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Should insect protein become the dietary norm of the future, how will our descendants feel about our reactions to the first insect aisle in the local supermarket? Could we perhaps be the last generation to be seen as true meat eaters?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

People will do anything to avoid going vegan lmao

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Lab grown meat > bugs

[–] pc_admin 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never eaten bugs... but if they're cooked properly I'll give it a go. Might taste nice, wtf do I know?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Could you imagine if that was offered up in bread outside Bunnings in the future

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Now summer is upon us you can sneak a wichetty grub under the hood of the Weber when nobody is looking

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

No. Eating insects, spiders etc is utterly disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is it really though, or is it just what you're used to? Prawns are basically sea woodlice and everyone loves them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes its still disgusting. In reality, eating prawns and most shellfish in general is disgusting. If that thing lived on land we would not eat it. But it doesn't and we're used to it and it tastes really good, so we do it anyway.

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

I honestly can’t stomach the idea of eating insects, but I do love prawns! Looks like the two halves of my brain are sleeping in separate beds tonight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can’t eat them due to allergies. I’ve tried lobster and thought it was nothing to write home about. Luckily didn’t really react.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you don't find them utterly disguising?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Clearly evolution has distinguished ’insects’ from ‘Aquatic Crustaceans’.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Spiders aren't insects. I think they all come under "arthropods".

It's actually covered in the article:

"Biologically, insects are very similar to shrimps, which is a crustacean species and both crustaceans and insects are arthropods,” says Prof. le Coutre.

“Arthropods are basically lifeforms either on land or water that are surrounded by a chitin exoskeleton. Most people won’t cringe at the sight of a shrimp on their plate, but many might run if there was an insect crawling on the kitchen counter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I know. I was awkwardly separating them in my sentence knowing that some cultures (mistakenly) eat insects, and some (also mistakenly) eat spiders.

That is no excuse for either.

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

Maybe calling them Land Crustaceans might help sell them a bit more? How about shellveal or ground kippers?

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

Maybe “yummy cockroaches”?

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

I haven’t seen this movie sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that’s from Snowpiercer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mmmm McLocusts

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

Mmmm, extra crunchy salad 🤌