Eating bugs - Health, Fitness, and Sports

Pondering Velociraptor Joined: Oct 25, 2010 Age: 22 Posts: 448 Location: Sitting On Top Of The World	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:13 pm?? ?Post subject: Eating bugs What is your view on this? I think it's a great idea. A lot of bugs are very good for your health. Crickets, meal worms, super worms... All very healthy and easy to breed for a much larger food supply. The trick is learning how to cook them properly, but once you have, they are not only tasty, but a healthy treat, especially if they've been gutloaded with very healthy foods. I think if there comes a time where people are lacking healthy food sources, a lot of people will resort to eating and breeding bugs, or at least it would be a smart thing to do. _________________ "You know, the blues ain't nothing but a worried ole heart disease"-Son House
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smudge 100% British Potatoes Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 1646 Location: London
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Pondering Velociraptor Joined: Oct 25, 2010 Age: 22 Posts: 448 Location: Sitting On Top Of The World
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Pondering Velociraptor Joined: Oct 25, 2010 Age: 22 Posts: 448 Location: Sitting On Top Of The World
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Pondering Velociraptor Joined: Oct 25, 2010 Age: 22 Posts: 448 Location: Sitting On Top Of The World
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Who_Am_I my soul must just be unusually resilient Joined: Aug 28, 2005 Age: 28 Posts: 8700 Location: My body is in Brisbane and my mind is in the gutter. :D
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shrox I understand metaphor. Joined: Aug 12, 2011 Age: 47 Posts: 2672 Location: The Lost Coast	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 6:21 pm?? ?Post subject: Beef is less squirty than bugs are when you bite into it. _________________ shrox Quaker www.shrox.com Embrace your X-Men tendencies.
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CrazyCatLord The lolcat is my totem animal Joined: Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 2144 Location: Germany	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:30 pm?? ?Post subject: As a predatory omnivore... well, a carrion-eating omnivore actually, seeing that I don't hunt myself and instead buy parts of corpses that have been dead for days... I don't see much difference between eating a chicken leg and a head of lettuce The only difference is that my meat is already dead, whereas the lettuce is still alive and breathing when I eat it. It seems crueler to me to bite into respiring, living tissue that might grow roots again if you put it in soil, but I don't care as long as it's healthy and tastes good. Anyway, you're correct that there isn't much of a difference between insect larvae and shrimps. Both are arthropods, and both are quite healthy (low in fat, high in protein). I love shrimps and lobster and would give mealworms a try. What I wouldn't eat though is locusts, because they're served in the carapace. I prefer my meat without a chitinous wrapper. If it's too much effort to peel the bugs, they're not worth eating.
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CrazyCatLord The lolcat is my totem animal Joined: Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 2144 Location: Germany
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CrazyCatLord The lolcat is my totem animal Joined: Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 2144 Location: Germany	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:44 pm?? ?Post subject: Perhaps we should clone prehistoric arthropods from fossil DNA Their giant size would justify the effort of peeling them first. I bet one could cut more than a hundred juicy steaks out of arthropleura. I'm not sure if they would thrive in today's oxygen poor atmosphere, but even if they'd only grow to the size of rabbits, it would be worth the effort. Edited to add: Although much smaller than Arthropleura, Meganeura would also be worth firing up the grill for. Baguette-sized yumminess. All the hunter needs is a very large flyswatter. Last edited by CrazyCatLord on Thu May 17, 2012 8:55 pm; edited 1 time in total
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