Does anyone eat bugs for more gains?
Experiences?
I'm being serious.
Bumping for curiosity.
Yeah I heard something about grasshoppers having around 5x more complete protein than beef or chicken.
Too bad it's kinda gross
Not gross at all. I honestly don't know why bug farms haven't popped up all over the world tbqh. You don't get accumulation of toxic chemicals with farm-raised bugs and there are none of the complications that arise from industries like factory fish farms.
I had a friend who tried to start a bug for food business back in the mid '00s and it crashed and burned. Not even third worlders were interested. There will come a time when it becomes socially acceptable and I hope I can cash in.
>>35214871
I understand that they provide more protein, pound for pound than any other food out there while also providing a massive list of other various nutrients. But I can't get over the mental side of it, maybe if they were crush up into a powder and mixed in with protein bars or whatever then I'd try it. But I don't think I'd just be able to reach into a bag and eat a handful of grasshoppers.
>>35215480
people eat shrimp and other crustaceans all the time and they look just as foreign.
eating bugs is gonna be huge in a couple of decades
>>35215480
this guy, apart from being a fucking tripfag and belonging on reddit, has a point
they still eat insects in some asian countries, but i doubt that anyone who comes here does
>>35215244
Taste like nuts desu. Got a bit of a walnutty flavour.
>>35215501
But crustaceans taste good. How do bugs taste?
>>35214871
It's disgusting when you are a westerner
>>35215509
He has no point at all, he's just a pussy.
>>35215529
See; >>35215521
>>35214871
I used to eat a lot of ants as a kid and now im pretty fit.
>>35215501
i am not sure about that, gmo like aquadvantage salmon or gold rice are more convenient and the only barrier is some stupid bureaucracy that will fall in a couple of years
however, if some corporation or foundation will make a bold move and start to promote eating insects, i guess it could become reality in a generation or so, when kids of nowadays millenials will grow up
bugs are too expensive
something like 20 or 25$ per pound
>>35215453
Because people are retards and shit their pants once they have to do anything taboo.
Eating bugs is very efficient nutrition wise but they just arent used to it so they think its disgusting.
>>35215521
GRYLSS PLZ GO
>he doesn't eat bugs
Come on it's 2015.
>>35214871
I love grasshoppers prepared Oaxacan style. You can't beat the tangy chili taste and it has a fuckload of protein and cals. Haven't eaten it much after I left Mexico but I have experimented with ants because they're more available here (you only need one anthill for a huge meal). When roasted proper they taste delicious. Great protein and if you live a bit rural it is completely free.
what are vegans views on eating bugs?
I'm sure there are no moral / economical downsides to eating insects
I bought picrelated for my family for Christmas. Will report back after the 25th
>>35215771
Put em in some pancake mix for Christmas morning breakfast
>>35215613
Honestly bug flours are the number 1 way people will eat insects in the future.
>Captcha: Food
Shit I want to sart grow/breed my protein from bugs. Is it even viable ?
Check this out.
Very interesting
>http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2014/04/cricket-flour-baking-mixes.html
>>35215537
Ants smell so bad when they bleed how the fuck did you do that?
I can't talk shit about other insects because I have never ate them before.
>>35215842
Yes. Just follow the same plan as people who breed them for pet tarantulas. Google it.
>>35216890
thanks m8.
>>35215501
Shrimp and crustaceans are still meat
I've actually eaten some chef prepared bugs and they were really good. I wish it would catch on in the US at least so you could buy your own because it's hella good protein and makes great snacks
is this entire thread a troll?
>>35214871
http://www.musclefood.com/meat/exotic-meat/bug-burgers.html
>>35216340
Depends on the type of ants. Most of them don't smell bad and taste fine. Ask any boy scout.
>>35217180
no its real life
If you can't fathom the thought of eating fried grasshoppers, mealworms, or ants eggs you are a literal girl.
>>35215537
Chocolate coated ants are a thing in some countries.
>>35214871
Chocolate contains small parts of bugs.
Expect to eat ~60 insect legs on 100g of chocolate :)
>>35215480
Eh, I fed dried meal worms to my parent's hamster when they were away the other day. They looked a bit icky, but if they were safe for human consumption and good for gains I would've probably eaten them.
Where do you guys get your crickets?
Im considering raising crickets in 25gal totes, getting the food to feed them from local dumpsters.
Apparently theyre only a good source of protein of theyre raised on high quality food sources. This is a way backburner project though, idk what they eat really ive only done a collective 20mins of research
>>35218128
Is their hamster making any progress on mealworms?
>>35218175
It must be making some gains, it gets the odd almond (activated) too.
>>35218164
>2045
>not feeding your crickets lean beef for dat pure protein breed
>never going to make it
>>35218188
parent's hamster makin all kinds of gains
all kinds
>>35218147
He looks confused desu
>>35218128
>My parents' hamster!
