Insects are the food of the future, Dutch scientists say

[Patriotxi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmoMppU-N_4

[low preference guy]

will the human-hating folks then argue for "animal rights" for insects?

[speciallyblend]

must be a video nothing in the ops screen to see at my work puter! anyone know of a good insect reference eating book??

[tangent4ronpaul]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jUdBfsBG0oM/SEBVx14wNxI/AAAAAAAABq8/SNQj0xazJso/s400/Shrek.jpg

I like the green crunchy ones myself.

[Patriotxi]

me too!

[muzzled dogg]

i dont fuck with anything with a exoskeleton

[oyarde]

i dont fuck with anything with a exoskeleton

Not unless I have to .

[tangent4ronpaul]

i dont fuck with anything with a exoskeleton

We'll be sure to save you the worms. Yes, I know worms are not technically insects.

Oh, and the larvae! Insects pre-exoskeleton!

:D

-t

[oyarde]

If that is the future , sounds grim ...

[amy31416]

will the human-hating folks then argue for "animal rights" for insects?

Some of them already do, and don't eat honey because it "exploits" bees.

[CountryboyRonPaul]

Well, I don't know about insects, but....

http://www.zatarains.com/~/media/Images/Sites/Zatarains/Recipe%20Pages/Recipe%20Detail/Main-Dish/Easy-Boiled-Crawfish.ashx

[oyarde]

Some of them already do, and don't eat honey because it "exploits" bees.

I never thought of myself as a bee exploiter . Oh well , I can live with it .

[HazyHusky420]

If that is the future , sounds grim ...

Insects are eaten in many cultures. I don't want to eat insects either but I don't get the shock.

[oyarde]

Insects are eaten in many cultures. I don't want to eat insects either but I don't get the shock.

Yes I am aware .

[oyarde]

Well, I don't know about insects, but....

http://www.zatarains.com/~/media/Images/Sites/Zatarains/Recipe%20Pages/Recipe%20Detail/Main-Dish/Easy-Boiled-Crawfish.ashx

Cajun crayfish ?

[torchbearer]

Well, I don't know about insects, but....

http://www.zatarains.com/~/media/Images/Sites/Zatarains/Recipe%20Pages/Recipe%20Detail/Main-Dish/Easy-Boiled-Crawfish.ashx

the crawfish season is only a couple months away!

[Yieu]

I would rather starve to death than eat any sort of creature, living or dead. In all actuality, I would probably starve rather than forsake my religious principles preventing me from partaking flesh, if it came down to it.

[low preference guy]

I would rather starve to death than eat any sort of creature, living or dead. In all actuality, I would probably starve rather than forsake my religious principles if it came down to it.

so you don't eat plants or animals? what do you eat?

[torchbearer]

Cajun crayfish ?


cajun crayfish?
those mud bugs are crawfish. ;)

[CountryboyRonPaul]

the crawfish season is only a couple months away!

I'm having withdrawals!

[HazyHusky420]

so you don't eat plants or animals? what do you eat?

I don't think plants count as creatures.

[Yieu]

so you don't eat plants or animals? what do you eat?

Do you consider plants to be "creatures"? I used that word because it was a more general way of saying animals/insects/mammals/non-mammals in the air/land/sea.

I eat grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, milk, and honey. So, plants and milk, for religious reasons. :)


Some of them already do, and don't eat honey because it "exploits" bees.

Yeah, I don't get the no honey or no milk thing. Bees and cows produce excess milk and honey for human consumption. It is designed that way by God's plan. :) Anything I might need that also happens to be in flesh, God has provided for me in milk.

[HazyHusky420]

Do you consider plants to be "creatures"? I used that word because it was a more general way of saying animals/insects/mammals/non-mammals in the air/land/sea.

Plants are technically alive. That's what he's trying to use against you.

God forbid this turns into a debate. Both pro and anti-meat people can be very annoying.

[sailingaway]

I think we should test it first on a couple of generations of Dutch scientists....

[HazyHusky420]

I think we should test it first on a couple of generations of Dutch scientists....

Even Dutch scientists that oppose the one in question?

[torchbearer]

I'm having withdrawals!

Tunks in alexandria has all you can eat crawfish on wednesdays.
how many bugs can you eat?

i could kill five pounds before i get another sip of beer.

[oyarde]

Plants are technically alive. That's what he's trying to use against you.

God forbid this turns into a debate. Both pro and anti-meat people can be very annoying.

I eat meat , but could care less if someone does not .

[amy31416]

Do you consider plants to be "creatures"? I used that word because it was a more general way of saying animals/insects/mammals/non-mammals in the air/land/sea.

I eat grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, milk, and honey. So, plants and milk, for religious reasons. :)



Yeah, I don't get the no honey or no milk thing. Bees and cows produce excess milk and honey for human consumption. It is designed that way by God's plan. :) Anything I might need that also happens to be in flesh, God has provided for me in milk.

I respect that.

How do you feel about those former(?) vegans who are proponents of eating roadkill?

One other thing I also don't understand is why some vegans consider people who eat meat to be evil, but tigers, bears and other carnivores are to be protected by any means necessary. Then there's those vegans who have cats as pets and end up putting them on the brink of starvation by trying to feed them a vegan diet. Oh yeah, and what about those who drive cars..which obviously kills a ton of bugs and the occasional bird, reptile or mammal?

I don't necessarily think you have the answers, just sort of wondering how that works as a cohesive philosophy.

[sailingaway]

Even Dutch scientists that oppose the one in question?

I think the one who proposes it certainly should be the first to live off them.

[torchbearer]

I respect that.

just sort of wondering how that works as a cohesive philosophy.

I can sum up such a philosophy in one phrase-
All creatures are equal, but some creatures are more equal than others.

[Yieu]

Plants are technically alive. That's what he's trying to use against you.

God forbid this turns into a debate. Both pro and anti-meat people can be very annoying.

Yes, they are alive. For the atheistic there are arguments about nervous systems and level of consciousness development, but plants are still both alive and semi-aware, and (this is where it gets religious) the fact that they are alive means they have a soul to animate them -- a soul non-different from our own, which at some point could or could have occupied a human body. However, moral and anti-killing arguments aside, the reason I do not partake in flesh has nothing to do with those arguments and is solely for religious reasons. The Vedic scripture states that it is bad karma/sin (very similar if not same concepts) to even kill plants, but that the Supreme Lord will accept items such as plants, milk, water, flowers as sacrifice, a side effect of which is that the items become purified (offerings are not given to have them purified, but to make a sacrifice to God) and no karmic reaction is suffered. The true reason I do not eat meat is thus because he only accepts certain items in sacrifice, and I only desire to partake in sustenance which has been enjoyed by Him first.

But yeah, I hope this thread does not turn into a pro and anti-meat argument thread as well, as I avoid those threads because they tend to be unpleasant. I have responded so far because questions were asked, but "those threads" are not something I want to get into.


I think we should test it first on a couple of generations of Dutch scientists....

Good one!

[HazyHusky420]

One other thing I also don't understand is why some vegans consider people who eat meat to be evil, but tigers, bears and other carnivores are to be protected by any means necessary. Then there's those vegans who have cats as pets and end up putting them on the brink of starvation by trying to feed them a vegan diet. Oh yeah, and what about those who drive cars..which obviously kills a ton of bugs and the occasional bird, reptile or mammal?

I don't necessarily think you have the answers, just sort of wondering how that works as a cohesive philosophy.

Not a vegan or vegetarian, but I think the logic could be "two wrongs don't make a right" and "we're better than that".