So, I've been reading a lot today about eating insects.

[conuly]

Some of these sites are fascinating, and (almost) have me convinced.

I say almost because, of course, societal conditioning is really, really, really hard to overcome here!

I'm tempted to suggest something to the SICM to go with their Bugs exhibit. Oh, I get so tired of people who go in there with their kids and then talk loudly about how "gross" the whole room is. Here's an idea! If you're terrified of bugs, steer your child somewhere else!

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[sayga.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my sister and I just made a batch of cherry jam and we TRIED to pick out all the cherries with worms in them (each cherry has one single worm inside, so we tried to pick all the best no-worm cherries, but some with a worm inside got in the batch too), but we ended up just smushing everything down and naming it Wormy Cherry Raspberry Jam. Whatever. It's all sterilized and probably adds some protein, or something.

[conuly]

That's what I said about the worms in our coriander seeds. Froze the batch, picked out the most obvious ones, and declared the rest "free protein". Then I vowed to never speak of this again, but you can see that that hasn't worked so well...!

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

*cough*cardamon*cough*

[conuly]

You're talking about it....