One man's crusade to get more bugs into our diet

by Emily Matchar, Posted Feb 22nd 2008 @ 11:01AM

Fried crickets on noodles.
Did you catch the guy eating toasted cicadas on The Colbert Report last night? David Gracer, a Rhode Island writing teacher, is on a quest to convince chefs to cook with insects, claiming that bugs offer more edible protein per pound than beef cattle.

Lots of cultures eat insects. I've enjoyed tiny grasshoppers, known as chapulines, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Slathered in guacamole and rolled in a tortilla, they were salty and undistinguished-tasting. Toasted and tossed with salt and chili powder, they were like corn nuts with legs. Cicadas, earthworms, crickets - bring 'em on.

Colbert was not convinced though. "I might ask one of my writers to eat a bug," he said. "Let me check their contract."

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-22-2008 @12:51PM jrsygir1 said... we eat plenty of ugs..we just dont realize it.

ever see a giant parasitic worm crawl out of fresh fish?

i like my worms, and my fish, cooked...if i have to eat them i want them cooked.....raw bugs and worms are so much less appetizing than cooked.
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