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To: givemELL
I've always wondered why western countries have found bugs unpalatable, while most other cultures eat some sort of worms/grubs/insects/etc. They would be a great source of cheap protein. However, like most Americans, I can't get past the idea (although I know we eat them every day in our prepared food—somehow it's not quite the same as eating stir fried crickets).
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3 posted on 06/02/2008 2:03:57 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: brytlea

more to do with bugs being non-kosher than anytyhing...


11 posted on 06/02/2008 2:06:55 PM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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To: brytlea
I've always wondered why western countries have found bugs unpalatable,

Because we have a ready supply of hamburgers available?

In these same cultures, what do they do on special occasions? Cook themselves up some meat. If they could replace their animals easily, they'd consume them over bugs, bet on it.

40 posted on 06/02/2008 3:14:44 PM PDT by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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