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wallace
The naked truth is we all eat bugs every day which are in our foods.
Moonraker
I don't know what it means by locust here. Locusts are well known for cannibalism.
wallace
When we lived in Nagano we ate fried insects. Also in Thailand. But nothing to get excited about.
wallace
Governments' rules allow for certain levels of bug contamination in foods otherwise we would have nothing left to eat.
wallace
Canned bugs
https://youtu.be/n34UQ2-eGyM
cleo
If you're averse to eating insects, make sure you check the ingredients list on that bean jam bun or packet of TimTams. Or that bottle of ketchup. Or that tube of M&Ms. Or anything that the manufacturer would like to look a bit redder than what comes natural.
If the list says 'cochineal' or 'carmine', you're eating squashed-up bugs.
Apparently Starbucks no longer uses cochineal in its drinks.
Algernon LaCroix
Nah, not interested in the slightest.
Stephen Chin
If the contents of every insect's stomach can be removed completely,
I may eat insects.
Stephen Chin
If not, count me out.
japancat
You mean like grasshoppers ? ! Yuk !
falseflagsteve
Yucky wucky, not for me thank you very much
prionking
Yes, that's true. Weevils in flour and rice, etc. But there's a big difference between very small amounts that can't be filtered out and going out of one's way to eat them as a source of nutrition.
Personally, I vill not eat ze bugs to "save" the environment, no matter how nicely Uncle Klaus asks.