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Would you eat insects if they were actually cheap and readily available?
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:34 pm
I actually wouldn’t mind incorporating them into my diet moving forward. They’re very nutritious and full of protein. I’ve eaten barbecue crickets at the insectarium in NOLA before and they were delicious
However, when I search for bugs to eat online they are all extremely expensive. There has to be a way to farm these things, increase the supply, and drive down the cost, right?
How many of you would be willing to eat insects or arachnids occasionally?
However, when I search for bugs to eat online they are all extremely expensive. There has to be a way to farm these things, increase the supply, and drive down the cost, right?
How many of you would be willing to eat insects or arachnids occasionally?
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:35 pm to cbree88
you can probably find a bunch in your backyard for free
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:35 pm to cbree88
I've eaten grasshoppers in Oaxacan food.
That's about it. The bugs arent bad but the legs in your teeth suck.
That's about it. The bugs arent bad but the legs in your teeth suck.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:35 pm to cbree88
There are tribes in South America that live off bugs. I’d give it a run if a chef put it together
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:36 pm to cbree88
I eat lots of them for free when I am on the bike.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:37 pm to cbree88
I'd probably try it as flour. Bug bread
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:38 pm to cbree88
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Would you eat insects if they were actually cheap and readily available?
They already are... your backyard. Collect em, roast em, eat em... then make a food vlog.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:39 pm to cbree88
That's gonna be a "no" from me, dog.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:40 pm to rob0710
Other side of the world they fry them up, not sure what the cost is.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:43 pm to cbree88
Most here already eat bugs, just the water kind. Not sure what the hangup with insects is. I have tried grasshoppers and mealworms. They were not bad. Do not however, tell me to eat bugs instead of steak. That ain't happening.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:43 pm to cbree88
In Asia they have street vendors selling them out of carts or bbq grills.
When I was over there, drunkenly roaming around, someone warned me not to eat them because they supposedly farm them by growing them in fields and then dousing the fields with a heavy dose of bug poison to harvest them so basically it's like spraying raid on your plate of food.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:45 pm to cbree88
Cheap and readily available aren’t the criteria I’m worried about.
If they taste good and won’t make me ill, I’ll eat them.
If they taste good and won’t make me ill, I’ll eat them.
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:49 pm to cbree88
We all already eat insects, and a lot worse, if you eat at all.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:51 pm to cbree88
You are in luck, if you live in the south insects are cheap and readily available almost year round. Enjoy, glad I could help
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:51 pm to cbree88
If you dont get digital ID this is going to be everyday food....
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:54 pm to cbree88
Roach soufflé?
Hard pass.
Great. Now my stomach is doing flip flops.
Hard pass.
Great. Now my stomach is doing flip flops.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 3:56 pm to cbree88
I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to eat a cricket.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 4:01 pm to cbree88
It would depend entirely on the flavor. If you think about it, shrimp, crawfish, lobsters, and crabs aren't a whole lot different aside from living in water.
If you told me there was a bug in the everglades that was 16-20 count per pound and had the flavor and texture of a royal red, I'd eat them all the time
If you told me there was a bug in the everglades that was 16-20 count per pound and had the flavor and texture of a royal red, I'd eat them all the time
Posted on 10/21/25 at 4:08 pm to cbree88
Have tried to eat crickets at fancy Mexican places , but I cannot get past the mental block. No bugs for me
Posted on 10/21/25 at 4:13 pm to cbree88
Maybe if I lived in a third world country
This post was edited on 10/21/25 at 4:16 pm
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