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?
I’ve never eaten bugs… but if they’re cooked properly I’ll give it a go. Might taste nice, wtf do I know?
No. Eating insects, spiders etc is utterly disgusting.
Is it really though, or is it just what you’re used to? Prawns are basically sea woodlice and everyone loves them.
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.
But you don’t find them utterly disguising?
Clearly evolution has distinguished ’insects’ from ‘Aquatic Crustaceans’.
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.
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.