Show Suffer From Bug Bites Bite em em Back f- f fL L t Jake Nelson t. Feature Editor Just lust the thought of eating insects makes most people shudder however er some cultures find insects a culinary culinary culinary culi culi- nary delight It seems that one of the favorite subjects in Hollywood and novels particularly childrens children's books is the thought of eating insects To most Americans the the- thought of eating an insect living or dead is enough to bring up a former meal Most people who watch Indiana Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom cringe ringe throughout the dining room room scene Humans eating large b beetles and having monkey chilled brains for desert often causes discomfort The truth is that most Americans eat about one or two pounds of insects inadvertently per year These critters are ground up into such common treats as breakfast cereals strawberry jam peanut butter butter butter but but- ter etc Studies show that these insects actually make the food products products products prod prod- more nutritious Still most Americans dont don't want to know which insects are contained in which food Its It's all in our culture if we had been eating bugs since birth the thought wouldn't bother us The thought of eating a bug living living living liv liv- ing or dead is stunning to Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans very similar to the same reason that eating meat is stunning to vege vege- Still its it's wise not to eat every bug bugin in sight There are some insects that are toxic whether cooked o or not Should you choose to eat insects always trust a scientist as to which insects are safe Aside from knowing which insects are safe theres there's also the psychological psychological psychological aspect Trying to make yourself eat mealworm spaghetti or ora ora ora a fried tarantula is difficult to do Y Trio Tri rr without a creative imagination Photojournalist Photojournalist Photojournalist Pho- Pho Peter Menzel explained that eating insects reminded him of eating a raw oyster This was worse worse he said At least the oyster wasn't an escape artist with artist with with little legs that got stuck in my teeth Menzel and his wife Faith r D DAluisio Aluisio researched and wrote the book Man Afan gating Bugs The Art and Science of 0 Eating Insects They traveled through diverse cultures sampling their recipes of insects insects D' D DAluisio Aluisio found the best way to eat worm casserole in China was to imag l n gine ine she w s saus sausage ge Menzel Menzer a and LD DAluisio ins insist st that the tle o book is not meant to encourage Americans to change their habits rather to make them aware of their environment and diet stock growing to mealworms and crickets r c ets for human consumption s seems seems ms to be rising a little bit and its it's been found that insects make a good and inexpensive meat substitute The famous Utah crickets also have heir health value The swarm- swarm t ring c. c crickets that could be g gathered th-er th 9 Inan In iti ri an hour were comparable in calories calori s to 87 chili dogs 49 slices of pizza or orr r 43 Big Macs Maes Maybe Americans will choose to break the age old disgust of insects and join in with the rest of the world adding insects to their regular diet however its it's very doubtful Should you want to try fried tarantula however however however how how- ever Menzel said that it tastes of coarse like chicken |