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[gchpaco]

Some people have more interesting dining experiences than I do.
Speaking personally, I prefer that my food be dead before it enters my mouth.

Comments

So

[natetg]

No joghurt or blue cheeze for you?

Re: So

[gchpaco]

Mold and bacteria don't count, or one could never eat anything.

[layah]

That video was more incredibly disgusting than I could have imagined food to be. Seeing them all wriggling on the plate was horrible. That was more disgusting than this show I once saw with people eating lots of bugs. At least the bugs were dead. That, I think is the only thing that could top squirming octopus tentacles, live bugs. Ewwwwwwww. The noise he made when he first put it in his mouth was rather amusing though.

[gchpaco]

AHAHAHAhahahaha. Although if my gross reflex wasn't hopelessly broken I might be tempted to agree with you.

13 and 17 year Cicadas

[natetg]

Are supposedly quite tasty (they make Cicada ice cream.) I'm sure that if the bug was tasty and harmless, it could be quite pleasant.
http://www.gracecentered.com/calling_of_cicadas.htm
Quote:
Even humans eat cicadas which are described as soft and mushy with a taste like cold, canned asparagus.

Apparently people generally do not eat live bugs, but rather ones that have been cooked in various ways, but they do represent a significant food item around the world. They seem to be eaten cooked more often than raw, but I'm pretty sure that most native cultures will eat a number of the local species either as staples, or as convenient snacks.

Re: 13 and 17 year Cicadas

[layah]

I once watched a program on the food channel that was entirely about people eating bugs. Chocolate covered ants and grasshoppers, or the picture that sticks most in my mind, a carmel apple dipped in mealworms. Thankfully all were already dead when eaten, and I think they were all cooked as well. Pizza topping, in lollipops, all kinds of ways people ate bugs.