Would you consider eating insects?

Would you eat a meal of insects if it was well prepared? Much of the world gets the majority of their protein from insects, but I can't stomach the idea. I hate bugs.

Which is completely hypocritical because lobster and shrimp are two of my favorite foods.

But yeah, apparently they're gonna try and market the meat in the US: Story.   

Ugh ugh ugh.

Bugs can be super tasty and you've definitely ingested a buttload of them by accident.

Have tried insects before, and I am not going to do so again

man... when i think of people eating insects my mind wanders back to this video of man vs wild.....
  

Bugs can be super tasty and you've definitely ingested a buttload of them by accident.

"Dry" insects aren't a problem for me: crickets, ants and the like. I've had both and they don't taste bad at all.

The insects with more obvious internal organs are another matter.

man... when i think of people eating insects my mind wanders back to this video of man vs wild.....
  

Considering that insects are pretty closely related to crustaceans (not necessarily evolutionarily speaking but in the sense that they are both invertebrates with hard outer shells) I would definitely eat insects if they are prepared correctly.

@mlarrabee said:

"Dry" insects aren't a problem for me: crickets, ants and the like. I've had both and they don't taste bad at all.

The insects with more obvious internal organs are another matter.

If they have been thoroughly cooked though, it wouldn't really matter how "obvious" the internal organs are. I mean protein is protein, whether they are internal organs or external muscle.

I haven't eaten a meal of them, but I've eaten insects. I've eaten several dry crickers, and dry crickets coated in chocolate. I ate a few ants as a kid just 'cause.

i would eat them maybe if i was starving, living on an island. maybe if they were in something else, like meat, sauces. that way it taste different.

@Fajita_Jim: Do you eat prawns? Well, basically any kind of shell fish?

Yeah, bugs creep the hell out of me--I can't stand to look at those repugnant monsters! If they stay away from me, I'll promise not to willingly eat them. 

Not nitpicking but I went for C. but more the mind set of I'm fine with it before I get to the point where I'm starving and start wasting away.

A meal of them ? Nah, no matter how nicely prepared but I'm a really picky eater when I have the choice.

And don't forget, eyeballs are an excellent source of sodium. Just pretend you're eating a 'Gusher'....cause you will be.

When that last can of beans is gone, we will all be saying yum!

I ate a cricket once. Although it barely counts because it was covered in chocolate.

I'd eat human first

I ate a cricket once. Although it barely counts because it was covered in chocolate.

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

I had the chance to try those, but they looked disgusting.

@CL60 said:

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

I had the chance to try those, but they looked disgusting.

Very true, but they tasted great, and that's what matters to me when it comes to food.

I have tried a selection of different bugs in China. The best was the fried scorpion, tasted like KFC chicken skins. The absolute worse was some kind of larvae or cocoon or some shit. Tasted like crispy toe nails on the outside and was warm but soft on the inside. Absolutely disgusting. My girlfriend had actually chosen it because it looked least like a bug- but it was the absolute worse.

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

@CL60 said:

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

I had the chance to try those, but they looked disgusting.

Very true, but they tasted great, and that's what matters to me when it comes to food.

I didn't want to take that chance!

@CL60 said:

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

@CL60 said:

@wolf_blitzer85 said:

Yeah I had deep fried crickets once. They were delicious. Tasted like crispy peanuts.

I had the chance to try those, but they looked disgusting.

Very true, but they tasted great, and that's what matters to me when it comes to food.

I didn't want to take that chance!

When you have the chance again, just close your eyes and pop one in. At least you can tell people you had some deep-fried crickets, even if you end up not liking it.

Fuck that dude... Insects... Ugh... Let the livestock have the insects, I'll stick to my steak thanks. I'd rather end up eating all veggies and tofu, if there is shortage of livestock, over eating bugs...

I fucking hate bugs. It would have to be pretty desperate times for me to eat them.

@Fajita_Jim: Do you eat prawns? Well, basically any kind of shell fish?

Would you eat a meal of insects if it was well prepared? Much of the world gets the majority of their protein from insects, but I can't stomach the idea. I hate bugs.

Which is completely hypocritical because lobster and shrimp are two of my favorite foods.

But yeah, apparently they're gonna try and market the meat in the US: Story.    Ugh ugh ugh.

Funny enough, lobster, crab and crawfish are closely related to insects from a taxonomy perspective, so if you've had any of those, you might as well be eating insects. Having said that, only if starving...

For money? Sure.

I've eaten quite a few insects in my day all raw and I think all living. Some are better than others.

Ants taste like sour apples (and if you taste sour apple before you bite that means it peed in your mouth). It's also why they cover them in chocolate, because it's balances out their natural sourness.

The crunch of a beetle is too disturbing to even have time to taste anything.

Moths taste like dust.

I'll let you all guess what a grasshopper tastes like.

I've had ants, and I liked them. They're sweet (at least, the ones I had were, and they weren't chocolate covered), and pretty easy to get past the disgust of thanks to their size.

I won't ever eat an insect any bigger than that, though, unless you count lobster, shrimp, and the like. I even get a little weirded out eating lobster when I think about what they are, or if I flip one over to it's most insect-looking side.

Nah, unless its during a bar contest that an attractive lady also enters. I mean, what's the worse that could happen.

They are a delicacy in many countries so if well prepared hell yeah I would.

man... when i think of people eating insects my mind wanders back to this video of man vs wild.....
  

I've had a mix of bugs before. Tastes great.

I'd love to try eating insects at some point in time. I've heard cicadas can be pretty good if prepared correctly, they apparently have a decent amount of meat in them.

I ate a whole plate of fried crickets (or something) when I was in Mexico. They was delicious.

I have eaten insects before when I was younger but cant say I'd do it again.

Edit: oh and hope you guys know if you count arachnids or whatever I believe lobsters and crawdads and whatnot count. I was referring to more traditional insects before but just thought I'd mention that =P

If you have eaten shrimp and/or lobster, you really are pretty much there, no? Not to mention escargot. It would take some prep, but I bet an insect side dish of some sort might honestly work

And I have eatan grasshoppers before in a mini survival seminar, not bad.

Till proven need, hard to think of insects really on the menu

The idea of eating insects really bugs me... HEY-OH

@Fattony12000 said:

That is a beautiful tarantula hawk, but I probably wouldn't eat one of those. For some reason wasps just seem like something that you probably shouldn't bother eating.

@Fattony12000 said:

FUCKING CAZADORES, MAN!!!

Already had all kinds of caramelized bugs, and a scorpion. So sure

I've eaten snails, several times. They're tasty.

I think I have, can't say when exactly or what but I'm pretty sure I have...

If I had to, what is the doubt?

I've done it. If the local cuisine includes insects..then yeah. I did and it was fine.

If you can make them taste not like bug, then sure.