Ah sorry! I have a habit that whenever text comes on screen in any video I pause the video to read it at least twice so I can process it. I did the same every time I reviewed this video and didn’t think to watch it for pacing for those that don’t do that forgive meeeee we will do better next time
I've been snacking on cricket chips for years without people noticing or caring, so I can see entomology slowly diffusing into our mainstream culinary culture. Edit: Sorry, reading this back it sounded pretentious. I mean to say, since it’s possible to sneak insects into a fairly normal snack, so expanding the degree to which insects are used shouldn’t be too difficult.
Having grown up watching The Magic School Bus, Emily reminds me a little of Miss Frizzle: so passionate and enthusiastic about the natural world, learning about it, and sharing that knowledge with others. The fact that she often coordinates her wardrobe and earrings with the episode's topic is such a Frizzle move.
I think if we're going for protein replacement one way or another, at least for my own tastes, there should be an ample variety of bugs turned into flour or more basic ingredients that gets into the mix without looking like bugs. Which is the way most of us thinks about food anyways. We don't have a repulsion to eating only insects looking like they are in their raw complete states, we have a repulsion to eating everything that resembles a live creature too much, period. I'm not talking for all of us, obviously, but probably for the majority. Here's the thing - this is also true for all the usual meat stuff we consume. Again, not all of us, but most people wouldn't really want to eat a caramelized chicken head, don't find fish that still looks like live fish very appetizing like sucking on a fish head, or wouldn't want to shove their teeth into a cow's eyeball or something, even if caramelized and fried. We certainly do use those strong flavored self evident looking parts of pigs, cows and chickens for some types of dishes, but these dishes that have visible raw-looking parts of animals in them are extremely divisive... niche even. Most people wouldn't really want to eat them on a daily basis. Which is why we have stuff like sausages, hot dogs, sashimi, hamburgers, chicken nuggets, etc etc. It's all still meat, but they have become as distant from looking like their source animals as possible. I won't judge if this is a good or bad thing, if it's ethical or not, but I do think food processing is a necessary step to include insects better into mainstream western diets, just like it is for regular meat. I don't see myself eating grubs, ants, crickets or scorpions on a regular basis anytime soon. I really have no interest in it, sorry. But if they are processed and mixed into stuff, I'd probably have no objections. I mean, specially for industrialized stuff like cookies, granola, chips, sodas, juice packs... and then pre processed food like hamburgers, packaged tomato sauce, sausage, hot dogs, pizza dough, bread, all types of pasta, etc... we already take in a whole ton of preservatives, food dyes, thickening agents, sweeteners, flavor enhancers and whatnot anyways. Some people might even see it as a good thing to use insects instead of weird sounding "chemicals". And I also think this is the most realistic and most optimal scenario to reduce regular meat consumption and shift part of it towards more sustainable insect farming. You can't completely replace it, but reducing meat consumption by introducing insects partially as a source of protein to be added in the mix would probably work faster and way better than trying to completely replace things. Then, as time passes, and it becomes more and more acceptable that we have insects as part of our diets, then perhaps more people open up to just plain eating insects straight without much processing.
I hear so much about the benefits of eating insects, but I find it concerning that the fact that if you're allergic to shellfish you might be allergic to some insects. This seems like an important disclaimer and this is video I've heard about this in!
As a vegetarian, i sometimes find it hard to be sure that i am getting some of the nutrients that are easier to find in meat than in vegetables, som i would definitly welcome the ability to make an exeption to my vegetarianism, and eat bugs!
I'm adverse to eating bugs, mostly because of the look, if I can't see it's an insect I'm probably on with them. I think it's the mental / visual link to eating them as opposed to anything else.
A quick look through the FDA's published guidelines for "insect filth" allowed in various fresh and packaged foods reveals that we all _actually are_ eating tons of bugs (plus assorted feces and hair) anyway without even realizing it.
I love Emily's enthusiasm while watching pasta being prepared. I used to cook for a living and seeing someone else regard what I do with some pure joy makes cooking for people worth it.
inago (japanese candied crickets) is really delicious. we also eat something called Tylorrhynchus heterochaeta (a kind of Nereid worm) baked in scrambled eggs like a quiche, which scares the crap out of most people.
