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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fish bait is for fish.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll have plant protein instead, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I've never tried whole bugs, only protein bars. I feel like the texture of exoskeleton would be the worst part?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's just crispy when cooked properly. Do you like chips? French fries? Crispy pork? You'll be at home!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

A friend of mine in Zambia taught me how to fry caterpillars. They are like squishy french fries. They are fine. They pair well with chibuku.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

In Mexico, chapulines are a bit of an exotic delicacy from old Aztec cuisine, there's a place in my town that has them, heated and tossed on a grill with no oil, then served on a corn tortilla with black beans, fresh chopped onions and cilantro, topped with a lime squeeze and green jalapeño salsa.
They are delicious.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wish there was a place to try this in the US.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There is! Everything they listed is readily available in your local market, and crickets can be purchased in bulk at pet stores.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Oh god that sounds disgusting! How can you eat that? I don't think I could even get to the point of swallowing, let alone chewing it up. I feel a little nauseous just thinking about it. Cilantro?!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

My nephews lived in Mexico for a few years and they still miss them.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm eating billionaire bacon before I eat bugs, no thanks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'd eat bugs well before I tried to eat another human, billionaire or not.

But if you gave me a flyswatter to kill a random bug or a gun to kill a random CEO, and I HAD to choose one or the other... the bug would probably make it out alive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What part is the bacon, around the gut?

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Crickets and other insects meant for consumption are actually pretty expensive, so that cant be real. There is so much cheaper food that you would actually want to eat.

I love trying out insect based food, and every time it was a lot more expensive, drier, and tasted worse than other options, so I cant imagine something like this actually going mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

They are really expensive because no one is buying them but people who have time and money to spend on changing their habits.
BUT! They are actually pretty cheap to raise yourself. Crickets can eat leftovers and parts of vegetable you sometimes don't want to eat like potato peels. We used to do that to feed our lizards and spiders at home. I guess that preparing them for human consumption would be a bit longer (drying and grinding them, or whatever), but still much cheaper than store-bought meat.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could just raise chickens at the point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Crickets are cheapet/more efficient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But you can do both, if your cricket operation really gets going you can use them to feed the chickens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Feeding destruents to a destruent? Two times the loss; crickets/chicken was supposed to save food money, not waste it.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man I can't help but cringe when reading this and picturing myself handling and eating them. In principle, I'm all for it, but I'm kind of a somewhat squeamish eater and I think for me they would need to be integrated into something where you can't really tell it's there (protein bars, soups, whatever).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, even visualization aside, I guess insects are not that interesting to cook compared to your usual animals. You probably won't make yourself a "steak" from crickets alone. What is usually sold is flour. You can spread it on your salad to add proteins, or make burgers patties with them.
I write all that as if I was an expert, but I honestly never tried it ^^. One day, probably.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Now I'm interested in what the best method of cooking them is.

[–] [email protected] 153 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I would fucking love to get my protein from insects - they're prohibitively expensive.

Also, outrage bait.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I was curious to see the comments because I think OP was expecting something similar to facebook or reddit. But I feel like most people here recognize this for the lame rage bait that it is. Only idiot Fox News watching conservatives freak out about this shit.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I looked up cricket flour and it's not cheap, also some complaints that it's not real flour like for baking

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing is like wheat flour for baking.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know how much crickets cost, but legumes are pretty cheap too

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