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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh I can explain it easily! One of them tastes good and the other one tastes bad. That's pretty much it... Not sure how it's so confusing though

[–] andy_wijaya_med 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Have you ever tried insects? Those who have have said that they taste good. They said it tastes like shrimp.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Those who have have had a different day of taste buds. With insects you're supposed to eat the exo skeleton, which is crunchy, but not nice. Then the meat is a bit nutty, is ok but the texture is off putting imho. Maybe eating your shrimp unpeeled would be a good equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I eat shrimp unpeeled. Learned to do it from Vietnamese restaurants. It's not bad! It saves a shitton of time peeling them, the spices are usually on the outside so you get more flavor, and the shell gives a nice crunch. I don't eat the tailfins tho that's dumb. They're hard, pointy, and have no meat.

That said... I advocate for finding ways to incorporate insects into western diets. I think we need to start a program to breed them for purpose though. Just like how bananas used to be small and full of seeds but were bred to what they are today. Breed a grubworm or something to be better eatin' and grow them in huge quantities. But no way am I eating a roach.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes. Do not recommend. It is okay to say no to drunk dares, ugh so gross.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I dunno I feel like most bugs would be pretty decent fried in Gaelic butter with salt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That could be said for just about anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Well yeah but I don't like unsalted unbutter shellfish either usually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've tried crickets and ants before and they were decent with a ton of seasoning but it sure as hell wasn't as good as lobster.

[–] andy_wijaya_med 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's a big deal in Oaxaca and they're not bad. They add a ton of lime and salt and other seasonings. I had them when drinking Mezcal. The ants are really big too. Apparently they have like a spawning period where they're just everywhere so you can just scoop them up and put them in a skillet really easily.

Sorry to any actual big scientists. I'm sure I butchered that.

[–] andy_wijaya_med 2 points 10 months ago

Can't imagine if I were to eat ants. Grasshopper I can imagine. But ants... I come from Indonesia and there we have small ants that smell like shit..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

If I am to believe the tellings from It Came From The Desert, there could be ants as big as a house.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] andy_wijaya_med 1 points 10 months ago

You're right.... Didn't cross my mind. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