are just giant bugs, and you're a vegetarian, so why do you eat bugs?"
He replied "I eat bugs because they're the enemy!"
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#28It’s not so strange to eat bugs. Aren’t crustaceans, particularly crawfish and the like, the bugs of the sea? They certainly look and behave like insects, scavenging the ocean floor.
How many crustaceans can you think of that have wings and fly? How many bugs do you know that live in the ocean? I'd say they're fairly different, unless you want to also support the claim that we should all eat whale, since they're related to deer.
If you've ever handled bugs like scorpions or larger arthropods, they're remarkably similar to crawfish or crabs. They're virtually the same thing. There are aquatic and terrestrial arthropods which are literally the same type of 'bugs'. Whales and deer are not alike in the same way.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#29because they're fucking bugs. we eat animals here in america, we're high up on the food chain.
Re: Why Don’t More Humans Eat Bugs? (2018)
#30One thing about some insects - I used to have fish in an aquarium that were large enough to eat crickets in one bite, and every single insect I caught in our home and put in the water also had parasitic worms that tried to escape the host insect immediately when it realized the insect was in water - these parasitic worms seem to take up most of the insects abdomen. This might not be a problem in non tropical parts of…
Farmed insects like silkworm should be safe to eat, I often stir fry them as a snack with beer. Quite tasty!
Are farmed tapeworms safe to eat?