“Part of the challenge of marketing edible insects is the terminology”

14 Comments on “Part of the challenge of marketing edible insects is the terminology”

1. No thanks. One step above tofu.

   The Orkin Man could not be reached for comment.

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2. Lazlo does not eat bugs on purpose.
   No arthropods at all. No sea bugs, crustaceans, shrimps, or none of those bivalves either, or terrestrial pulmonate gastropods.
   Just won’t do it.

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3. They’really marketing michelle obama, they can market cocroach stew.

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4. Rather eat a Democrat and I’d starve
   before eating either. Don’t want to
   absorb their nasty essence ya know.

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5. I think eating insects is a great idea. I would totally try.

   Are snails, oysters, eels or shrimp all that appealing before being cooked? Or raw chicken? Organ meats?

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6. Janitor — Damn straight they are. Bugs, not so much.

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7. You can call it whatever you want. It’s a bug. Right now, anyway, I have better options.

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8. I think it was a culinary journey born out of necessity during the depression.
   I remember my Mother striking matches and holding them under grasshopper legs that we children caught and dismembered. As I recall they were a very tasty treat. Even with my fond memories I haven’t tried grasshopper legs in the last 60 years.

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9. I’ve eaten various bugs, and some are pretty tasty. Deep fried earthworms work great sprinkled on a salad as you would chow mein noodles or croutons.

   And even though you aren’t doing it deliberately, you are already eating insects, like it or not. The FDA Defect Levels Handbook tells you how much insect filth (bug parts) you can have in food products before the supplier is subject to some kind of “enforcement action.” It covers insect filth (bug parts, maggots), rodent filth (hair, fecal pellets), mold, and grit that the FDA regards as only an aesthetic problem, not a health problem.

   (The handbook starts with definitions; scroll down a bit to get to the table of allowable filth.)

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10. Actually, blue cheese tastes like cockroaches.

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11. Well, when I rode my 1962 Triumph chopper back when I was a younger Galt I guess I did eat my share of bugs.

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12. ** Interested in knowing more? **

    That would be a big fat NO.

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13. Eeeeewwww.

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14. We’re at the top of the food chain for a reason and eating bugs ain’t one of ’em!

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