*Well, the math favors it, and bugs taste just fine if you're not told about then, but this seems to be one of those NIMBY-industries that just can't catch on

[bruces@mastodon.social]

*Well, the math favors it, and bugs taste just fine if you're not told about then, but this seems to be one of those NIMBY-industries that just can't catch on

Bugs were supposed to be the future of food. Now, the industry is collapsing.

How the farmed-insect frenzy lost its buzz.

Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)

[photex@icosahedron.website]

@bruces I’ve ordered the bug-burger whenever I’ve seen it on a menu and enjoyed it each time. It’s barely different than a typical veggie burger (the ones that don’t try too hard to imitate beef texture I mean).
To me, the idea hasn’t caught on because people don’t truly understand how endangered the current food supply chain is. The unbelievable magic done everyday by our agricultural, energy, and water systems are so easily ignored and forgotten that it’ll take an enormous upset to that before people are really able to overcome stigmas around eating insects instead of fish or mammals.

[bm24@mastodon.social]

@bruces Some, however, have doubts:
https://aeon.co/essays/on-the-torment-of-insect-minds-and-our-moral-duty-not-to-farm-them

[a_cubed@mastodon.social]

@bruces
It's more efficient to vat grow mammal meat cells. Less resistance to consumption, too.

[200ok@mastodon.social]

@bruces The "just don't tell people" thing is a real laugh for people with crustacean allergies.

Not a reason for others to avoid eating insect protein, it's just a bad idea to lie about food.

Just a moment...

(www.jcu.edu.au)

[coatilex@mastodon.social]

@photex @bruces They were available as frozen patties in our supermarket for a while and I'm sorry to say that they tasted really bad too us. Went back to Beyond burgers pretty quickly since we don't eat meat anyway. We only bought them to support options but the taste was really not good enough to compete with plant proteins. In my opinion not a viable option for people usually eating beef

[swelljoe@mas.to]

@bruces I just always think, "plants exist, why would I ever need to eat bugs?" Plenty of plant-based proteins taste great and don't trigger my disgust response.

I'd eat bugs if my life depended on it or if it were the only way to address the climate impact of animal agriculture, but it doesn't and it ain't, so I don't.

[relic_jg@mastodon.green]

@bruces The people I know who are looking for alternative protein sources are often vegetarians and vegans, and would no more eat an insect than they would a mollusc.

[affekt@hachyderm.io]

@swelljoe @bruces I could probably overcome my fear/disgust response or I could just go eat a falafel.

[davemwilburn@infosec.exchange]

@bruces

As someone raised on blue crab by Southern Marylanders I'm not against the idea. But it's pretty crazy thinking that ordinary folks are going to ditch vertebrate meat for unfamiliar insects when beans, chickpeas, and lentils are right there.