XKCD 1268 by Randall Munroe (CC BY-NC 2.5).
Transcription:
Imagine you were transported to an alternate universe just like your own, except people occasionally ate spiders. You can’t convince anyone this is weird. [[Two figures stand. A woman is holding a big spider. The other figure looks shocked. There is another spider on the floor.]] Woman: Mmm… Figure: No! What are you doing!? This is how I feel about lobster.
{{Title text: As best as I can tell, I was transported here from Earth Prime sometime in the late 1990s. Your universe is identical in every way, except for the lobster thing and the thing where some of you occasionally change your clocks for some reason.}}
well obviously wet bugs are cleaner since they’re surrounded by water all the time
I do sincerely worry about insects being added as filler materials as time goes on. I have a shellfish allergy, and the same allergens that exist in the shells of shellfish also exist in most insects.
Wet bugs are very distantly related to earth bugs.
Won’t you eat chicken just because pidgeons are disgusting? (yet also eaten sometimes)
Pigeons are delicious though
yeah look up the passenger pigeon. Used to be delicious
Sea bugs are delicious and have more meat than land bugs, I’ve eat crickets before and it’s 80% bones/ definitely not meat and 20% actual meat
You’ve eaten interesting crickets. Those that I know have no bones.
Exoskeleton is still a form of bone, I use bone because it’s shorter
I kind of miss when Hot Topic used to sell crickets and snacks, they were pretty good no cap
I’ve wondered about this before, just from the perspective of North Americans. Bugs that live in the water? Delicious and fine to eat. Actually look at a shrimp, though. If it lived on the surface people would never consider eating that. I also noticed a lot of people don’t really realize that at some point shrimp have heads. What gets me is how people have strong feelings but don’t seem to have thought it through.
if that lived on the surface you’d never consider eating it
If it lived on the surface and tasted like shrimp I’d have to be convinced once and only once.
The thing is most people here are completely revolted by the idea of eating insects and would not consider trying to eat one to find out. It’s a lot more being viscerally repelled than any analysis of flavor.
It wouldn’t be weird to land bugs if they had that tasty meat crustaceans do. I’m big for alternative sources of protein like bugs, but the fact is they taste like shit.
chinese proverb: everything is tasty if you fry it enough.
Ate fried bugs. Can confirm they aren’t tasty at all.
You weren’t supposed to use motor oil
Well, wet bug meat are actually tasty, those land bugs are mostly chitin shells and not much protein, also the taste is not good.
Chocolate covered crickets, at least, are a regional delicacy. I’m sure some culture has figured out how to prepare large beetles and centipedes as well.
