UN urges people to eat insects to fight world hunger - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Reds;40638257]That's not how insects and farming them works.[/QUOTE] Alright then Still somewhat skeptical because even normal agriculture and farming methods have caused their own damages.

Makes sense since we got A: a fuckton of people and B: a fuckton of annoying insects. Even though i know they are a good source of food, my mind is still saying oh hell no!

We have to do this now that Monsanto is King

If you cover crickets in honey they're actually a pretty decent snack, and it's about time we assert our dominance over insects anyway

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;40638300]and it's about time we assert our dominance over insects anyway[/QUOTE] Can't i just fry black ants with a magnifying glass while giggling like a wee lad?

I would eat insect [i]meat[/i], if that were even possible, but the idea of eating a whole insect is as appealing as the thought of eating beef mixed with the intestines and eyes.

[quote]However it admits that "consumer disgust" remains a large barrier in many Western countries.[/quote] And it's going to stay that way for good reason. I'm not eating bugs. Fuck off UN.

I bet if you could just change the appearance of food made out of insects, it would be much better. Like cooking them or making them into a stew, perhaps stomping them with various sorts of insects and creating a tapenade. I can see why people don't want to it it in it's raw form. Simply the idea of putting insects in your mouth is quite disgusting, besides they look ugly as fuck most of the time. Anyway I would like to eat a cricket of some sort or locust, sounds crunchy.

[QUOTE=TestECull;40638559]And it's going to stay that way for good reason. I'm not eating bugs. Fuck off UN.[/QUOTE] What good reason?

fried breaded grasshoppers are delicious

Ha what the hell, it doesn't even look that bad. I'd gladly try that. Stop saying ' no ew ' if you don't even know what it tastes like.

I don't know, I mean my current meal as I'm writing this looks kinda like [IMG]http://agattek.blox.pl/resource/watrobka_z_cebula.jpg[/IMG] and honestly I don't think that's any better than the pic in the OP. Also what I'm eating is pretty tasty.

I think if things like, say, crickets were bred to be way larger (in the magnitudes of something like large shrimp), people would stop associating then with the skittery things under the floorboards and would instead think of them more like shrimp. They'd also feed more per specimen. Maybe then you could even sell them pre-peeled, so that eventually people just think of them as pieces of meat in the frozen foods isle. But then, of course, you end up with four-inch crickets genetically modified to breed as much as possible and have as much edible muscle mass as possible. And that [i]can't[/i] end well :v:.

The western culinary scene needs to chill the fuck out. Bugs don't taste bad. They're nothing too amazing either, but I definitely wouldn't classify them as shitty food. They're even highly nutritious (in ratio). The problem is in the individual - you either try them and decide for yourself, or you don't and it remains a mystery to you. I'd be down for some more bugs because why the hell not. Chinese markets are perfect for these kinds of things. I have no bad memories from eating bugs, tentacles and anything else really... if only the bugs weren't still jerking after being dipped in oil though...

Exactly what insects do they expect me to find in my house to eat? I'd need to allow spiders to set up cobwebs around the house to capture flies for me to pick out and eat, I'd need to dig up my lawn to capture as many earthworms and ants as possible, I'd need to check under every flowerpot, random brick and recycling bin for woodlouse. In some ways there's really not many good local insects for me to nom on and when it hits winter there's virtually nothing.

[QUOTE=FreakyMe;40627771]It's ridiculous. How is a shrimp, crab, or lobster any better than insects? I personally think candied locusts are very good. Most 'Westerners' though would rather have a billion people die than consider a source of protein that doesn't need to be grown and fed for years before being brutally killed.[/QUOTE] Here's an idea. Everyone who wants to stop world hunger, eat insects, the rest of us will be content with pizza, ice cream, beef, lamb, fish, venison, lobster etc.

I just know that a lot of people are just going to scream "ew bugs!", I'm all for this if it can improve things and maybe do something about unequal distribution of food.

[QUOTE=Chopstick;40642379]Exactly what insects do they expect me to find in my house to eat? I'd need to allow spiders to set up cobwebs around the house to capture flies for me to pick out and eat, I'd need to dig up my lawn to capture as many earthworms and ants as possible, I'd need to check under every flowerpot, random brick and recycling bin for woodlouse. In some ways there's really not many good local insects for me to nom on and when it hits winter there's virtually nothing.[/QUOTE] They're not telling you to gather your own insects dumbass, they're saying that the West and other nations should start farming them.

Fuck yes i'd love to chomp my way through a bowl of milk and beetles for breakfast!

I don't see how it's dumb finding your own insects to eat, chances are these insects are going to be costly at best. I'm not going to be eating a handful of cooked ants for 50p when I can eat 10 sandwiches for the same price, this just adds a new niche into the market of food. Chances are this is exactly the sort of food you will end up finding in the dumpsters outside of supermarkets because everyone else was too afraid to try it out.

Eh, why not. I'd try it as long as it doesn't taste all raw and squishy. I'm sure insects can taste okay if cooked and fried properly.

We have a stall on our local saturday market here that sells insect snacks. Fried, boiled, mixed in a salad. Even packaged up in little potato-chips-like bags. They give out free cricket samples, so I tried one. I actually liked it enough to by a bag. Once you get over the idea that you're eating bugs, its actually quite good... Munch munch munch

There was tons of media coverage yesterday about this topic, apparently it's really hard to breed insects in quantities that are sufficent for human consumption. The mass holding and breeding would cause severe infections and diseases among the insects. For now there are only some places where they offer insects and they're really expensive due to the expensive breeding and upkeep.

I'm never going to eat bugs. Can't stand things that look gross, such as shrimp, lobster, crab, etc and the thought of eating a bug makes me heave.

Did you know that Lobsters, crabs, crayfish and prawns are technically SEA INSECTS? So if we treat land insects like crustaceans, we would be eating bugs to extinction

I would like to UN,but its hard to eat those things when I found them icky since I was a kid. Heck even though my Father have eaten a couple of insects and said they tasted pretty decent,I'm still very hesitant to actually go for it.

Yeah, no. I'm a huge wuss when it comes to insects and if someone told me to eat one I couldn't help but imagine it coming alive while it's in my mouth or some ridiculous fantasy like that.

I love how this thread devolved into a bunch of picky shitheads saying "icky". It's a smart idea, especially to reduce the amount of pests. It's not like you'd be eating something poisonous, insects are high in protein and the like. I'm not without flaw myself, but if I was in a situation where this was a developed reality, I'd still fucking do it because it'd be necessary and effective. Besides, it doesn't taste bad at all when cooked. You just have to get past that 4 year old mentality of "if it doesn't look good, I won't eat it".

If you can... A)Give me a farm-raised cricket free of diseases, poisons, and parasites, B)Remove the head, legs, shell, etc. C)Deep-fry the sucker. D)Make them available in $2.50 bags with flavors such as Cool Ranch, Salt and Pepper, Tangy Barbecue, and Spicy Jalapeno. Then yeah, I'll give it a try. Can't be any worse for me than kettle chips.

A few times I accidentally swallowed a fly (they flew into my mouth). It tasted weird, but not that bad actually. They're also crunchy. I imagine if cooked and seasoned it wouldn't be so bad. Though if I hadn't had those encounters I'd probably be squicking out like a lot of other posters here.