Would you ever make insects a regular part of your diet?

49 comments

1. No thanks. I’ll take Impossible Meat well before that. I dont eat much protien anyway

2. Only if I absolutely had to.

3. I already do, in my coffee.

4. Hard no

5. Sure. I’ve already tried cricket protein bars. Honestly, lobsters are basically giant insects anyway.

6. Fuck no. Ask the rich if they’re eating bugs and I bet you they’ll say no.

7. lol no what is this question

8. No.

9. Not when other more appetizing animals are available. I’d do it in an apocalypse situation if I had to.

10. Probably not unless I had no other option for food and sustenance

11. Absolutely not

12. If they taste good and are affordable, there is literally for me not reason not to besides mental hangups (which im sure i could get over with time).

    I like shrimp. Doesn’t really seem that different to me.

13. Assuming that they end up being significantly better for the environment than current sources of animal protein, sure.

14. I’ll try it.

15. If I absolutely had to yes but I don’t even see how I can get in that situation given the fact that where I live there’s a lot of deer

16. If there was nothing else

17. Depends on how they were cooked and if they tasted good. I’m not fundamentally opposed to eating insects. I eat shrimp, crab, lobster and other “water bugs”.

18. If I was wandering in the wilderness emulating John the Baptist I could go for locusts and honey.

    But if it was a top down policy the individuals in question would lose the consent of the governed and answer for it- hopefully with just tar and feathering and exile to Canada.

19. Nice try, Klaus Schwab!

20. I’d prefer not to.

21. If they were made into analogues of common foods then sure I’d give them a try. The idea of eating just bugs is pretty gross though.

22. Only if we experienced a society ending infrastructure collapse.

23. Ask me after I’ve eaten one. They have crickets at World Market and I’ve almost tried them just because I’m curious. They have marinara flavor.

24. As long as they are “safe” to eat, I think it would be great. I just have no idea how to obtain them or know how to safely prepare them. But as far as I know, they are a fantastic way to add nutrients and protein to foods.

25. Not willingly.

26. No, but I have them occasionally (<1 time per year). For example, cricket tacos.

    It’s more of a novelty and they aren’t _that_ good.

27. **NO**

    These mfers would rather push insects down your throat rather than actually be sustainable and eat less meat and more plant based products.

    Honestly it’s laughable at this point. “Go vegan for a day a week? Nah, insects man ::thonk::”

28. No

29. No, I can’t believe this is even a thing lol

    I’ll try it as a novelty, like if there were cookies made with scorpion flour (which exists, btw) but that’s where it would stop.

    Insects will never be a part of my diet, i’m with the conservatives and conspiracy theorists on this; and they are absolutely right that the people pushing this won’t be the ones eating them.

30. No

31. I mean, I can eat a fuckin **bucket** of crawdads if they’re done right. Are they magically less creepy-crawly because you fish ’em out of a marsh instead of picking them out of the grass?

32. Depends on how tasty the bugs are.

    I have eaten a few and they have been ok. I have never been like “oh I want more insects in my diet!” That is of course excluding delicious sea bugs. Put more crustaceans on my plate please.

33. I’ll eat a horse before I eat bugs.

34. It was powdered yes, I can’t stand the feel of bugs and the thought of legs getting stuck in my teeth makes me uncomfortable

35. Sure

36. Absolutely not.

37. The big shopping park in my neighborhood in Tokyo has a [vending machine that sells little cans of assorted edible bugs](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLoH9OSUcAMIfEH?format=jpg&name=900×900) for about $10 each. I’ve never tried them because it’s too expensive for that kind of morbid curiosity. I doubt I’ll make them a regular part of my diet until the price and availability is comparable to other meats… but I also don’t think eating bugs is inherently any more disgusting/immoral than eating any other creature.

    I’ve eaten them before and probably will again– insects are sometimes sold as a bar snack here (the ones I tried tasted a lot like the crispy tail on a fried shrimp), and rice crackers made with cricket flour (just taste like rice crackers) are sold at the convenience store alongside other packaged snacks.

38. If they taste good and are cheap yes. If not then no.

    I love all varieties of food. Dont understand why people here are so averse to the idea, a lot of seafood already looks like bugs. Im sure 70 years ago a lot of Americans would turn up their noses to a lot of foreign cuisines that are common in America today

    Im very interested in how they work for stuff like protein fortified powder. Seems like it could be useful for body building.

39. absolutely not

40. I’d try them, and if I liked them then yes I would make them a part of my diet.

41. I’ve had cricket tacos and I liked it a lot. Probably wouldn’t be an everyday thing, but I’m not opposed to it at all.

42. It doesn’t gross me out. Meat is meat lol. But I wouldnt want to see their little faces. So like if it’s ground into flour like they do with crickets, I could totally do that.

43. Absolutely not.

    We should be trying to help people in impoverished countries have access to meat. Most people who are forced to eat bugs would eat meat instead if it was available and affordable for them. Eating bugs isn’t “cool” or “trendy”. It’s a sign of extreme poverty.

    We need to focus on bringing people up to our level, not bringing our people down to theirs.

44. Yes, if they’re really processed, like cricket flour, and good/affordable foods are made from them. Probably not if they’re still in bug form. I know it’s a cultural hangup, but it’s a strong one.

45. Absolutely not.

46. If they were convenient, tasty, affordable, and useful in a variety of recipes I don’t see why not. I’m not going out of my way to source crickets any more than I’m going out of my way to source west African yams though.

47. Fuck no

48. Absolutely not and under no circumstances. I’m not that politically active but if “they” try to make this mainstream I can see that changing quickly.

49. If they tasted good and were readily available I’d have no issue with it. Iv tried cricket, it wasn’t terrible but it wasnt good either. Definitely not something I would seek out.