S4 E5 – Would you eat insects if the world depended on it?!
The future of food is constantly changing and perceptions of food vary drastically from country to country. What may be considered as a delicacy in one country could be seen as revolting in another.An interesting topic that’s been cropping up recently is the use of insects as a more sustainable form of protein. What are your thoughts?
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I love the name sorted, especially now you are going the packs etc it makes perfect sense. Maybe a mistake but one that worked out very well. Kepp up the good work guys.
I know this is a very late post (I only just became a member). But I will say, if your life truly depended on it, you will become anything. Your will to live will win over anything else – it’s a powerful thing. My mom survived the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and if you go there, you will see a lot of…interesting (but delicious if you are brave enough to try) foods. Like tarantulas. They ate these because it was literally that or die a horrible death. That being said, it was gnarly to eat some of the street food in Cambodia haha
I think you could cover almost anything in chocolate and I’d eat it.
If I didn’t know what it was and looked like something I am familiar with then it would be fine, for example my first encounter with calamari was on holiday in Spain as a child and took one off my mums plate thinking it was an onion ring. If I had known what it was before I ate it I wouldn’t have touched it. I suppose that could also come down to fussy eating when I was a child.
If cricket powder reacts as normal flour does then I’d be willing to try it in a cake or something
SORTED… it’s you. Don’t ever ever change it. And no, it’s not a terrible name.
In short – I’d eat those bars .. but if you presented me with a cricket in its entirety.. NOPE.
It really is a visual thing..
Yeah I know.. but I’d eat a cow? Those adorable big eyed cute mamals known to kick balls around the field.
Well yes.
Hi there,
Just pitching in on what crickets eat.
They will eat anything, from food compostable waste (vegetables mostly) but basically you can give them livestock feed, carrot peels, potato skins, cabbage… Whatever. Of course, the better you feed them, the better their nutritional profile.
You might ask, “then why don’t we give them food waste so we kill two birds with one stone?” Because of pathogens issues. If we plan on eating them, we need to make sure they don’t carry harmful bacteria. We need to do more research on this.
Also, if I were a vegetarian, I don’t think I would go back to eating animals for the joy of eating insects. Lab grown burgers maybe, but not crickets. That said it’s a fun and exciting idea. 🙂
After watching this I thought I might pick up some cricket flour to see if I could do anything interesting with it. Looked it up, and turns out it’s not suitable for celiacs. Apparently it’s because they eat it, but I’m still not clear on why it’s ok if a cow or pig eats gluten, but not a cricket.
I would imagine it’s because you don’t usually eat the intestines of a pig/cow, only the muscles. But with insects you’d eat the entire animal, with contains remnants of what they ate.
I remember having caramalised ants on a pavlova at an East African restaurant in Melbourne. Was awesome.
Very interesting, also read an article some time ago about mopane worms and remembered my mom telling us stories about eating (think) fried mopane worms when she was a child and they visted family in Zimbabwe about 40+ years ago. Found the article again -> https://www.tripsavvy.com/nutritious-and-delicious-mopane-worms-4135098
Also for those curious, from the Eat Grub website “Eat Grub’s worms and crickets are fed a combination of cereals and carrots. Our grasshoppers are fed grass and bran, making our insects tasty and nutritious.”
Ahhh – awesome. Thanks!
I think in powder/flour/crushed up form I’d be fine. I’d definitely have a massive mental block trying to eat a whole insect.
In the whole vegetarian/ vegan debate, I have a couple of friends that eat strictly vegetarian for environmental reasons and when they travelled to South America they tried insects and were fine with them ethically.
I guess those who are doing it for animal welfare ethical reasons might have a different take though.
Really interesting on the vegetarian/vegan aspect, isn’t it? Guess it’s all just personal preference!
If the world absolutely depended on it – then maybe. I’d consider it. Right now, it’s not even up for debate. I’m also generally quite selective in my food preferences though so that plays a role.