entomophagy
Anyone else here eat bugs? Do you eat them raw? I've had wild ants and crickets, and I tried a grub once (not an experience I'd like to repeat anytime soon). I'm thinking of starting my own dorm-room cricket farm to supply me with crickets through the winter. I bet that crickets soaked in tamari and dehydrated until crispy would be a tasty snack. Raw crickets taste like raw shelfish only richer and less salty/fishy.
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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on -
Thats amazing that you are doing that. I'm not into it but if I had to survive I would be. Do you get energy from them?
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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on -
Yes, I feel like they are a really potent superfood and a very natural part of the human diet, as per http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/hb/hb-interview1c.shtml. Also, part of the solution to our current environmental crisis. People spray crops with poisons to kill insects that are more nutritious than the crops themselves! Tomato horn worms and locusts are the two worst culprits for crop destruction and they are both edible. I bet you could replace 50% of the meat in a McDonald's hamburger with insects and no one would notice ;-) .
Like it or not, you've probably already eaten at least a pound of insects over the course of your life without noticing it.
Insects provide abundant zinc, calcium, iron, niacin and protein, among other vitamins and minerals.
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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on
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Thankyou for answering that. Do you take the wings off? And how do you kill them? Do you cut the head off?
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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on
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If I have just one or two crickets then I'll pop them whole into my mouth and chew really fast. For a lot of crickets, probably the easiest way to kill them is to put them in the freezer for a few minutes. This is how they would die in nature when the cold weather comes. Sometimes I take the legs off, but not the wings.
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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on
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I like the cold method. Seems really natural.
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Permalink Reply by Danny on -
I bet you could replace 50% of the meat in a McDonald's hamburger with insects and no one would notice ;-) .
That was a big rumor back in the days, that MC D's used worms in their burgers to bring their price down. That would actually be allot healthier than the burgers they serve now.
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Permalink Reply by yogini on -
You are so cool. I really want to start eating bugs. May I send you some questions here in a week or so? I would love to learn more. I think bugs are a missing link in the (temperate zone) raw diet.
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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on
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Sure, I'll try my best to answer them.
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Permalink Reply by Sara Tonin on -
Boldness and genius in that idea... I vote that you should try it! And why not?
(It will be interesting to see how many folks have tried any bug cuisine...)
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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on
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Thanks. Of course my crickets will be fed a diet of ocean-grown wheat grass, wild grass and superfoods.
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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on
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Maybe I'll try this in a few months when I have more time to care for my crickets, I'm super busy right now.
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