• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    If land bugs were as meaty and tasty I’d be eating them too.

    • pyrflie@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Some are and I do.

      Hoppers roasted, grilled, and fried are pretty damn good.

      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Perhaps, but you are aware that shrimp, lobster, crab and fish in general all have parasites too right? People get sick from seafood pretty often

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          2 months ago

          Those are sea parasites which cannot live in a human body for long. Land parasites are a different story.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        2 months ago

        I assume you mean they can have parasites, not they do. In which case, so can most things. People are fine with eating cows even though they can have parasites. I have never actually heard of any significant issue with eating insects. I’ve only heard of them being great protein options that require much fewer resources to produce.