‘Do you prefer the grasshopper to the ants? What kind of grubs do you have? How about some fried lice? The future of chatter over the dinner table?
Insects produce much smaller quantities of greenhouse gases per kilogram of meat than cattle and pigs. This is the conclusion of scientists at Wageningen University who have joined forces with government and industry to investigate whether the rearing of insects could contribute to more sustainable protein production. Insect meat could therefore form an alternative to more conventional types of meat.’
|a serious report, a serious suggestion – and maybe the way forward?…. Read a fuller report in Before It’s News.
In the words of John Mc Enroe….you cannot be serious?
Might solve two problems…the growing numbers of people /food shortages etc….and the ongoing problem of insect activity spoiling crops….
Personally…might be too salty for my taste…
Entomophagy – eating insects for food is common in many parts of the world. In Thailand insects are an important and valued sourcer of protein. They provide not only protein but other nutrients not found in the average burger. Eating insects would be good for sustainability and improve our health. No brainer really. These pictures from the BBC give an overview of fried insect delight:
Insect sellers in Thailand
“As soon as they taste them and they realize that the flavor is actually really good…”
“Wax moth larvae taste like bacon, and mealworms sort of taste like pumpkinseeds … But crickets taste like crickets. They have their own distinct animal-ness. It’s sort of like goat. It’s strong.”
“People would eat them right out of the ground. There would be, like, a swarm of locusty-type things and kids would burst out of school and start devouring them on the spot. It was like watching popcorn fly through the air, for them”
“…can you really call yourself a fearless foodie if your taste buds have never tangoed with the rotted-palm grubs of Uganda (yes, they’re dug out of the pulpy trunks of dead trees), or Chinese scorpion soup or Mexican stink-bug pate?”
However: “If you have an allergy to shellfish … it’s a good thing to tread cautiously with insects.”
Read more in this informative article: http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/20100922_Waiter_theres_soup_in_my_bug.html