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DancinJack wrote:None.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:I tried nacho cheese crickets (think nacho Doritos) a few years ago, and they weren't bad at all. Mind you, you got the flavor of the cheese powder and not much else. But the crunch was there, and there was nothing objectionable.
DreadCthulhu wrote:I honestly don't see insect based foods catching on much in the western world; even if meat prices rose a lot, I bet most people would just eat more beans before they turned to bugs.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:People all over the world eat, and prize, lobster, crab, and crayfish. I think the main reason we don't eat land-based bugs is because they don't grow as large as their underwater cousins, and therefore there's not nearly as much meat to be had off of them.
ludi wrote:Chuckaluphagus wrote:People all over the world eat, and prize, lobster, crab, and crayfish. I think the main reason we don't eat land-based bugs is because they don't grow as large as their underwater cousins, and therefore there's not nearly as much meat to be had off of them.
Lobster, crab, and crayfish also tend to be reasonably clean and good quality. On the other hand bottom-feeders like carp or sunfish are not prized at all, and their food and habitat are much closer, by analogy, to that of many land-based insects.
derFunkenstein wrote:seafood is also nasty.
demolition wrote:but currently it will make a much bigger impact on the environment if people just replaced maybe half of their beef intake with chicken and seafood which has a much lower environmental impact.
just brew it! wrote:But lobster, crab, and crayfish are bottom-dwellers too! So are clams, oysters, scallops, shrimp, and catfish (all of which are also quite popular).
Glorious wrote:demolition wrote:but currently it will make a much bigger impact on the environment if people just replaced maybe half of their beef intake with chicken and seafood which has a much lower environmental impact.
I agree with the first part (chicken), but the second part is way more complicated. Overfishing is a serious problem, and it can be difficult to select for "seafood" types that are "good" because sometimes it doesn't just depend on the fish, but on where the fish was caught.
tanker27 wrote:Did whm1974 make another account?
demolition wrote:I don't think that 'hiding' it in our food by milling it is the way to go. I generally prefer my food to be as little processed as possible.
ludi wrote:just brew it! wrote:Catfish and crayfish seem to be more of a regional thing that a universal delicacy.