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minus-squareIrateAnteater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·2 months agoIt’s the meat to skin/bone/exoskeleton ratio. Same reason why we tend to eat chicken and turkeys but not budgies or sparrows.
minus-squarenul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoThat makes sense, i don’t want to eat shrimp shells and all that. But that makes me wonder, would this be any good to eat?
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoWichitty grubs, which can be similar in size to that bug, are great bush tucker.
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDepends on the wood they’ve been eating!
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoVery cool! I still wouldn’t eat one raw, but I’d try it cooked I think
minus-squarecalliope@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI learned recently that young cicadas are apparently really good when you cook them. I can’t eat anything that looks like that, insect or seafood. I don’t even like shrimp!
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAmericans in the South fry tomato hornworms. Never had them but I hear they taste like tomatoes. Pro tip: Hunt them at night with a UV flashlight.
It’s the meat to skin/bone/exoskeleton ratio. Same reason why we tend to eat chicken and turkeys but not budgies or sparrows.
That makes sense, i don’t want to eat shrimp shells and all that. But that makes me wonder, would this be any good to eat?
Slimy yet satisfying.
Wichitty grubs, which can be similar in size to that bug, are great bush tucker.
Taste like peanuts right?
Depends on the wood they’ve been eating!
Very cool! I still wouldn’t eat one raw, but I’d try it cooked I think
I learned recently that young cicadas are apparently really good when you cook them.
I can’t eat anything that looks like that, insect or seafood. I don’t even like shrimp!
Americans in the South fry tomato hornworms. Never had them but I hear they taste like tomatoes.
Pro tip: Hunt them at night with a UV flashlight.