Grasshoppers - The New Sushi?

BBC ^ | 16 September 2016 | Katy Watson and Sarah Treanor

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, HELL NO!

[xzins]

The grasshopper is a clean animal in the bible

Leviticus 11:22 - "Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper."

[jalisco555]

I had grasshoppers in Puerto vallarta, Mexico, at a very high-class restaurant. The first crunchy bites were pretty good. But it didn’t grow on me. I don’t plan a repeat performance.

I had the same in Toluca, Mexico. A once in a lifetime experience.

[RegulatorCountry]

I have no interest in intentionally ingesting insects. If I were starving with no other choice, I’d probably eat them but it wouldn’t be a pleasant experience.

[JennysCool]

Man, that Elliot Mermel could sure belt out a tune!

[cyclotic]

I don’t eat your food’s food that often, which is also why I tend to shy away from salad.

To quote Ted Nugent, “I like vegetarians. Almost everything I eat are vegetarians, except for the occasional mountain lion steak.”

It’s been quite a while since I’ve feasted on insects. Mostly it was done to freak people out.

[Ancesthntr]

I didn’t like the old sushi - to me, raw fish is bait.

I’ll eat California rolls, or the lox and cream cheese rolls, but NFW on the raw fish...and 50 million x NFW on the bugs.

[RoosterRedux]

I love sushi. But I’m not eating grasshopper sushi until its a hit in Japan.

[nickcarraway]

There’s no business like bug business.

[Ancesthntr]

“The grasshopper is a clean animal in the bible
Leviticus 11:22 - “Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.” “

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I knew that. But notice that it is PERMISSIBLE to eat them, as in not MANDATORY. So anyone else can eat bugs, but not me. Only if I’m literally starving.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not in this house.

[Battle Axe]

Man does not possess or is able to secrete a chitin-ase, the digestive enzyme to break down the hard shell (the bones) of any insect.

Do NOT eat these things.

[Clutch Martin]

For what it’s worth... grasshoppers are considered a clean food source. As in, they are not scavengers.

[Quickgun]

No, Starving to death is better...

[Clutch Martin]

If you eat salad... you are probably eating insects... you just can’t see them. Even thorough washing will not completely rid the vegetables of all the critters.

[RegulatorCountry]

I realize insects find their way into any number of foods. I don’t intentionally eat them, though. It’s inadvertent, like accidentally inhaling a gnat.

[xzins]

I see them more as dried, turned into protein powder, and added to feed.

[loungitude]

I had a Rottweiler that liked eating grasshoppers.

[colorado tanker]

The aliens ate bugs.

[rfreedom4u]

I’ve had mealworms before and they are actually rather tasty. Takes a whole lot to fill you up though. And you’re hungry in about an hour again.