What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects?

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What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @03:45AM from the there-will-never-be-a-fast-food-place-called-thoraxes-etc. dept.

Lasrick writes "Scientific American has a really nice article explaining why insects should be considered a good food source, and how the encroachment of Western attitudes into societies that traditionally eat insects is affecting consumption of this important source of nutrients. Good stuff." Especially when they're so easy to grow.

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Re:Good Question by Type44Q · 2013-07-30 03:49 · Score: 4, Funny

We choose to eat some animals (like cows) and not others (like cats)...
Speak for yourself; I find cat makes a fine goulash. Okay, well I might if I lived in Lousiana... :)
Uh... by korbulon · 2013-07-30 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Would you like flies with that?
*crickets*
What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects? by capebretonsux · 2013-07-30 03:52 · Score: 5, Funny

What's Stopping Us From Eating Insects?

Windshields.
Re:Good Question by iggymanz · 2013-07-30 03:54 · Score: 5, Funny

in many places in the world, they walk their dog. in some places in asia, they wok their dog.
Re:Good Question by DougOtto · 2013-07-30 04:05 · Score: 4, Funny

I love cats. I just can't eat a whole one myself.

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Re:Good Question by iggymanz · 2013-07-30 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

no, you made up that last bit about "taboo" yourselves. Dogs on the menu at many places in the word, so are horses (FDA just added Mr. Ed to list by the way, my glue-eating classmates of 40+ years ago were clearly ahead of their time)
Re:Good Question by smillie · 2013-07-30 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Some of us have been eating insects for as long as we have owned motorcycles.

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Re:Good Question by slaughts · 2013-07-30 06:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Except the laces keep getting stuck in my teeth...