General / Off-Topic Edible insects?

Winterwalker

Winterwalker

Ian Skippy

Ian Skippy
Our local uni regularly offers wormburgers. Taste-wise I have to say I prefer beef, but it makes sense to use worms for multiple reasons.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
I just read that in the last three decades, three quarters of the world's population of insects has disappeared because of human activities.

So if you want to eat insects, enjoy while there is still a little.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
60% of animal species and three quarters of insects in a few decades.

Sad human race.

We have to learn to eat our fellow men to survive in a few decades.

Perhaps we will eat our parents, and our children will eat us ?

For the survival of the species before the planet becomes an arid desert with no future.
 

Bob Lighthouse

Banned
Bob Lighthouse
Patrick_68000 said:
60% of animal species and three quarters of insects in a few decades.

Sad human race.

We have to learn to eat our fellow men to survive in a few decades.

Perhaps we will eat our parents, and our children will eat us ?

For the survival of the species before the planet becomes an arid desert with no future.
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I really think this is just more human hubris.

We'll all be long gone before we can do any of that, and life will adapt.
 

Gortron

Gortron
Robin of Spiritwood said:
BBC's running a story about snack packs in Sainsburys that contain BBQ flavored crickets.

What do you folks in the UK think about this item? Would you give it a go?

This story makes me remember when Marvel Heroes patched and Black Widow got Rolling Grenades as a power, leading a friend to comment:
"OMGWTFBBQ!!!!"

You can see them in action here:


If you've tried the crickets, are they as much fun as that?
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I’m repulsed by the idea but I’ll probably try it. Insects are abundant and nutritious but visually repulsive; they might look nicer in Sainsbury’s taste the difference packaging 👍😁
 

askavir

askavir
Patrick_68000 said:
Three quarters of insects have disappeared from the planet in a few decades.
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True, probably due to the overuse of pesticides, and the ever-shrinking habitats due to cities covering the whole ground in cement.. Some bugs that I was used to see everyday when I was a little boy seemed to have disappeared from existence, like ladybugs. I haven't seen a ladybug in over a decade.

But what I think he meant is that insects are tipically easy to mass reproduce. I mean, just look at how you forget to clean a few crumbles fallen in the kitchen ground, and in a few hours a million ants just sprungs out of thin air...
 

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askavir said:
True, probably due to the overuse of pesticides, and the ever-shrinking habitats due to cities covering the whole ground in cement.. Some bugs that I was used to see everyday when I was a little boy seemed to have disappeared from existence, like ladybugs. I haven't seen a ladybug in over a decade.

But what I think he meant is that insects are tipically easy to mass reproduce. I mean, just look at how you forget to clean a few crumbles fallen in the kitchen ground, and in a few hours a million ants just sprungs out of thin air...
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I mean they're obviously already producing them somewhere.

Where else does the local pet shop get those egg-cartons full of the little blighters, for the lizards?
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
askavir said:
True, probably due to the overuse of pesticides, and the ever-shrinking habitats due to cities covering the whole ground in cement.. Some bugs that I was used to see everyday when I was a little boy seemed to have disappeared from existence, like ladybugs. I haven't seen a ladybug in over a decade.
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It's true, I met a few ladybugs but really not many.
 

Frank

Frank
We freeze your love

Patrick_68000 said:
60% of animal species and three quarters of insects in a few decades.

Sad human race.

We have to learn to eat our fellow men to survive in a few decades.

Perhaps we will eat our parents, and our children will eat us ?

For the survival of the species before the planet becomes an arid desert with no future.
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The time to start worrying is when Findus buys out those cryogenic funeral homes
 

Frank

Frank
It's a long time since I watched Soylent Green. I think it's high time I watched it again. In the meantime I'm away to listen to Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 while looking at some footage of green hills and flowers.
 
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