So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I’d try it.
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you’re giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I’m much less concerned about bug poop.
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp… Doesn’t sound all that bad. I’m honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there’s a fungus that’s known to eat their ass, but as long as they’re free of that it seems fair game.
Where can I find this fungus?
In its ass
I have eaten one before. Yes I was very drunk. Pull the wings off first.
That last sentence 🤮
OK, I gotta ask: was it alive?
Absolutely
Link to the rest of the cookbook? I hear a feast is coming…
I did not find the book but I did find this
The biggest crime here is putting rice on pizza
In Borneo they fry them. Crunchy snacks anyone?
Wouldn’t the sealed container kill them?
I would imagine that’s not much of a concern considering they’re about to be deep fried.
We tend to kill most things shortly before eating them so yeah
How you gonna cut off half the recipe?
“Halved, the nymphs reveal a surprisingly meaty, white interior. After eating one that was simply blanched, I thought it resembled what a tofu-filled M&M might taste like, with its crisp shell giving way to a spongy, earthy interior.”
The future apocalypse is looking at least edible…
We also need to start spreading grass hopper, cockroach, ant, moth and fly recipes.
Uh…. No.
Exaxtly, Land Shrimps. No much difference between shrimps and cicades or grasshoppers. Same as in schrimps and crabs, you must put of the exosqueleto and wings. snails are also in the diet in a lot of countries, the girls even smear their lips with crushed insects (Carmine, made from Dactylopius coccus)
So. Guess what I’m allergic to…
My issue with “You will eat bugs” isn’t eww, it’s “Guess I’ll die.”
You can have an allergy to any food, others are allergic to peanuts, strawberries or beef. It is an individual problem that does not prevent including shrimps or grasshoppers in the diet of people who like them. Things of custom and tradition. But the offer is one thing and the obligation to eat them is another, which does not exist.
Oh, I know that. I don’t have any real complaint about the movement, was more mocking people like Alex Jones getting bent out of shape over ir. However, it’s so suggested as protein replacement in futurology, and for a greener future. I’m all for that (and despite not being vegan, I support veggie protein/synthetic meat options too) but I’m just worried about diminished options for myself. I wouldn’t put my wants over others needs though, so if it comes down to it having a smaller dietary choices is what I’ll have to do, and I’ve done it before (eggs were a favorite of mine but I developed an allergy to them about a year or two ago.)
I assume we don’t eat the ones with the fuzzy white butts?
DEM LIBURLS TRYINA MAKE ME EAT BUGS!!
