How to make insects appetizing to Americans

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@law

Man, I remember many years ago (like, 10+) when I first read about the ‘new world order’/UN/conspiracy-bogieman-of-the-week and how “part of the plan” was to get 1st world countries switched over to bug-meat instead of meat-meat. I dunno about the rest of you, but I laughed and laughed at the time about ‘those silly conspiracy-nuts’. Then, for the past 6 months, I keep reading articles like these from various news sources (and now my beloved Boing Boing).

IMO, “no. Just… no” about covers it. I’ll raise my own chickens before I deliberately eat bugs (and I say this as a life-long city-dweller). Maybe some of these tin-foil guys aren’t as far-fetched as we thought?

You’re not the only one. I remember this comment - it stuck out to me at the time I had been hearing “EAT BUGS” everywhere, and here it is again. I’m sure baader-meinhof is to blame.

OR IS IT

I’ve also been hearing enough terrible economic news that if it came to pass would leave many eating bugs. Get in on the “ground floor”, literally. There’s profit in no choice, and the cost of opinion-shifting stories, articles & positive comments is infinitesimal to the money that could be made in feeding a population.