Would You Eat Bugs?

[fmdog44]

Other cultures do and they are growing more popular in the western cultures. I would try grasshoppers only because every time I see a person try them they like them. It would top there, no worms, no dogs no other insects.

 

[AnnieA]

I have eaten bugs ...live ones. If you ever ride an ATV in a humid, subtropical summer, you'll likely ingest bugs. As for intentionally eating them, I would.

 

[Aunt Marg]

No insects or creepy-crawly things for me.

 

[Pinky]

If I absolutely had to .. I would.

 

[Llynn]

I have eaten bugs of various types. In an earlier life I rode motorcycles with no face shield. Also when in SE Asia with the US Navy I enjoyed a few dishes that had bugs as a source of protein. Some were good, all were crunchy.

 

[SetWave]

I'm with Pinky on this. Only if necessary. (not to worry. I'll share)

 

[HoneyNut]

Well I would have said absolutely not, but this thread motivated me to search on YouTube and I watched a video of a guy trying several different types that he bought at an open market (street food place I guess) in Thailand. It was creepy to watch but he liked them all. So I guess if I was around other people who were eating them (and maybe if I'd had a drink to loosen inhibitions!) I might try them.

 

[SetWave]

 

[debodun]

I think we eat more bugs than we realize. There are actually allowable levels of insects and insect parts allowed in food.

I remember seeing chocolate covered ants in a food store a long time ago.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I couldn't bring myself to eat bugs. I saw a show on TV showing closeup pictures of bugs toasted in corn flakes. A certain amount is allowable . I still think of that every time I eat any flaked cereal.

 

[SetWave]

I think we eat more bugs than we realize. There are actually allowable levels of insects and insect parts allowed in food.

Not to mention . . . (and I'm about to mention) . . . rat droppings.

 

[Murrmurr]

I ate chocolate covered ants when I was 9 or 10. My cousin was passing them out; about a quarter size cluster of ants covered in chocolate, on a stick. They tasted slightly nutty and peppery which went really well with chocolate sweetness. I liked them.

I don't have a problem with eating edible bugs but I don't think I'd eat spiders.

 

[Keesha]

Only if I absolutely had to..

 

[Elsie]

Gut 'em first, deep fry 'em covered with bread coating, then maybe I'll eat 'em. Maybe.

 

[HoneyNut]

Gut 'em first, deep fry 'em covered with bread coating, then maybe I'll eat 'em. Maybe.

Now you are making them sound yummy, maybe a little cheese too!

 

[HoneyNut]

I don't have a problem with eating edible bugs but I don't think I'd eat spiders.

That's actually good, because spiders are cat food (according to the cats I've owned).

 

[Aunt Bea]

I think that the majority of people all over the world are comfortable eating the things that their parents/family fed them growing up.

I wouldn't choose bugs or many other things but I don't think any of us can say what we would do in a desperate survival situation.

Poor Bugs!

 

[Don M.]

When I was in Thailand, rice bugs were a common local staple. I noticed that some of the rice farmers had a rather long thumbnail, and when I asked about that I was told that was so they could easily pop the head off the rice bug, and quickly suck out the partially digested rice kernels. Many of the restaurants over there served various servings of these bugs, but I was never drunk enough to try any.,

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...asian+rice+bugs+thailand&fr=yset_chr_syc_hp-s

 

[jujube]

I've eaten roasted grubs. They were tasty, sort of like pork fat.

I've also had lemon ants. They tasted.....lemony.

 

[Ruthanne]

No I most definitely will not be eating any bugs now or in the future

 

[horseless carriage]

If you eat any sort of crustacean, prawns, crayfish, lobsters, chances are you have eaten fish sh*t. That black line along the spine is the creatures bowel. So if you've eaten that, I'm sure that the odd bug or two won't hurt. Not that I'm volunteering.

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[Elsie]

Aren't crustaceans' ocean 'garbage' cleaners. Like snails' are gunk eaters?

 

[timoc]

Would You Eat Bugs?​

Bugger that!! Having those little buggers slithering under my tongue in between my teeth, no thanks. This thread has put me off my supper!!

 

[Keesha]

I have eaten bugs of various types. In an earlier life I rode motorcycles with no face shield.

Oh yeahhhh! Me too.