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Should You Eat Bugs?
Yahoo News ^
| January 19, 2016
Posted on 01/20/2016 10:48:40 AM PST by nickcarraway
Insects like crickets, mealworms, ants and caterpillars are being touted as one of the hottest culinary trends. Should these crawly critters be part of your diet?
Nutrition Facts Many insects contain a plentiful dose of protein, plus some healthy carbs and fat. Two tablespoons of cricket flour (available online and in some health food stores) contains 55 calories and more than 7 grams of protein; it also contains vitamin B12 and minerals like iron and zinc.
The Hype While insect consumption is more common in some countries, itâs a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S. But here in the States, bugs are finding their way into everything from granola bars to candy to tortilla chips.
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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: insects; renfield; urp
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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
SHOULD......
Well the way things are going it won’t be SHOULD, it will be “WE HAVE TO”
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:49:54 AM PST
by
GraceG
(The election doesn't pick the next president, it is an audition for "American Emperor"...)
To: nickcarraway
Photo of the writer at the link.
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:50:54 AM PST
by
skeeter
(Nasty Conservative for Cruz)
To: nickcarraway
The ex-White House chef (his names escapes me at the moment) recently said in an interview with the sainted New York Times that we had to eat less beef in the future to save the planet. He won't, of course, he's special. So why not push the nutritional value of water bugs?
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:51:47 AM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: nickcarraway
There are already some insect parts in virtually any candy bar. That doesn't mean I want them there.
I have seen some insane fads before, but this takes the cake.
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:52:03 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:52:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
Actually, we do eat bugs. There’s insect parts if flour and chocolate and such.
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:52:30 AM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: nickcarraway
We're in crawfish season in these parts of the country.
To: nickcarraway
Grasshoppers maybe, definite no to crickets. They are disgusting.
To: miss marmelstein
Palmetto bugs
Prime USDA American Cockroach, like Black Angus, only better!
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posted on
01/20/2016 10:59:34 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: nickcarraway
When I was young, back in the 50s, my father, sister and I would collect cicada hanging on trees after they’d emerged to shed their shell and before they hardened. We’d pluck the from the tree bark and drop them into a pail of ice and water to stop them from hardening.
Later when we steamed them, we did so the same way you would steam crab, shrimp or crawdads. Believe it of not, cicadas taste a little like shrimp. They are tasty.
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:02:13 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Slavery will continue to exist and thrive as long a Islam continues to exist.)
To: nickcarraway
Ha, when the feds are obligating you all to eat your bugs I’ll have my religious objection. Ha ha ha.. wha? They won’t let me practice my religion?
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:03:06 AM PST
by
Phinneous
(She-yibaneh beis hamikdash bi-m'heirah v'yameinu v'sein chelkeinu b'sorahsecha.)
To: Covenantor
Charming, Cov. Boy, you really took care of another Freeper within the last half hour. Also taught me a new word: zampolit? Had to look it up.
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:03:11 AM PST
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: Resolute Conservative
Grasshoppers-Check
Mealworms-Check
Ants-Check
Spiders-Check
Eaten them all, on purpose and lived. Millions would make a meal though.
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:12:16 AM PST
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: miss marmelstein
Glad to contribute to Word Power.
Another FRer learned popinjay on that thread.
My work for the day is done.
;>)
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:21:59 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:22:15 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Lindsey Graham: Ted Cruz Is Worse Than Donald Trump)
To: nickcarraway
No thanks.
Such thought is a spin-off of the Human Race Should Go Back to Cave Man Days variety of environmentalists.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:26:19 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: nickcarraway
Unless an extreme emergency, no way.
Many bugs are hosts to parasites and diseases that may survive any type of cooking process. If it is that bad you definitely do not want to get live longer sick and dying slower, either.
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posted on
01/20/2016 11:26:35 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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