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by **Australian rePublic** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:54 am

REGARDING THE POLL
I changed it to add new options.
This poll assumes that you know where they were farmed and where they have been
EDIT: Sorry for changing the poll that second time. It won't happen again
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Entomophagy is the eating of insects. Whilst this is a common practice in many nations, Westerners are wary of it. People believe that bugs are the future of food.
Apparently eating bugs is better for the environment than traditional meats and provides more protein.
So would you be willing to try bugs? Are you currently an entomophagist?
Me personally, I would be willing to try it on special conditions; if I know where they come and/or they were specially farmed. Since bugs can, and do, go anywhere, I would be worried about any diseases that they may be carrying. If however, they are specially farmed, I'd be willing to try it
I would only eat them if they were cooked AND seasoned however
How about you?

EDIT: Where would you draw the line
I'd be willing to try things such as grass hoppers but would draw the line at cockroaches and ALL types of spiders

by **USS Monitor** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:02 am

I have no desire to try it. If other people are into it, that's fine. I just find bugs unappetizing.

by **Alyakia** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:04 am

eh. i'm not sure i'd try it. i don't mind ant legs n stuff in my food as long as i don't actually see them though.

by **Luxdonia** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:05 am

I would give it a shot.

by **Mushet** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:59 am

They better be cooked, raw roaches in my mouth is the reason I don't ingest without looking, those stupid fuckers love Coke so much they're willing to drown in it, and not just one at a time.

But I'm down to eat some grasshoppers that were washed and toasted. I'm planning to go to a Oaxacan event next Saturday maybe they'll have some there.

by **The Blaatschapen** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:00 am

Not really interested in trying it out.

The very idea bugs me.

by **Mushet** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:04 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:Not really interested in trying it out.

The very idea bugs me.

Badoomteesh!

by **Australian rePublic** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:18 am

Mushet wrote:They better be cooked, raw roaches in my mouth is the reason I don't ingest without looking, those stupid fuckers love Coke so much they're willing to drown in it, and not just one at a time.

But I'm down to eat some grasshoppers that were washed and toasted. I'm planning to go to a Oaxacan event next Saturday maybe they'll have some there.

I'm pretty sure they do cook them yes. I can't imagine too many people being keen on eating them raw, unwashed and unseasoned. It's hard enough to convince people to eat them in the first place.
Where would you draw the line though?
Me, I would try grasshoppers. I draw the line at cockroaches and all types of spiders

by **Mahdistan** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:25 am

I tried grasshoppers once, and I kind of want to try spiders too. No roaches for me though, nor bees, if that's a thing people eat.

by **Australian rePublic** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:28 am

Mahdistan wrote:I tried grasshoppers once, and I kind of want to try spiders too. No roaches for me though, nor bees, if that's a thing people eat.

I don't know if people eat roaches to be honest. I can't imagine people thinking of them as anything other than a pest, but I am probably wrong

by **Cetacea** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:40 am

larvae taste like peanut butter and are delicious fried in garlic butter, chocolate, chilli gasshoppers are a nice treat.
and spiders are crunchy as crab with nice gooey abdomens.

really if you can stomach shrimp or crayfish then other crustaceans ought to be no issue. Same with larvae and molluscs

delicious

by **Costa Fierro** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:50 am

Cetacea wrote:larvae taste like peanut butter ad are delicious fried in garlic butter, chocolate, chilli gasshoppers are a nice treat.
and spiders are crunchy as crab with nice gooey abdomens.

really if you can stomach shrimp or crayfish then other crustaceans ought to be no issue. Same with larvae and molluscs

delicious

Is that huhu larvae?

by **Cetacea** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:55 am

Costa Fierro wrote:
Cetacea wrote:larvae taste like peanut butter ad are delicious fried in garlic butter, chocolate, chilli gasshoppers are a nice treat.
and spiders are crunchy as crab with nice gooey abdomens.

really if you can stomach shrimp or crayfish then other crustaceans ought to be no issue. Same with larvae and molluscs

delicious

Is that huhu larvae?

yup

by **Esheaun Stroakuss** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:55 am

I'm not so sure.

by **Gauthier** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:07 am

Eating insects is not really too different from eating shrimp, lobster and the like aside from cultural bias. Hopefully cultivation methods will reduce or eliminate any risks of parasitic infestation.

In addition, insects can provide much needed protein for humans but only require a fraction of resources needed to raise cattle:

How bug farming is changing the food economy

There isn't any culture or religion in the world that has a strict prohibition against eating insects; in fact Judaism declares certain species of locust kosher.

Kosher locust

The only reason I won't try insects myself is shellfish allergy, which consuming insects apparently can trigger as well.

by **The Serbian Empire** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:10 am

I'll eat them if they're cheaper than meat and I don't have to capture them.

by **Napkiraly** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:50 am

Eaten bugs in the past. When cooked and seasoned are quite delicious and the right kind of crunchy. I approve of our bug eating future.

by **Scyobayrynn** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:26 am

I've eaten grasshoppers, ants, and scorpions.

I started eating ants first just to make my kids laugh, ants are almost sweet tart like, they have a zing.
Grasshoppers don't have a zing, they are earthy, and crunchy.
Scorpion almost tastes like hopper mixed with shrimp but no fishy taste at all.

More people in the world eat bugs than don't, and if you think you don't look at the allowed accidental contents of your processed food...enjoy.

by **L Ron Cupboard** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:48 am

Eating as wide a range of foodstuffs as possible, seems like a better way of preserving our ecosystem, than narrowing the range of things we eat.

by **The Foxes Swamp** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:59 am

happy to throw it in a smoothie or a stew or something like that but straight up not likely unless im starving

by **Mushet** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:41 am

Australian Republic wrote:
Mushet wrote:They better be cooked, raw roaches in my mouth is the reason I don't ingest without looking, those stupid fuckers love Coke so much they're willing to drown in it, and not just one at a time.

But I'm down to eat some grasshoppers that were washed and toasted. I'm planning to go to a Oaxacan event next Saturday maybe they'll have some there.

I'm pretty sure they do cook them yes. I can't imagine too many people being keen on eating them raw, unwashed and unseasoned. It's hard enough to convince people to eat them in the first place.
Where would you draw the line though?
Me, I would try grasshoppers. I draw the line at cockroaches and all types of spiders

Poison? I can eat some properly prepared roaches and spiders, grasshoppers properly prepared I can get pretty easy not even just at the event. Fuck eating a black widow though.

by **Sam Hyde** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:44 am

Bugs? That's pussy shit.

I stuff my mouth full of jellyfish.

by **USS Monitor** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:45 pm

Cetacea wrote:larvae taste like peanut butter and are delicious fried in garlic butter, chocolate, chilli gasshoppers are a nice treat.
and spiders are crunchy as crab with nice gooey abdomens.

really if you can stomach shrimp or crayfish then other crustaceans ought to be no issue. Same with larvae and molluscs

delicious

We monitors are a seafaring race. Sea creatures are not as weird to me as bugs.

by **USS Monitor** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:48 pm

Mahdistan wrote:I tried grasshoppers once, and I kind of want to try spiders too. No roaches for me though, nor bees, if that's a thing people eat.

People do eat bees. I saw it on "Bizarre Foods." I think it was somewhere in Asia and they were fried.

by **Iwassoclose** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:50 pm

Extremely good source of protein, but I prefer mine to come off a cow or a pig.

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