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Insects, the Latest Cuisine? |
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| Saturday, 22 March 2008 | |
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In a recent U.N conference scientists have said that caterpillars, grasshoppers, grubs and worms could provide a source of nutrition in times of drought and food shortage.
Eating bugs is nothing new, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 1400 species of insects and worms are eaten in almost 90 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
In Thailand it is very common to for silkworms and various other bugs to be eaten and of course we all know the French eat snails in their national delicacy 'Es Cargo'. African’s have eaten grubs and grasshoppers for thousands of years and in South America certain types of sweet ants are eaten.
Scientists say that many bugs can be a very good compliment to a sustainable diet as they are both high in protein and minerals, and in the future there may even be a practical way to harvest crop destroying swarms of locusts or crickets, who would have thought that one day we could make these crop destroying mass outbreaks a valuable food source.
The best suggested techniques of consuming many of the bugs was to grind them into a paste, or crush them into a meal powder for making cakes and cookies.
Perhaps we are in for a new trend of international cuisine? Then again, maybe not.
References Chiang, M 2008, ‘Scientists: Eat More Bugs’, CBS News, Feb. 25. Photo by Ahmed Rabea (Flickr) If you liked this article, support The Natural Health Guy by tagging it...        |
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