So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I'd try it.
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you're giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I'm much less concerned about bug poop.
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp... Doesn't sound all that bad. I'm honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there's a fungus that's known to eat their ass, but as long as they're free of that it seems fair game.
Where can I find this fungus?
In its ass
"Thlimy yet, thatithfying."
You made me say it out loud
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Now kith
Pumbaa doesn't lisp...
Igor doeth.
I have eaten one before. Yes I was very drunk. Pull the wings off first.
That last sentence 🤮
I don't usually voluntarily eat bugs but if someone put that in front of me then I'd be curious enough to try it.
Inb4 "crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs". Yeah, I don't usually eat them though. I used to love shrimp as a kid, but somewhere along the way I stopped enjoying the flavor. They aren't bad, just... Idk. Just not a fan anymore.
crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs
You see this all the time, but they're really not. With crab, shrimp, and lobster you usually extract the meat and just eat that. Bugs are mostly tiny so you eat the whole thing. Very different texture, not to mention taste.
Skwimps is bugs
Link to the rest of the cookbook? I hear a feast is coming…
I did not find the book but I did find this
The biggest crime here is putting rice on pizza
Am a cancer, can confirm the cicada miso sounds like the best of that list.
That or the cicada po boy. Exoskeleton off, a good breading, some remoulade sauce and a fresh roll sounds pretty good if their texture is shrimp like.
In Borneo they fry them. Crunchy snacks anyone?
Gotta get me them tacos
I wonder what the ethics of marinating a creature alive is. Like, I'd be willing to try eating a bug, but I don't want my meal to suffer any more than it has to. Then again, I'm not sure Worcestershire is acidic enough to hurt it.
I wonder what would happen if you sat in a bathtub of Worcestershire for a few hours
It'll kill them, but not because it's acidic. Insects breathe through openings in their abdomens called spiracles. They'll slowly suffocate if the spiracles are blocked, like from being submerged.
Oh how thoughtful. Means no need to poke holes to let the marinade seep in
Yea I guess I'm one of the few that hate to see even bugs suffer.
The Worcester sauce would mask all that flavour, leaving only texture. 💀
I think the breading would mask the texture fortunately. I can imagine eating this and having no clue what it was.
Wouldn't the sealed container kill them?
I would imagine that's not much of a concern considering they're about to be deep fried.
We tend to kill most things shortly before eating them so yeah
How you gonna cut off half the recipe?
"Halved, the nymphs reveal a surprisingly meaty, white interior. After eating one that was simply blanched, I thought it resembled what a tofu-filled M&M might taste like, with its crisp shell giving way to a spongy, earthy interior."
Uh…. No.
What you have made is hush puppies with a crunch.
Exaxtly, Land Shrimps. No much difference between shrimps and cicades or grasshoppers. Same as in schrimps and crabs, you must put of the exosqueleto and wings. snails are also in the diet in a lot of countries, the girls even smear their lips with crushed insects (Carmine, made from Dactylopius coccus)
So. Guess what I'm allergic to...
My issue with "You will eat bugs" isn't eww, it's "Guess I'll die."
I assume we don't eat the ones with the fuzzy white butts?
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