A picture taken 09 October 2002 shows a street vendor offering Cambodia's latest food fad, fried tarantulas basted in oil and garlic, for sale in Phnom Penh. (Getty Images)
By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2011
UN agency considers benefits of a critter diet
(Newser) – Cambodian deep-fried tarantula, anyone? Perhaps a chocolate ant wafer or curried cockchafer? Yes, such meals are already popular in many nations, but now the UN is investigating whether we should all munch on little critters. In his Guardian blog, Fraser Lewry says stats favor an insect diet: After all, the world population will hit 7 billion come October, and insects not only produce more meat per pound of feed than farm animals, "they produce a fraction of the greenhouse gasses pumped out by cattle and are rich in minerals, vitamins and proteins."
Curious to taste creepy crawlies, Lewry went to an insect event at the Natural History Museum in London. "The first thing we discover is that we're already eating insects," says Lewry, who points out how chocolate bars contain insect fragments and sweetcorn cans include larvae chunks. "And frozen broccoli? You really, really don't want to know." His verdict at the tasting table? While he liked the nutty fried crickets and subtly sweet waxworm larvae, "my favourite treat is an off-menu item, a scorpion dipped in chocolate and possessing a gentle alcoholic kick."
By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 17, 2011
UN agency considers benefits of a critter diet
(Newser) – Cambodian deep-fried tarantula, anyone? Perhaps a chocolate ant wafer or curried cockchafer? Yes, such meals are already popular in many nations, but now the UN is investigating whether we should all munch on little critters. In his Guardian blog, Fraser Lewry says stats favor an insect diet: After all, the world population will hit 7 billion come October, and insects not only produce more meat per pound of feed than farm animals, "they produce a fraction of the greenhouse gasses pumped out by cattle and are rich in minerals, vitamins and proteins."
Curious to taste creepy crawlies, Lewry went to an insect event at the Natural History Museum in London. "The first thing we discover is that we're already eating insects," says Lewry, who points out how chocolate bars contain insect fragments and sweetcorn cans include larvae chunks. "And frozen broccoli? You really, really don't want to know." His verdict at the tasting table? While he liked the nutty fried crickets and subtly sweet waxworm larvae, "my favourite treat is an off-menu item, a scorpion dipped in chocolate and possessing a gentle alcoholic kick."
4 comments:
it's ugly
Forms versus Substances; Graphite versus Diamond;One Thousand versus Ten Hundreds ! American Plumber and Khmer Leader are both working with the same metal Pb !
C- in Chemistry !
Hey, it's not that bad as long as it's not dogmeat, OK.
I don't know why people didn't cover their foods selling on the stall? Very dusty and dirty...when moto mike or car went by or pass by...? This is why lots of people have TB?
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