The world population is huge! Not as big as it could be as I’ve recently been told… but it’s still pretty big. How are we feeding all these people? Well, we have the usual assortments of unhealthy meat, nutritious plants and other foods, but what about things like noisy grasshoppers? The effects of agriculture on our planet are immense and largely overlooked. Insects could be a viable answer.
Here’s a great TED talk with Marcel Dicke talking about eating insects.
And why not? Scientific American has the low down on entomophagist David Gracer who says that
…a bowl of grasshoppers has more vitamins than beef and is lower in fat.
He also goes on to say that
Our disgust for insects is just cultural… Afterall we eat lobsters, which are arthropods, as are insects.
So now that I’ve tempted you, I’m sure you’re ready to try pick up some sour cream and onion flavored crickets from your local ethnic food store. Or maybe you’re ready to try some recipes. I’ve taken the liberty to find a few good recipes for you.
Here’s a site for all things bug recipe related based in Florida, USA.
And here’s a site dedicated to all insect recipes all the time… There is also a huge list of other places to find insect recipes at the bottom of this site’s page.
So dig in! and try to enjoy!
Sources:
David Gracer via Scientific America
Georgia College’s Insect Recipes
https://wondergressive.com/2013/02/13/the-ugly-face-of-overpopulation/
https://wondergressive.com/2012/09/26/them-cows-is-sweet/
https://wondergressive.com/2012/08/15/edible-landscapes/
https://wondergressive.com/2013/01/11/a-new-tune-for-grasshoppers/
https://wondergressive.com/2012/08/17/the-effect-of-agriculture-on-the-planet/
http://www.flapest.com/recipes.aspx
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