Eating insects

[EEpro]

Originally Posted by Xbj

Couldn’t agree any less. You shouldn’t force things like this down the masses throat. This isn’t some barbarian era where options of what to eat are way less than what we have now.

You guys are in agreement. Did you see that California has approved the use of dead humans as compost, you know, because environment.

2022 was the year of Soylent green. My god if that didn't go from "far fetched" to "I bet they try it" in short order.

I bet if they blend it with some junk fish and organic nuts and give it a fresh name there are people would would buy it.

[binArt]

Originally Posted by EEpro

You guys are in agreement. Did you see that California has approved the use of dead humans as compost, you know, because environment.

2022 was the year of Soylent green. My god if that didn't go from "far fetched" to "I bet they try it" in short order.

I bet if they blend it with some junk fish and organic nuts and give it a fresh name there are people would would buy it.

I had that same thought when I read an article that claimed climate benefits. I remain perplexed at the argument that composting a body has lower emissions than burying one.

Call it soylent green, claim it reduces carbon, and Californians will try it. Where's Paul?

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by binArt

I had that same thought when I read an article that claimed climate benefits. I remain perplexed at the argument that composting a body has lower emissions than burying one.

Call it soylent green, claim it reduces carbon, and Californians will try it. Where's Paul?

I didn’t see this… composting human remains. Huh. I guess when you cremate an individual, and spread their ashes… is that kind of composting? I don’t know what to think, graves are supposed to be sacred. I kind of think this will not fly with the general public.

[binArt]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

I didn’t see this… composting human remains. Huh. I guess when you cremate an individual, and spread their ashes… is that kind of composting? I don’t know what to think, graves are supposed to be sacred. I kind of think this will not fly with the general public.

The LA Times article said it reduces emissions, but putrefaction is a very gassy process. Laws like this are evidence that some states have lost the plot (pun intended).

[Blansky]

Composting of humans was started in Washington then Colorado, Oregon and Vermont and California is moving towards it in 2027.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ing-180980809/

[binArt]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Composting of humans was started in Washington then Colorado, Oregon and Vermont and California is moving towards it in 2027.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ing-180980809/

Will they be farming edible insects in it though?

[TheVTCGuy]

I still don’t understand how it reduces emissions Well, not cremating a human body of course saves, there is no fire so no burning, but natural burials?

Wherever I drop just leave me there.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

I didn’t see this… composting human remains. Huh. I guess when you cremate an individual, and spread their ashes… is that kind of composting? I don’t know what to think, graves are supposed to be sacred. I kind of think this will not fly with the general public.

Hard to say. Not everyone thinks graves or at least dead bodies are sacred.

Cultures close to sea level have historically burned or done other things with the dead.

Personally I'd always do cremation and I believe that is now gaining popularity over graves. My mother in law works in a funeral home and she's seen the trend getting more and more popular.

I actually think coffins and embalmed bodies are kind of gross. And historically it was tied into Christianity and resurrection in some parts of the world.

[Ferdelious]

Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.

[kieselguhr]

Originally Posted by 77T

Lobsters, and other bugs, are all part of the phylum Arthropoda.

Which contains all sorts of insects, crustaceans, etc. including shrimp, prawns, and crabs.

All appetizing to me.

Best tasting bugs I’ve eaten. Told my wife our favorite seafood is essentially a cousin to the common woodlouse. She hit me for almost making her gag.

[kieselguhr]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Composting of humans was started in Washington then Colorado, Oregon and Vermont and California is moving towards it in 2027.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ing-180980809/

Haunted gardens, everywhere!

[Onikage]

Why insects specifically and not rabbits? There's gazillions of the little suckers. I'll eat those.

[Speedbird-1]

Originally Posted by padi56

......but one that made me sick was a Balut egg a common Filipino street food.

Can't think, why?

[binArt]

Originally Posted by Onikage

Why insects specifically and not rabbits? There's gazillions of the little suckers. I'll eat those.

There are two in my garden. You are welcome to both.

[fmc000]

We in Italy eat rabbits, they are normally sold in supermarkets and groceries. Don't you eat them in the US or UK?