Can confirm, last time I checked it was something like 10x or even more compared to high quality pork and beef. Right now it's basically just a really, really expensive novelty ingredient for chefs who want to do something "new" and "exotic".
You know how a lot of stylish things that people want to buy are because rich people have them? It happened with fanny packs, big T-shirts, sushi and avocados; I’m sure it can happen to insects too
In Mexico, I’ve eaten grasshoppers, ant pupae, and maguey worms (caterpillars). I also had mezcal infused with scorpions and spiders, which gives it a different flavor, and it is also supposed to add some medicinal and/or voodoo qualities to the drink.
The only reason I don't eat more insects is because insect products are very hard to find (you pretty much just have to buy them online if you want to try them in my area), and they're still way too expensive. I can't wait for them to be mass produced, cheap, and everywhere.
It's one thing to sprinkle ants on a salad to start to normalize the idea of eating insects, but the real impact will happen when the insects are key to the recipe in terms of calories or protein. If they're too strongly flavored like the cricket flour, or too chitinous like my experience with mopani, they're not going to have any effect on meat consumption.
Really interesting, I've never thought of bugs as such a sustainable/environmentally friendly protein choice cuz I could never get past the gross factor but now I'm tempted to use some of the flours (still can't handle the thought of biting into a full insect tho ugh)
I’ve been feeding crickets and super worms, to a gecko I have, and the crickets are terrified. I feel bad for them, and get no joy out of their fear. So to people who feel compassion for other creatures, eating bugs is not different than animals, except for environmental reasons.
I like the spicy and nutty flavor of insects in certain dishes. It's just a shame that you can't get them in the States very readily. Usually, I have to order online.
Technically, it makes a lot of sense. People eat all sorts of meat, from all parts of the body of animals. Insects are another body, and I've heard they're extremely nutritious. It does give me the shivers, but i might try it one day. It's a lot like raw fish, like in sushi. Loads of people were pretty adverse to it, but it just became commonplace as time went on. Interesting topic for a video, im enjoying it!
My cat absolutely loves this idea. To Micah all bugs are moving kitty treats. He even tried to kill the 3d butterfly stickers I put onto my lamp. Luckily he didn't brake it.
6:33 "We're gonna sweat this out..." *PSSSSSSHSHSHSHSH* That is the opposite of a sweat, sir.
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OMG i love this!! I went to culinary school, My very first practice was an ancient aztec recepies... So, since i am alergic i took everything Home, put it on the table and go training... My family eat the whole thing with out knowing there where Bugs in it!!!
I love it when someone is just honest when trying foods. It’s okay to simply not like something! We all have different tastes (go check out the video with Emily doing the sour taste test!)
Hey Emily can you make some more videos on disection or pinning of insects I actually am very interested in them Like preservation of them, the way , etc
You get credit for citing that some species of locust are kosher. That being said, only a few communities still have a tradition to eat them, with Yemenite Jews being the primary kosher-locust-eating community.
Nick McEachern The Brain Scoop also was the chalkboard an amalgamation of bug eating habits exclusively for this video? I would love to have a sharable copy.
I think the "It's Okay to Be Smart" video would've been better served with clearer information like what Emily did for this vid. There were a lot of skeptical people in the comments section for that video, and this additional info I think can help allay people's fears a lil'
Personally I'm really interested in hearing more about pairing the taste different insects with complementary dishes. E.g.like knowing that the ants are a strong citrus peppery taste vs the nutiness of the palm grub is very helpful in knowing that the nutiness may go well with the creaminess of the sauce and while the ants give a kick to dishes. Honestly the only reasons I would be hesitant of eating bugs are the same reasons I'm hesitant of eating prawns etc.: (I feel morally weird/guilty about eating essentially a village of animals per dish rather than a smaller part of a larger animal though I'm aware in practice the environmental impact for cows and other livestock is hugely more problematic. ) Wonderful notes on scorpion venom breakdown, supplysourcing, environmental impact to use ratio and viral risks . The fact we don't pump them full of antibiotics would probably make a big difference for our gut microbiome & resistances. Great channel with very interesting content, thank you Emily.
