Could you handle eating at London's first Insect Bar ?

Sabre Man

This could open up a can of worms.

Maximus Alexander

Shenshen wrote: »

I'd do the same I do in every restaurant and ask for the vegetarian menu.

Seriously, though, people stuff themselves on prawns, consider raw live oysters to be delicacy, and happily tuck into unidentifiable parts of unknown animals stuffed into pigs intestines which may or may nor have been thoroughly rinsed before being repurposed, but they've got a problem with ants?

I don't understand onmivores, sorry.

That's a bit like saying "People let large canines sleep on their beds, have killer felines in their living rooms and will keep flying, feathered dinosaurs in their houses, but they've got a problem with spiders? I don't understand pet owners."

RobertKK

To think the Egyptians supposedly complained about a plague of locusts, all that food must have been like manna from heaven.

Ted111

Shenshen wrote: »

unidentifiable parts of unknown animals stuffed into pigs intestines which may or may nor have been thoroughly rinsed before being repurposed

You make it sound like a bad thing.
And from a German of all people.

BrokenArrows

learn_more wrote: »

Cockroachtails instead of Cocktails

Micecream instead of Icecream

Fullauvants instead of volovants

Spaghetti Ballsofsnails instead of Spaghetti Bolognese

I don't think so, I'll just skip straight to the dessert wine, thanks.

The wine is probably the blood of thousands of squished insects.

Arghus

Seems a bit grubby to me.

ScumLord

Shenshen wrote: »

I'd do the same I do in every restaurant and ask for the vegetarian menu.

Seriously, though, people stuff themselves on prawns, consider raw live oysters to be delicacy, and happily tuck into unidentifiable parts of unknown animals stuffed into pigs intestines which may or may nor have been thoroughly rinsed before being repurposed, but they've got a problem with ants?

I don't understand onmivores, sorry.

I haven't heard of someone eating live prawns. But I did find out this summer that Spanish people like to suck the brains out of prawns.

I'd like to try some bugs, some of them seem pretty meaty. The idea of eating the little bugs we get in Ireland wouldn't be to appealing, they seem like they'd be mostly crunchy legs.

seamus

Believe it or not this exact thing was written about in 2000 AD back in the 80s as part of a futuristic storyline where a businessman started selling perfectly nutritious food made from insects and mould.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Sump

Shenshen

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

That's a bit like saying "People let large canines sleep on their beds, have killer felines in their living rooms and will keep flying, feathered dinosaurs in their houses, but they've got a problem with spiders? I don't understand pet owners."

My brother's gf keeps tarantulas.

learn_more

Shenshen wrote: »

I'd do the same I do in every restaurant and ask for the vegetarian menu.

Seriously, though, people stuff themselves on prawns, consider raw live oysters to be delicacy, and happily tuck into unidentifiable parts of unknown animals stuffed into pigs intestines which may or may nor have been thoroughly rinsed before being repurposed, but they've got a problem with ants?

I don't understand onmivores, sorry.

Yeah it's very interesting from a psychological point of view why one would find something disgusting to eat or not. You could argue what difference does it make what it looks like, if it's edible then it's edible.

That also extends to what me might consider 'normal food'. My sister hates bananas and peaches. She hates the texture of them. However I love them.

Of course in parts of Asia I heard they eat cats and dogs. And why not? They are animals just like cows and sheep. Funny.

Arghus

learn_more wrote: »

Yeah it's very interesting from a psychological point of view why one would find something disgusting to eat or not. You could argue what difference does it make what it looks like, if it's edible then it's edible.

That also extends to what me might consider 'normal food'. My sister hates bananas and peaches. She hates the texture of them. However I love them.

Of course in parts of Asia I heard they eat cats and dogs. And why not? They are animals just like cows and sheep. Funny.

I think if something has more eyes then you do, then be wary.

RDM_83 again

seamus wrote: »

Believe it or not this exact thing was written about in 2000 AD back in the 80s as part of a futuristic storyline where a businessman started selling perfectly nutritious food made from insects and mould.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Sump

But when will we have ultra obese people gladiatorial combat !
It's a good idea for places with the right climate but in the UK AFAIK it really makes no sense to eat insects cos of the energy cost. That's based of a half remembered guardian or timeout magazine article though!