>>35218147
In my local cricketeria
>>35218190
>The future year.
>>35217747
that nutrition is shit
>>35215521
I tried some crickets and they reminded me of sunflower seeds.
>>35218404
Do vegan shills just do it for fun or do they get paid?
Which ones are the best as far as proteins/calories/taste go?
When I hear about edible insects the first thing that pops to my mind are grasshoppers and crickets.
Personally I find crickets mouthwatering even though I never tried them. They look like tiny little snacks just waiting to be eaten. And they don't bite so u might as well eat them raw.
>>35215693
Theoretically we might be labelled hypocritical for eating insects, so the most ethically consistent vegan avoids bugs and honey, but I don't think it's actually bad.
Does anyone eat hair for more gains?
How much protein in 100g of hair?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAPBm_0ftAY
>>35215529
most taste bitter as fuar k(defence mechanism i guess), I know ants taste kinda like grapes and grasshoppers are supposed to be like meaty nuts. [spoiler]n-no homo[/spoiler]
Bugs are extremely good for you
http://youtu.be/rDqXwUS402I
This article I read some time ago got me very curious
http://www.latimes.com/science/great-reads/la-sci-c1-insects-as-food-20150904-story.html
Where can I find this type of food?
>>35218654
>mealworms taste like roasted nuts
>locusts are similar to shrimp
>crickets, some people say, have an aroma of popcorn
Can someone confirm this?
>>35215529
It depends on how you cook and season them
>>35215521
You can get them flavoured like chips too, I had some salted and chili flavored crickets.
>>35217180
Cricket casserole is pretty good tbqh senpai-a-lam
>>35214871
It works for him.
>>35218404
It's like 60% protein
>>35218751
>crickets, some people say, have an aroma of popcorn
This is true. I've tasted it in Asia and in Mexico. Pretty decent stuff. Can taste similar to roasted nuts, like in your mealworm theory. No idea about locusts, but probably true.
>>35218751
You know how with popcorn you sometimes get a flaky bit of the outside of the kernal that gets stuck in your teeth? Crickets are basically all like that.
>>35218817
not as cheap or as easily broken down like the protein in nuts or pulses
Has anyone ever tried things other than crickets and grasshopers and mealworms?
What about sago worms, scorpions, and tarantulas?
Not sure I can eat a scorpion though. I love them and plan on keeping some as pets.
http://www.cricketflours.com/shop/
Someone should try something from here. They make flavors and apparently the stuff taste alright.
>>35218249
>>35218807
well.....he ate human meat too.
>>35218128
I ate once some drunk, tasted a bit like nuts
okay overall, but would not recommend, I bet roasted grasshopper is better
>>35214871
Yeah. You can buy them at literally any pet store live, then breed them. A few hundred meal worms or whatever bug you choose will turn into a ridiculous amount within a month, and as long as what you feed them is safe for human consumption, they pretty much are. Parasites shouldn't be an issue as long as you cook them properly.
Though if you're breeding bigger bugs, make sure to wear gloves, those fuckers bite. And have a proper enclosure, last thing you want is 600 locusts flying around your house because you were a dumbass and put them in a wooden framed cage.
>>35215501
>eating bugs is gonna be huge in a couple of decades
This. It already is in many parts of the world. I haven't tried them but I get the impression when toasted or fried they have a texture similar to pork rind. Fry or bake them, season them up and eat them with a crunch out of a bag.
>>35218404
>12 gram serve
>7.6 grams of protein
>2.4 grams of fat
>Less than a gram of carbs
>Loaded with vitamins and 14% of recommended daily intake of zinc
What kind of girl's dick would call that nutrition ratio shit?
i think they would make a great base for processed food.
just grind them up and make nugget shaped things out of them, then deep-fry. season to taste.
that way you get around the 'eating disgusting worms and bugs' part that any normal person finds disgusting.
>>35218858
>What about sago worms, scorpions, and tarantulas?
why would you choose poisonous and spiky beasts when you could just have harmless soft bugs instead?
i'm also pretty sure that raising spiders and scorpions is much less efficient and much harder to do properly than mealworms of grasshoppers.
>>35219648
This.
Scorpions and spiders are edible, for sure, people eat them a lot in other countries, but they're much more risky to raise, need more specialised diets and environments, and they just don't breed as quickly as things like mealworms or crickets or locusts. Plus, they're expensive as fuck, you'd be better off selling them and buying meat.
>>35219648
Thats why I was asking about how they taste, not if we should farm them
>>35217747
Fish is better in pretty much all aspects.
And probably costs less too.
if bugs are nutritious why is there famine in africa, srs question
>>35219939
We already have overfishing in most areas of the world, and have resulted to farming to prevent access to drop dramatically. Insects are the next environmental step to go, because the source is impossible to drain. You can raise mealworms in a few weeks and then repeat the process. Also, higher protein count than fishies.
