[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')rickets, caterpillars and grubs are high in protein and minerals and could be an important food source during droughts and other emergencies, according to scientists.

She suggested a more practical benefit might be adding insects to animal feed or crushing them into a meal powder that could be used to make cookies or cakes.

Meyer-Rochow said aid agencies might even find a way to harvest crop-destroying swarms of locusts and crickets.

"These mass outbreaks could be a valuable food source," he said. "If the technology is available, they could be ground up like a paste and added to the food humans eat."

[eric_b]

mmm, fly burgers

[Concerned]

Less energy from oil, more global population...

Insects and jellyfish, instead of meat, fish and potato.

Imagine how much we can grow the GDP on grubs and jellyfish.

[dinopello]

One of my favorite bars in DC in the 90's was the Insect Club mentioned here.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')adly, an establishment in Washington, D. C. known as The Insect Club no longer exists. It was a popular restaurant and bar in the early 1990's, and served items that included crickets and mealworms combined and served in delicacies.

[kpeavey]

How many times have you seen Sally struthers selling the idea of sending money to feed the children?

They show some bloated kids in Africa.

They have nothing to eat.

They will die if they don't get something to eat.

...and they have 15 pounds of flies on their face.

[heroineworshipper]

Doubt insect guts would pass Calif* emission standards. If you're talking about feeding something besides the car, what could be more important than feeding the car?

[Ferretlover]

Soylent bugs??? eeww....

[mos6507]

We really are headed for a dark future. Enjoy today's plethora of food choices while they last.

[wisconsin_cur]

Of course some (a lot?) of people would rather die than crunch down on some raw bugs.

More for the rest of us who are willing, I suppose.

[MrBill]

Grow bugs, feed your fish or chickens!

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MrBill', 'G')row bugs, feed your fish or chickens!

[Dukkha]

The dark future is, at least in part, caused by peoples' mistaking the peculiarities of their own lives for universal norms. I live in Thailand and bugs are a completely normal part of the diet.

อร่อยมาก!!!!!

[MrBill]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MrBill', 'G')row bugs, feed your fish or chickens!

[Falconoffury]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')e really are headed for a dark future. Enjoy today's plethora of food choices while they last.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dukkha', 'T')he dark future is, at least in part, caused by peoples' mistaking the peculiarities of their own lives for universal norms. I live in Thailand and bugs are a completely normal part of the diet.

[mattduke]

I tried chicken feet at least four or five times before I caught on to the joke.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'I') tried chicken feet at least four or five times before I caught on to the joke.

[xerces]

What's wrong with bugs for food? They taste great and are more efficient to produce than pork or beef.

I've had roasted crickets, deep fried locusts, and scorpion kebabs.....they were all quite delicious!!!!

[manu]

I guess there will be plenty of jobs in the future for the bug eaters. They can work in the garden as a scare crow and eat all of the insects for free!

[efarmer]

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2160.html

Bugs have been ready for the job as human food since
Day #1. (I think it was a Hillary bug too.) I have had
grasshoppers as well as eaten the bug du jour on my
bicycle rides. This plays right into my new invention,
I am putting a snack tray right under the bug lite on
my porch. This summer I will have entertainment,
fresh roasted snackage, and cold beer to boot.
Stay away from the June bugs, there is very little
white meat and they are too sloppy to eat in polite
company, and lick your lips often to get the bug legs
off them. You can enjoy good food without looking
like a slob.

I just want to be a microlivestock cowboy and ride
the range, all 800 square feet of it. My next invention
will be a harmonica that doesn't clog up with bug legs
when a feller is making music on the porch.