Comments on: entomophagy is the future

By: Mica

Mica — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:59:22 +0000

Unfortunately, I think I have too wimpy/cowardly of a palate to try stir-fried veggies with crickets. How were they, taste- and texture-wise?

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:23:54 +0000

Catherine, they’re not, that was more of a what’s-the-insect-version-of-pescatarian musing…

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:22:31 +0000

Wait, how exactly are insects vegetarian?

By: miltonista

miltonista — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:12:12 +0000

If it were my movement and my website, I would’ve gone for “Insects are Yummy.”

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:15:50 +0000

Miltonista (and very nice to see you here, btw), how would you feel about “Insects are Awesome” (and then one could append “as food” much like endings are added to fortune cookie fortunes).

I feel sure insects do have a site like that—and that it’s a community site—because their planned strikes in Brooklyn the other night left me with mosquito bite patterns—

By: miltonista

miltonista — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:57:03 +0000

While I’m fine with the idea of eating insects, I find the name “Insects are Food” distasteful. It implies a grand designer who made insects for a specific reason–a reason that is, quite frankly, insulting to insects.

I’d like to think that insects have organized their own website called “Humans are Food.”