No.4835
A few weeks ago I had an energy bar made with milled crickets (pic related.) It was pretty good.
Apparently they produce more protein and nutrients using less feed, water, and space than conventional livestock. I'm no fan of PETA, but the thought of being able to feed our growing population without using today's farming methods gives me a lot more hope for humanity.
What do you guys think? Have you tried them? Would you do it regularly if they were cheap enough?
Products and Information
https://www.exoprotein.com/why-crickets
http://chapul.com/
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Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvEJxnpC7Uw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYXzyTjvOQ
Document by the UN
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf
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No.4840
>>4835
Given that crickets are living creatures, PETA is no fan of this either.
Also, world hunger is a logistics issue, not a supply issue.
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No.4842
>>4835
I wouldn't eat insects. I simply do not care enough about that stuff so why should I? As long as there's meat available in my stores I won't stop consuming it. Call me selfish, whatever.
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No.5180
believe it or not a cow eats less than a swarm of crickets that has the same weight as a cow.
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No.7182
>>5180
A swarm of crickets also has fewer bones.
What's the comparison for a swarm of crickets weighing the same as the meat of a cow?
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No.7185
>>7182
They don't throw away the bones or organs of a cow, so comparing meat-mass alone isn't particularly valid.
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No.7186
>>7185
OK, fine, weigh the tripe too.
You can eat a whole cricket, or a bunch of 'em. Can't go and pop a whole cow in your mouth. Just sayin'.
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No.7216
>>4835
Too many carbs. Should be called Shitbar.
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No.7218
>>7186
a hundred whole crickets won't feed one man, but a single whole cow will feed a thousand men
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No.7219
>>7218
>a single whole cow will feed a thousand men
Sure, if they only want 6 ounces of meat each.
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No.8099
Hey /ck/, I am an amateur entomophagist and raise mealworms and crickets for consumption. AMA
Fun fact: insects kinda take on the flavor of what you feed them. Have a batch of worms coming up now that were fed primarily cilantro. Gunna roast that shit and have it with salt and lime juice. Yum.
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No.8102
>>7182
Literally 100% of a cow gets used in some fashion or another.
Cows are more useful than crickets, pound per pound.
Anyway, I'd sooner go hunt my own meat than eat milled insects.
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No.13361
>>4840
>Also, world hunger is a logistics issue, not a supply issue.
Just wait until the population of Africa quintuples again.
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No.13378
I'm not much of a snacker, but I had one each of all the Exo bars and they were pretty good. I'm not sure crickets are good for meat beyond protein-powder uses, though.
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No.13380
>>13361
exactly, thats the issue. how does this give us "hope for humanity" as OP put it (from current year+0)? Everyone seems to think having a bigger more available food supply to everyone is not only an attainable goal, but its something that would benefit mankind. How?? To breeding more useless eaters? People that youd get from a cricket powder food source boom would undeniably be 3rd world savages that would soon be displacing you and your family with the whole scene being overwatched by your governments military arm. If we were just leaving third worlders the hell alone, they would naturally adjust to their own 3rd world carrying capacity, so a large African country would be less than 100k people. THAT would be a hope for humaity. But thats the folly of white people and 1st worlders as a whole, we think we know better and can just civilize them, feed them, and give them 1st world infrastructure/endless aid and they will somehow not decide to canibalize the machinery, not kill and brutalize their benefactors, not breed like rabbits, not flood europe, etc. We dont know better, I think they would be happier left alone eating mosquitos and fruit bats off of banana leaves or whatever the hell they would otherwise be doing without whitey constantly pumping their populations up and shooting their own feet off. I know Id be happier.
polite sage for old thread
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No.13392
>>4835
I didn't rise to the top of the food chain just so I could wallow at the bottom. Fuck the environment.
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No.14522
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