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Edible bug industry hopes crickets and kin are the next sushi
Reuters ^ | May 27, 2016 | Ben Klayman

Posted on 05/27/2016 9:17:42 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: bugs; insects
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Ratburgers:....Rat on a stick. Thailand Yummm. (Not our rats though).


41 posted on 05/27/2016 1:26:03 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Boogieman

It’s a geoduck, a type of clam....nature’s most obscene seafood


42 posted on 05/27/2016 2:44:36 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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