Insects as Food & alternative protein [General]

2016 Feb 16
Any one out there eat insects or feel like trying?

2016 Feb 16
I ate chapulines in Mexico-grasshoppers, it's all in the seasoning. I thought they were alright.

2016 Feb 17
The Canadian Museum of Nature has a super exhibit on now until March 28, 2016 "Bugs Outside the Box".
They have a gumball-type machine that dispenses a bubble of dried/edible insects to try and they also sell a selection in the gift shop.
We tried the salt & pepper meal worms. Crunchy and...earthy. In-line with Hungry Pete's comment - there was a honey mustard and hot & spicy variety.

An excellent exhibit and the snacks are an added bonus.
nature.ca/en/home


2016 Feb 19
I saw lots of fried scorpions on sticks for sale when I was in Beijing, but I didn't try it.

2016 Feb 19
Some moths got into a big bag of red cargo rice we have.

Unwilling to toss it all away and reading on google that they are perfectly harmless . . .

I put the bag outside in the -20C cold. That kills them.

Plus I'm going to wash the rice and cook it.

:-) I don't think I'll be eating any moths, but even if I do . . . more protein ?

And this never happened before with regular white rice.

What's so different about red cargo rice ?