12 Facts That Prove That People All Over The Globe Are Already “Eating The Bugs” On A Regular Basis

Citizen Watch Report ^ | Michael

[Governor Dinwiddie]

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[goodnesswins]

No wonder Mexicans are leaving Mexico

[Uncle Miltie]

Bugs are largely not Kosher.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Having lived in Thailand for several years, I've tried some bugs (based on the philosophy "when in Rome"), but was not converted. Thai girls are often referred to as bug eaters, based on the food carts:

[ansel12]

A little bit of bug eating has been around in the U.S. for generations, but as a novelty, for example chocolate covered.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Where the hell are the envirowackoes? Eating all the bugs is going to screw up the “ecology”. We’ll be stealing food that belongs to the birds and stuff.

[crusty old prospector]

Mmm, love me some maggots and crickets. Not. I had a ribeye for dinner.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I’m eyeing a porterhouse on the grill for this weekend. But would also like a cowboy ribeye.

[Larry Lucido]

It’s not a bug. It’s a feature.

[Secret Agent Man]

When I see the rich people demanding to eat bugs every day, I’ll know they’re not just saying easy words like the hypocrites they are.

[alexander_busek]

In fact, you could potentially be consuming products that contain insect ingredients without even realizing it.

Honey?

Regards,

[Jan_Sobieski]

Bugs are full of parasites

[subterfuge]

Economics 101: find cheapest or even free raw materials (like bugs). Exploit the raw materials, get money.

And that’s largely what this is about. Money. It doesn’t have to be this way.

[central_va]

Ride a motorcycle in August around dusk. You will dine on bugs.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Those pictures are more appealing than the piles of dead insects for sale I saw in a local Bangkok market in 2008.

[Disambiguator]

When I was riding, I discovered windshields. The biggest benefit, after fatigue prevention, was that my riding jacket and helmet stayed much cleaner.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Years ago I found out that you are eating bugs. The FDA allows so many bug parts to be in the food you eat. They can’t get them all out. Common wheat has weevil eggs in it that can’t be removed all the time.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

In 1969 Utapao AFB we would catch rice bugs attracted to the big lights used at night to illuminate the aircraft.
The locals would pay a “Baht” (5 cents) for each female bug. They did not want the males and could tell by the smell what they were.
From what others said (I did not see it) they would bite off the end of the bug and suck out the rice in the bug.

Only bugs I ever ate was in the chow hall at Beale AFB in California. They had a nice display of salads and condiments which were really good with little bumps on them. Then one day I realized those “bumps” were gnats all over the food. I suddenly quit eating salads as a result.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

American Indians used to chow down on various bugs. When whining about “frybread” I often suggest they return to an original stone age diet. They don’t like that.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-eating-bugs-america