Edible bug industry hopes crickets and kin are the next sushi

Reuters ^ | May 27, 2016 | Ben Klayman

[C19fan]

Just like raw tuna is a favorite of foodies everywhere, Robert Nathan Allen foresees a day when crickets will make their way onto consumers' plates.

A growing need for more food sources as well as a desire to treat animals more humanely have proponents predicting entomophagy, or eating insects, will eventually spread more heavily to western and developed countries. They envision pancakes made with cricket flour or falafel chocked full of mealworm goodness will be just as desirable as sushi.

[C19fan]

Good enough for John the Baptist good enough for me. We already eat arthropods, for example, crabs.

[chris37]

Mmm insect sushi and parasitic worms.

Who wouldn’t want to just dive right in!?

[varyouga]

I heard some BBQ grubs taste like shrimp and can be grown in a box of vegetable scraps at home

[LYDIAONTARIO]

No way! They will find my starved skeleton at the insect-filled dinner table!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Globalist elites destroy the world’s food supply so this is their way of selling food production to the masses.

[Flick Lives]

...a desire to treat animals more humanely have proponents predicting entomophagy, or eating insects, will eventually spread more heavily to western and developed countries. They envision pancakes made with cricket flour...

This statement is illogical. Pancakes and falafel are made with wheat, not animals. Why replace wheat with crickets?

[poobear]

As long as I can have a side order of Prime Rib 😎

[BuffaloJack]

I’ve tried crickets and grasshoppers. Don’t like them. They taste like pressed lawn pellets.
17 years cicadas harvested while they’re still soft, on the other hand, actually do taste a little like shrimp.

[Snickering Hound]

People have been crazy about crawfish in the south for decades.

[slumber1]

If it looks good - eat it"

[bgill]

a desire to treat animals more humanely

But, but what about the poor bugs?!? #BugLivesMatter!

[BenLurkin]

Yup.

There will be few staged photo sessions of the Lear Jet Leftists noshing on insect snacks but they will go right back to the Wagyu beef and caviar soon after the masses are dining regularly on termite paste tortillas.

[struggle]

Sorry, but let Thailand be Thailand.

[treetopsandroofs]

Then Mosanto can start modifying them for Thanksgiving.

[Redcitizen]

The only good Bug is a dead bug.

[lefty-lie-spy]

Crickets, grasshoppers and bees are actually quite delicious when sautéed in soy sauce, sugar, and sake, and other flavorings.

[Boogieman]

“We already eat arthropods, for example, crabs.”

Speak for yourself, I avoid the cockroaches of the sea.

[dainbramaged]

There is no better tasting clam than the fried body meat of a geoduck. That is a commercially grown one in the photo, I’ve dug up ones twice that size - they can live 150 years.

[Zeneta]

If Joe only knew.

Joe’s Apartment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj3ra_B1PVU

[Vigilanteman]

My kid brother and I used to eat all that stuff just for fun and to one-up each other. We thought crickets and grasshopper tasted like string. Not a very pleasant source of protein!

Wild rabbit was actually quite tasty and gamey, just a little stringy. I drew the line at crows because I knew what they ate. My kid brother ate them anyway.

Grubs weren't bad either. We liked them best sauteed in garlic butter, but not quite as good as escargot (snails).

Ants varied according to where you got them. Those in clover and alfalfa patches were sweet and tasty. Those in sandy or dry areas were blah!