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Old 02-03-2012, 11:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I read that maggots taste of whatever you feed them.
Oh god, I can't stand maggots. I've had to put on gloves a few times due to a trashcan outside being infested with them *shudders*.
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Old 02-03-2012, 12:39 PM   #2 (permalink)
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There's a store here that sells chocolate covered ants, crickets, and mealworms, very similar to what this website is selling: InsectCandy.com

I actually tried the chocolate covered ants once, and they're not bad. You just have to get over the fact that you're eating an ant.
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When I was younger I remember someone got me one of those lollipops with a cricket in the center. The candy lollipop was decent enough, despite kind of looking like a solidified version of Irish Springs body wash. I ended up just swallowing the cricket whole, unless I'm starving I don't see the point of eating bugs.
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There's a store here that sells chocolate covered ants, crickets, and mealworms, very similar to what this website is selling: InsectCandy.com

I actually tried the chocolate covered ants once, and they're not bad. You just have to get over the fact that you're eating an ant.
I've eaten chocolate covered ants too - once. When I was young neighbor offered me them, they were from South America and would give me things I haven't tried before like real coconut. I forget what the ants taste like now but I remember at the time I really didn't mind the fact they were ants but I don't think I could stomach bugs/insects larger than that, I don't think I would ever make it on Fear Factor.
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They're a pretty bountiful food source that mostly goes unconsumed due to stigma. I wouldnt mind it at all if more places started serving them, given they are prepared properly.
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They're a pretty bountiful food source that mostly goes unconsumed due to stigma. I wouldnt mind it at all if more places started serving them, given they are prepared properly.
Indeed .. We may all have to eat bugs one day as other protein food sources become scarce

But for me there's also the culinary aspect of it. Clearly many if not most are completely edible and there are so many insects, they make up over half of all known organisms. If you can get past the stigma, I figure there could be a lot of interesting flavors to explore.
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Old 02-08-2012, 10:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Indeed .. We may all have to eat bugs one day as other protein food sources become scarce
Well we already do consume a lot of insects due to mass food production. There are allowances for a percentage of insect parts in food. An unsubstantiated Google suggests about 430 bugs a year.
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Well we already do consume a lot of insects due to mass food production. There are allowances for a percentage of insect parts in food. An unsubstantiated Google suggests about 430 bugs a year.
it's nothing new

back when they weren't chemical pesticides, i remember quite a number of worms in my "organic" veggies and not all were cleaned off before my consumption of it
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i remember quite a number of worms in my "organic" veggies and not all were cleaned off before my consumption of it
Broccoli's probably the worst for that. Usually find huge green caterpillars nestled in the stalks and they're the same colour as the stalk so impossible to see.
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LOL. Sorry I'm just enjoying my own joke. It read in your first quote like you kept vegetarians as pets. This last quote makes it even funnier.
Oh man, how didn't I see that I thought you were just making a comment on the strange world I live in where people would keep stick insects as pets!

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Well we already do consume a lot of insects due to mass food production. There are allowances for a percentage of insect parts in food. An unsubstantiated Google suggests about 430 bugs a year.
Some added protein to our diet then!

I guess Erica might not like to hear about that.
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