UN recommends edible insects

[apophenia]

UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world

ROME (AFP) - Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their "disgust", the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday.
"The main message is really: 'Eat insects'", Eva Mueller, director of forest economics at the FAO, told a press conference in Rome.
"Insects are abundant and they are a valuable source of protein and minerals," she said.
"Two billion people -- a third of the world's population -- are already eating insects because they are delicious and nutritious," she said.

This could be the way of the future.


Insects are a way more efficient way of obtaining protein and don't produce greenhouse gases.


This could do away with cattle ranches.


I think I'll move on down to Montana, and grow me a crop of mealy worms. I'll eat them using my zircon-encrusted tweezers.

 

[Twilight Hue]

McBeetle with a side of curly worms.

 

[LuisDantas]

The cultural shock is a given, but there is really nothing wrong with the recommendation. It does make a lot of sense.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world


This could be the way of the future.


Insects are a way more efficient way of obtaining protein and don't produce greenhouse gases.


This could do away with cattle ranches.


I think I'll move on down to Montana, and grow me a crop of mealy worms. I'll eat them using my zircon-encrusted tweezers.

From friends who have eaten insects, or are currently enjoying various insects as part of their diets or as the occasional delicacy, I hear they're delicious.

I admit I've never tried any.

 

[HonestJoe]

I admit I've never tried any.

Are you sure? Have you ever had shrimp or prawn?

 

[Iti oj]

I have a lolpop with a scoripian in it.....

 

[apophenia]

From friends who have eaten insects, or are currently enjoying various insects as part of their diets or as the occasional delicacy, I hear they're delicious.

I admit I've never tried any.

I decided to eat a caterpillar which I found I had steamed with my broccoli. It was quite pleasant. Sweet and meaty. I also ate a few caterpillars from bottles of Mezcal Tequila. I can't remember anything about them.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Are you sure? Have you ever had shrimp or prawn?

LOL I meant land-based insects.

I'm well aware of where various seafoods fit in the definition of "insect." Good one.

 

[apophenia]

Are you sure? Have you ever had shrimp or prawn?

Not officially insects AFAIK, but nevertheless a good point, they are much the same - crustaceans are arthropods. I hadn't thought about that.

 

[Treks]

Vegetarians, what do you think about munchin' on a widdy bitty beetle?

 

[Revoltingest]

Let the poor eat this.....

I'll stick with this....

 

[Tarheeler]

I wonder if anyone is selling kosher locusts......

 

[Caladan]

I prepared and ate locusts a couple of times, not bad.

 

[LuisDantas]

Vegetarians, what do you think about munchin' on a widdy bitty beetle?

Personally, I believe them to be less sensitive than vertebrates, so they sit somewhere between plants and vertebrates when it comes to the convenience of avoiding eating them.

So it is much like eating meat in general; it should be avoided, if it is not too much disconfort.

 

[Kerr]

The cultural shock is a given, but there is really nothing wrong with the recommendation. It does make a lot of sense.

Lol, yeah, but it still seems a bit... weird... to me. Thats the cultural shock speaking, btw. And the vegetarian in me.

 

[Kerr]

Vegetarians, what do you think about munchin' on a widdy bitty beetle?

No thanks. I dont eat animals or insects, and thats final .

 

[YmirGF]

I'll pass on eating insects. Thanks anyways, UN.

 

[SageTree]

Sustainable, Free-range, Organic Locusts.....


The kids will love it.


Honestly, roasted in a little oil and garic, I'd get a second scoop.

 

[Wirey]

UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world


This could be the way of the future.


Insects are a way more efficient way of obtaining protein and don't produce greenhouse gases.


This could do away with cattle ranches.


I think I'll move on down to Montana, and grow me a crop of mealy worms. I'll eat them using my zircon-encrusted tweezers.

If you eat fast food, you've eaten bugs.

 

[Revoltingest]

If you eat fast food, you've eaten bugs.

Bug parts are in all grain based products. They never bothered me.

Hey! It occurs to me how to sell bug food.....mash'm up, pour on the gravy, & call it Michigan Poutine!