Posted on 01/22/2023 4:26:19 PM PST by DallasBiff
“Mixed with sugar, the beetles supposedly taste just like real meat. They could also become alternatives to sausages or chicken nuggets.”
PARIS — Beetleburgers could soon be helping to feed the world, according to new research. The creepy crawlers’ larvae — better known as mealworms — could act as a meat alternative to alleviate hunger worldwide. The process uses a fraction of the land and water and emits a smaller carbon footprint in comparison of traditional farming.
To make this a reality, French biotech company Ynsect is planning a global network of insect farms, including nurseries and slaughterhouses. A pilot plant has already been been set up at Dole in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region of France
(Excerpt) Read more at studyfinds.org ...
Never....
I hope the rich people enjoy all their beetleburgers. For myself, such glamorous food is more than I feel than I deserve.
Me neither!
I’ll take 2 Beetleburgers with roach sauce
Just think how small France’s carbon footprint would be with no French people (serfs) and just the feudal lords remaining ... carbon footprints would not longer be a problem.
“Mixed with sugar”
mix enough sugar in something and almost anything sill seem palatable ... of course, all that sugar is guaranteed to induce obesity and provoke diabetes type ii ...
” I hope the rich people enjoy all their beetleburgers. “
You don’t seriously think THEY will be eating beetleburgers, do you? WE will have them while they dine high off the hog — or the cow.
Will people fall for their bug eating joke ?
I’ll pass. Let Greta Thurnberg eat them.
I am wondering what the mealworms live on? Do they eat plants? Can these mealworms be cultivated in an underground bunker with sufficient lighting and water?
Perhaps they are anticipating a nuclear winter and need to plan to for an alternate food source?
Per the above, they get salmon and beef.
It should been only Bugs on the Menus at Davos
How To Raise Mealworms
Raising mealworms is easy and doesn’t require any expensive gear to get started. You’ll need the following items to create the housing and environment for mealworms to thrive:
Plastic set of drawers
1/4-inch hardware cloth
Duct tape
Oatmeal
Carrots, potatoes, or apples
Small mealworm colony — purchased at a local pet store
https://insteading.com/blog/raising-mealworms/
Nah, I’ll stick to hot dogs. At least I have some idea what animal might be in it, and the bug content is relatively low.
Sustainable farming of the mealworm Tenebrio molitor for the production of food and feed
Get a load of the info at 3.1 on microbial contamination.
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Yeah, let those miscreants practice what they preach. Not that I’m holding my breath.
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