Should You Eat Bugs?

Yahoo News ^ | January 19, 2016

[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, it’s 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.

[nickcarraway]

[GraceG]

SHOULD......

Well the way things are going it won’t be SHOULD, it will be “WE HAVE TO”

[skeeter]

Photo of the writer at the link.

[miss marmelstein]

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?

[Smokin' Joe]

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.

[dfwgator]

“Slimy, yet satisfying”

[sparklite2]

Actually, we do eat bugs. There’s insect parts if flour and chocolate and such.

[Snickering Hound]

We're in crawfish season in these parts of the country.

[Resolute Conservative]

Grasshoppers maybe, definite no to crickets. They are disgusting.

[Covenantor]

Palmetto bugs

Prime USDA American Cockroach, like Black Angus, only better!

[BuffaloJack]

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.

[Phinneous]

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?

[miss marmelstein]

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.

[cyclotic]

Grasshoppers-Check
Mealworms-Check
Ants-Check
Spiders-Check

Eaten them all, on purpose and lived. Millions would make a meal though.

[Covenantor]

Glad to contribute to Word Power.

Another FRer learned popinjay on that thread.

My work for the day is done.

;>)

[Uncle Miltie]

No.

Because G-d said so.

[Jack Hammer]

No thanks.

Such thought is a spin-off of the Human Race Should Go Back to Cave Man Days variety of environmentalists.

[trisham]

No.

[Secret Agent Man]

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.