[Onikage]

Originally Posted by fmc000

We in Italy eat rabbits, they are normally sold in supermarkets and groceries. Don't you eat them in the US or UK?

Indeed we do. With continued demonisation of flatulent cows and other traditional meat sources I can envisage going full Elmer Fudd.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by fmc000

We in Italy eat rabbits, they are normally sold in supermarkets and groceries. Don't you eat them in the US or UK?

Not really.

I think people that do some hunting will eat rabbit but I've never seen one on a menu anywhere or actually eaten one, in the US or Canada.

Of course I've lived a sheltered life. And if a mammal is designated as being too "cute" we generally don't eat them.

[PekWatchGuy]

I am eating bugs every time when i go to mountainbiking :). Does that count?

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by fmc000

We in Italy eat rabbits, they are normally sold in supermarkets and groceries. Don't you eat them in the US or UK?

The pork, chicken, beef lobby successfully lobby local governments to classify rabbit as a ‘nuisance’ animal like a squirrel or groundhog because they supposedly eat electrical wires and can get free from cages and multiply, like rabbits.

Fact is they’re low carbon to raise from birth to harvest, have good amounts of protein, are high yield per acre compared to others requiring many acres and equipment to raise, and they’re cheap. You can raise a rabbit for literally pennies.

Sometimes you can get them from local farmers markets and by order from a butcher but it’s true most commercial grocers don’t stock it.

I personally love rabbit cacciatore, ragu and lasagna. Yummy!

[binArt]

Originally Posted by fmc000

We in Italy eat rabbits, they are normally sold in supermarkets and groceries. Don't you eat them in the US or UK?

I have very rarely seen rabbit on a menu in the US. Farm raised rabbit was available in the supermarket, but I haven't seen it in years.

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

The pork, chicken, beef lobby successfully lobby local governments to classify rabbit as a ‘nuisance’ animal like a squirrel or groundhog because they supposedly eat electrical wires and can get free from cages and multiply, like rabbits.

Fact is they’re low carbon to raise from birth to harvest, have good amounts of protein, are high yield per acre compared to others requiring many acres and equipment to raise, and they’re cheap. You can raise a rabbit for literally pennies.

Sometimes you can get them from local farmers markets and by order from a butcher but it’s true most commercial grocers don’t stock it.

I personally love rabbit cacciatore, ragu and lasagna. Yummy!

They tend to taste a bit like alfalfa, and can be dry and easily overcooked... grass flavored sawdust.

[Blansky]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

The pork, chicken, beef lobby successfully lobby local governments to classify rabbit as a ‘nuisance’ animal like a squirrel or groundhog because they supposedly eat electrical wires and can get free from cages and multiply, like rabbits.

Fact is they’re low carbon to raise from birth to harvest, have good amounts of protein, are high yield per acre compared to others requiring many acres and equipment to raise, and they’re cheap. You can raise a rabbit for literally pennies.

Sometimes you can get them from local farmers markets and by order from a butcher but it’s true most commercial grocers don’t stock it.

I personally love rabbit cacciatore, ragu and lasagna. Yummy!

Ya but you're a Wookiee. And eat porgs.

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by binArt

I have very rarely seen rabbit on a menu in the US. Farm raised rabbit was available in the supermarket, but I haven't seen it in years.



They tend to taste a bit like alfalfa, and can be dry and easily overcooked... grass flavored sawdust.

You can make a $20 Seagull movement run at COSC with some skill. You can also not mess up rabbit with the same approach.

Plenty of recipes and a slow cooker is your friend.

[binArt]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

You can make a $20 Seagull movement run at COSC with some skill. You can also not mess up rabbit with the same approach.

Plenty of recipes and a slow cooker is your friend.

True. But any idiot can make a hamburger with no skill and a hot surface.

[Chewbacca]

Originally Posted by binart

true. But any idiot can make a hamburger with no skill and a hot surface.

ok

[binArt]

Originally Posted by Chewbacca

ok

Supermarkets cater to the any man. No one knows how to prepare rabbit, so you won't see it in the supermarket.

[Watchdog]

Originally Posted by Ferdelious

Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.

Sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I wouldn't know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy mother________

GREAT MOVIE!