Delicious bugs

[Chiron Jackal]

For quite a while I'd been thinking about trying a bug. They're healthy, they're potentially an answer to many of the world's hunger problems, and because they are both nutritious and cheap they're a good alternative to cheap snack foods that are made mostly of overly processed corn.

But... you know... they're bugs. Most of us in countries with internet access view the eating of bugs as some icky thing you'd only do if you lived in a hut. Even if assured by someone most trustworthy that it'll be delicious a lot of people will just have trouble eating them because it kinda freaks them out (my mother is very much on this list).

Well, I tried one. I started small, they're little chocolates with ants in them. And they're actually pretty good. Texture takes getting used to, but only because you know it's an ant. These ants were a little bit bitter but mostly had citrus-like taste. This leads me to believe most people wouldn't like just a pile of ants, but they go really well in chocolate and I could see them doing well on a salad or mixed with a spread for bread or crackers (like cream cheese).

So, has anyone else eaten a bug?

[Fenris_brood]

Those little bead bugs that curl up you usually find in the dirt everywhere. They're not really insects and they taste exactly like what they are, crustaceans, shrimp to be exact. Other than that, ants are pretty edible and my adventures haven't taken me beyond that. There are some kinds of larva that are supposed to taste good, but I won't risk it with any species I can find here, which are probably just fly larvae.

[Chiron Jackal]

There are some kinds of larva that are supposed to taste good, but I won't risk it with any species I can find here, which are probably just fly larvae.

I've heard that maggots are actually pretty good. You'd want farmed ones rather than wild ones though since maggots are like a lot of bugs and taste like whatever they've eaten.

[LV426]

I ate a cooked grub in girl scouts. It was kind of nutty but I didn't know what it was til after I ate it.

My mom ate a termite in Brazil. She said it was nutty tasting.

I just can't eat a bug knowingly. It's the legs. What if they get stuck in my teeth.

[Fenris_brood]

I ate a cooked grub in girl scouts. It was kind of nutty but I didn't know what it was til after I ate it.

My mom ate a termite in Brazil. She said it was nutty tasting.

I just can't eat a bug knowingly. It's the legs. What if they get stuck in my teeth.

You get an awesome creepy smile. But yeah, it's those kinds of grubs I've heard rumoured to taste like almonds and such, probably because of their wood diet, that I would like to eat. Also, since I heard that roasted tarantula tastes a bit like crab, I would try that for sure.

[Lipski]

A friend of mine ate a cricket for money. He said it was a little bitter but not that bad.

I could never do it because I just hate bugs.