>>35219958
You think Africa is covered in bugs nobody eats? How young are you?
>>35219963
Whatever, hippy. Until that time arrives where fish costs more than crickets AND the cost is so high that nutritional value isn't worth it, THEN I'll eat bugs.
Until then, I'll enjoy my farm raised fish.
>>35218600
fuck my stomach hurts now and I have to eat 1,000c more today I hate you and this feeling won't go away.
>>35220041
Maybe we could raise the fish on bugs. Would that make you happy?
>>35220066
How about I just eat regular ole fish?
Why do bugs need to be involved?
I don't have problem with eating them, I just don't get your point, man.
>>35219958
they do, but you need to catch a lot of them. Also regions where there's famine are usually war torn or have had some sort of ecological event that destroys existing agriculture.
>>35220076
Do you know what they feed the fish you eat?
Tried some bugs in thailand, they taste like shit. And you would think they are some what crunchy, they are not more like chewy
>>35215480
One of my mates was actually thinking of making a start-up doing this, basically taking grasshopper proteins and adding them to a whole bunch of other foods for 'free' nutrients at really low cost. If you could convince people it's not disgusting it's not even a bad idea.
>>35220116
Not bugs.
Which are expensive compared to what they're already feeding the fish.
And would make my already good fish even more expensive.
Don't you think if there were an economically viable method of mass production of insects, also a reasonable demand for insect food, somebody would have done it by now?
>>35222595
People are stupid.
>>35215501
>Do you think shrimp was once considered poor people food like lobster was once? They both look similar to roaches.
>>35215613
dude i totally want to try bug flour
>>35218020
i heard they taste just like a crunch bar
>>35215693
Vegetarian here, brace for the blog post. I'd say most vegans are against it, since they won't even eat honey or use wool. But if you weighed it on a more realistic goal of limiting complex animal death, I'm sure many would accept bugs being mainstream substitutes.
Unfortunately, a lot of vegans think is black and white where they're against the "exploitation of animals" to the detriment of animals everywhere. The honey industry is good for bees, that's why I bought honey even when I was vegan. And a lot of them won't compromise, preventing anything from getting accomplished. I'd say if eating bugs were good for reducing people eating pigs or cows, I'd be for it too. If it takes me joining in and being a consumer, I'm down as long as it's like a powder or something.
Really, the breakthroughs in the meat industry I'm most hoping for are a switch from factory farms to artificial migration to mimic nature/nomadic human lifestyle before we fucked it up to fix desertification, and lab grown meat becoming energy/financially efficient.
>>35220558
Mostly chicken
wow, now you got me interested OP.
I mean the macros listed here seem pretty good.
eatgrub.co.uk/product/edible-mealworms/
>>35215842
>>35216890
I actually might do this too. I already have a worm farm and sell to local bait stores/gas stations and use them to make fertilizer.
Mealworms can't be that much harder to farm than regular earthworms.
>>35218404
it's per 12g not 100g
>>35216978
I thiknk there's some goop inside insects as well, but you might miss out on a lot of gains if you don't eat the exoskeleton.
>>35218782
ngl that doesn't sound too bad.
>>35214871
bugs are bad for you because they're often full of agricultural chemical products so it's basically poison
>>35215480
Grasshopper flour and protein snacks made from it is a thing already. Can't remember the company but it's in the USA.
I kinda want to do this in some former Soviet union country and sell it for the the gymbros in first world countries.
>>35214871
Requesting the cap of a similar thread where one Anon fed his worms with protein by jacking off in their box.
I was in that thread and I know someone capped it, pls
Until I was 26 I thought cum was supposed to crawl and swim around as a unit like a semen slug. My parents sheltered me so I didn't know how sex worked, I thought after I got married I would lay in bed with my wife and involuntarily ejaculate and my semen slug would crawl into her and she would have an orgasm. I always wondered about trying to raise my slugs and making some sort of health food from them.
Lol I learned how dumb I was when my parents said I could go on the computer unsupervised on my birthday.
>>35224714
>Until I was 26
>my parents said I could go on the computer unsupervised on my birthday
I love it.
what's the best place to get grasshoppers then if they're so good?
I mean, I don't want any with a bunch of salt poured all over them
and obviously I don't trust any that I can find outside
>>35218751
I've heard that termites taste somewhat like pineapples, because they're both loaded with folic acid.
>>35224870
True. Same with some types of ants.
>>35215551
They're really easy to breed. I imagine someone's got a monopoly on them, but if it was marketed more it probably wouldn't be an expensive taboo or an exorbitantly priced pet commodity.
>>35214871
you can buy them from musclefood, gonna get some grasshoppers for a nice protein snack when i next order
>>35218499
They do it so often because if they bullshit enought they begin to believe it, which helps them cope.
