Thread: Would you eat bugs?

A well-known survival expert, ex-special forces type said that the difference between what people will eat, and what they won't eat....is about 24 hours. Having said that, I wouldn't do it unless I had to to survive. I do have a fishing buddy who recently did a backcountry trip on which he consumed a black rat snake. But he's also a Bronze Star veteran of Afghanistan. The thing I don't understand is, he posted pics of lots of wild trout he caught on the same trip. No thanks.

I remember a few years ago that 60 Minutes aired some secret video smuggled out of North Korea, which is now apparently devoid of most wildlife, birds, any small rodent, even insects, because the people are starving. I think Jong Il spent all the money he extorted from us on his military.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I do have a fishing buddy who recently did a backcountry trip on which he consumed a black rat snake.

This reminds me of the time my parents took my grandparents to Red Lobster and my grandfather wouldn't eat his lobster, he said it tasted too much like snake. So all of you lobster lovers could save a few bucks if you ate snake ,"the other white meat.". A little butter and some lemon will go a long way.

I've eaten snails. I could probably be talked into eating DEAD and prepared insects. I kinda imgaine the crunch could be quite satisfying. I wouldn't fancy eating anything very big alive though, I just don't see the purpose of it. Even in a 'survival' situation I would probably kill them first.

If I can wash them down with some nice single malt Scotch...

One of the first posters mentioned Madagascar Roaches. That's one of the bugs I've tried. I raise them and a few other types as feed for my tarantulas. I came across a website that had some recipes and serving suggestions for them so I had to try them. Yes, I admit that there was alcohol involved. They were not as bad as I expected. Somewhat seafoodish. The really large ones are a bit too tough and crunchy. However, I made some stir-fried mealworms once and those were totally delicious. Seriously. I had cooked a full cup of them to take to a BBQ for fellow tarantula enthusiasts like myself and I ended up up eating all of them. Their flavor was similar to peanut butter. A species of roach known as "Dubia" roaches have a completely disgusting flavor and I'll never sample them again. Fried crickets taste like fish and not in a bad way. The various commercial chocolate covered insects taste like chocolate. That's all.

I have no issues with it, I have eaten ants before in sugar candy and chocolate, and having studied survival and catering/chefing for some time I know that they will do you no harm if prepared properly, to me it's just foodage, alive prolly not, but then I wouldn't chow down on a live cow or chicken neither lol.

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I eat them all the time. I need to learn to ride with my mouth closed.