Now this is serious. I'm not talking about a starvation situation. There are places that serve em up in different ways.
Would you eat them properly cooked and would you eat them alive and raw?
Nothing like a juicy fat Madagascan ****roach eh?
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Now this is serious. I'm not talking about a starvation situation. There are places that serve em up in different ways.
Would you eat them properly cooked and would you eat them alive and raw?
Nothing like a juicy fat Madagascan ****roach eh?
Not a chance. I'll try anything food wise. I worked with a couple of guys one was Hmong and the other was Thai and they would bring me some exotic foods. From little fried whole frogs to this blood cake soup and I tried them all.
Bugs are a different matter entirely and I'll pass, thank you very much.
Very interesting question for the morning.
I'm generally not squeamish but I draw the line at bugs. If I were starving to death, maybe, but since this is not the scenario you're presenting, I'd have to say I wouldn't eat them.
I make my own bread with flour that I have ground myself, but sometimes I do eat things made with processed flour. That guarantees that I eat bugs.
And mouse poop.
I think I'd give them a go if they were cooked. I always find it easier when I see others tucking in too. I'd have to pass at the live stuff though. I do eat raw shellfish, so I don't claim to be logical about this, but it just seems unnecessarily cruel to eat them alive.
Anyway, what are you thinking of eating?!
Are there large amounts of hot sauce involved? Wait a minute, screw that. I don't intentionally eat bugs. Ever.
Well, maybe next year, when the tax increases cut in.
If the bugs were thought to be tasty by folks I would give it a try. I just don't want to be the guinea pig trying it first.
If we exclude starving or someone pointing a gun at me (why? who? revenge of an angry chef?) then i can no imagine a situation where i would/should eat bugs.
In military survival courses they eat grasshoppers, frogs, snakes and such but let's exclude that too.
I know that people in the far east are eating bugs like a snacks and they are eating dogs too. Now we probably eat something they wouldn't touch but i think it is better this way.
That was my thought also. However not knowing, or having ground bug in small quantities and unnoticed is much different than scarfing down a whole roach!Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
How much BBQ sauce can I use??
i have no desire to eat anything that will pop in my mouth and expel all kinds of nasty goo.. i have however eaten chocolate covered grasshoppers while in mexico and i thought they were kinda tasty.. not really on my list favourite foods... but i would eat them again if they were laying around.
well, i like stuff like lobster, crawfish and shrimp, so i suppose some day i could end up trying bugs too.
Mmmmmmm! ****roaches! Crunchy on the outside, gooey in the middle!
It's all situational, if an ant got on my sandwich at the picnic, that's his problem. if I am truly hungry, why not? If it was well prepared and smelled good, I just may give it a try.
If they were bugs that were known to taste good I would eat them.
I've eaten bugs before, but I have yet to find any that taste good.
No.
I can handle eating insects if they get caught up in the food making process. Fair enough. But I am not going to get a dozen large bugs on a plate and crunch them.
I ate some big fried ants one time in Mexico City. They were uh......umm..... OK, yeah.....they were OK..........:)
Have fun,
Lynn
I have. I prefer ribeyes.
Now, fried shrimp heads.....that's a different story!
I don't think I would. I have issues with odd textures and food that looks, to me, unappetizing.
[QUOTE=thebigspendur;636385]Now this is serious. I'm not talking about a starvation situation.
Given that it was to save my life, h*ll ya. Under those circumstances I can think of nothing I wouldn't eat, If I going to die it won't be because I wouldn't eat a grasshopper. :)
I would and I am sure I will at some point in my life. I like trying bizarre foods. Considering Escargot is a favorite food of mine, who's to say I wouldn't love some type of bug too? I think that in this day and age, it's all fair game. Sushi is amazing. I love soft shell crab and frog's legs, etc.
I have eaten bugs of all kinds, and I'm not in the least bit bothered by it. I would draw the line at an unknown quantity though, as all the bugs, insects, ants and grubs I have chewed on, and whose inner contents I have swirled around the inside of my mouth, have already been tried and eaten by the Aboriginal people of this country. There are bugs in this country that have been introduced, and if they aren't considered food in their country of origin, or I just don't know, then I won't take the risk of food poisening.
Mick
and I suppose you hadn't had a drop to drink. I'm thinkin maybe blood alcohol level might influence this discussion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn
I like mine dipped in chocolate
Just reading these responses is making my mouth water. I think I'll go out back and dig up some nice juicy succulent grubs.
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.:confused:
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.
I already have. I think it was some kind of worm in soy sauce, it was in a can on the 'weird stuff' shelf of the Vancouver foodbank. One of the kids we were chaperoning wanted to eat them, so I tried one. Tasted kind of like broccoli and would be fine in a stir fry or something.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad
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.:D
If I lump something like 'culturally insensitive and insulting not to' in with 'survival' then my answer is 'Nuh-uh'! I have a thing with insects. Oh they're just fine as long as they stay over there and don't touch me.