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Eating insects isn't any worse than ripping flesh and tendons from the bones of a decaying animal.
So eating the goo of an insect, while you crunch on its EXOSKELETON is equivalent to eating a nice piece of steak, fish, chicken, pork etc? Go for it. I'd have to be shot down in Communist territory, like Jersey, to do that.
So eating the goo of an insect, while you crunch on its EXOSKELETON is equivalent to eating a nice piece of steak, fish, chicken, pork etc?...
I don't believe I said they were "equivalent", I simply made a comparison.
Anyway, one has its skeleton on the inside, the other has its skeleton on the outside.
Stir-fried grasshoppers seasoned with chili peppers and lime are surprisingly tasty, and tarantulas taste a bit like crabs. Escamoles (ant eggs) seasoned with garlic and butter is a tasty Oaxacan treat, as is Salsa de Chicatanas, made by pan roasting and grinding Chicatanas (giant flying ants) into a mole sauce.
I have a vague recollection of being in a delicatessen as a child - a rather posh one - and seeing candied grasshoppers and chocolate covered ants. This must be 50 years ago. They were in cans.
Has anyone heard of these? I have to GOOGLE it. It almost seems like a dream...
Well, we all know that when you squash a bug, there is that icky ooze that comes out. Personally, I can't get over that image. Although, all the cooking shows, like Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmer make bug food look really interesting and 'crunchy' sounding which is an attractive aspect for snackers.
As for not eating rabbit, horse and dog, Americans see them more as domesticated or pets (except rabbit hunting is very popular and I remember eating it as a child) and there is that cute, big-eyed, innocent factor.
Some insects have things in them that might make you change your mind about eating them.
I've killed a few flies before that were loaded with maggots.
Have you ever seen what comes out of a praying mantis after it drowns ?
Some insects have things in them that might make you change your mind about eating them...
Food-quality insects are raised in a controlled environment, much like farm animals.
BTW - have you seen what parasites are in/on wild animals hunted for food?
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