DailyDirt: Not Enough Flies In My Soup, Waiter...
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
It's actually somewhat difficult to avoid eating insects accidentally. Bugs (or bug parts) get into our food supply all the time, and it's not really a bad thing (unless you're a strict vegan). Some folks, though, want more insects in their food, and not just fried grasshoppers or exotic scorpions. Insect protein could be a more sustainable food source, and arguably, our distant primate relatives eat far more insects than meat from other animals like we do. Here are just a few interesting links on insects in our food.- For over 20 years, candy lollipops with entrapped insects have been on the market. How many licks does it take to get to the insect at the center of a Hotlix lollipop? [url]
- The Starbucks Strawberry Frappuccino was once made rosy red, not with an artificial color (like Red #40), but from natural colors derived from grinding up the dried bodies of cochineal bugs The bug-based coloring was safe to eat (as long as you weren't allergic to those bugs), but Starbucks had to switch to a vegetable-based dye because people were either grossed out or vegan. [url]
- Some European researchers are trying to make insects more palatable for people, and a popular Dutch restaurant called Specktakel tries to incorporate an insect into at least one item on its daily menu. Insects are a good source of protein, and it is far less energy intensive to raise bugs than beef. [url]
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Come on!
That's like saying "Adobe Flash was working perfectly on YouTube, but Google switched to WebM because people were either running low-spec hardware or Stallmanite freetards".
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Riiiight! Like you don't drink/eat/breathe in thousand of bugs every day anyways, eh?
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"was"?
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Personally, I don't actually care that much about what I'm eating, as long as it's safe and sanitary and I like the taste.
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And don't forget snake wine!
Most true insects are delicious if they're prepared right. Fried ants are peppery.
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Waiter!
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