Honestly I'm curious about eating bugs because of this but I have no idea where I would even be able to try besides the bug candies they have at the science museum.
Hi Emily can you add links in regards on finding some of the insects for the recipes would love to try and make all the recipes ❤️❤️ I grew up eating crickets marinated in lime juice once cooked the crickets turned into reddish hues. We ate them in tacos or just by the handful like potato chips! I suggest removing it's legs because they can get stuck in your teeth😄😄
I love dried mealworms but boy I do not like crickets, lol. To me they always taste like cardboard, which I know is what they're fed so I do wonder if crickets fed a different diet would taste different?
Let's get all the facts, though. We may eat a smaller percentage of an individual cow, for instance, but we use the hides, the bones, the feces and urine, the blood, and other parts in many ways: clothes, fertilizer, pet food. Many pieces of land are unsuitable for crops to feed humans because of their climate or terrain, but you can grow animals there and produce food from those difficult places. Organic farming often uses a blend of crops and animals to better produce both, using less chemical fertilizer and pesticides. See Joel Saladin's work on this. I have no problem eating insects if they are available; but chickens, cattle, rabbits, and other animals have always been useful and can be raised sustainably.
There is the pause feature. One of the things that I love the most about RU-vid. That and pressing the left arrow key to backup and rewatch the last 5 seconds!
I've eaten bugs as a grown-up and they're delicious when prepared well. But a thing I'd forgotten was that as kids we used to stick small branches into ant nests and lick them. The ants would spray the stick with formic acid which tastes great. If you were really lucky you'd get an actual ant which are basically sour candy.
Attention, all people who wants to eat insects: Maybe starting from ants may help. In Brazil there is a big and brown ant that they fry and you can't tell they are insects. Brazilians then put it in the rice or 'farofas' which is a kind of dryied stuff and eat. They say it's salty and crunchy like a popcorn.
If I have the option I think I'll try eating bugs. It sounds like an interesting protein supplement in lieu of normal meat and I'll try just about any food once.
I've been off meat for a while now. I've never even considered eating insects but this video allayed most of my issues with eating cattle and the like. I'm sure beetles will beat a tufurkey any day I learned a new thing and it's only 10!
Yes, crickets, beetles, grasshoppers are considered halal. However, certain arthropods are not exactly "halal" in a sense that they have religious significance like ants, bees and spiders(also because they have venom, but that reasoning is rather dubious depending on our schools). Also, they best thing about them is because they don't have carotid arteries and jugular veins, we could just wash them a bit, then instantly cook them!😆
wait, why are we only eating 40% of the cow? aren't the bones used for sugar refining and hide made into leather products? what's left? Asia eats pretty much all of the organs, what's left? the issue with this particular part is to teach caucasians that eating offal is not disgusting and not to waste so much of the cow, or other animals. if you can get used to eating the sex organs of sea urchins raw(that's what uni is), you can learn to enjoy some geese intestines stewed in soy sauce or eat steamed whole fish with it's head still intact.
“Bad sound makes good video look bad.” Please use directional body mikes to deal with the bad room acoustics and improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Also, please make the graphics larger and of longer duration for those of us who are not speed readers.
RU-vid does have great features like pause (spacebar) & rewind last five seconds (left arrow key) that I use all the time. It's an interactive medium that way
Andrew Thompson A properly edited video will not require the viwer to rewind and pause to read graphics or zoom to enlarge them. She will be on a PBS series next year and she or her editor should learn from the required television standards, including the Safe Title Area and the Safe Action Area for framing.
May be, a subsequent topic can document a statement like this one ' the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established a defect action level of 75 insect fragments per 50 g of flour' (from www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022474X02000218). I know since about 50 years that commercial flour is 'contaminated' by insect and that help me a lot to avoid being obsess with cleanliness of things. To complement that video, maybe some tips about producing our own insects at home in a control and sanitary manner. While growing I read a few times the following sentence adapted to whatever was the subject (dandelion, insect, rats...) : If you can't beat it, eat it.
Totally unrelated, but I wanted to know what your opinion is on the culture culture community online (mostly on Tumblr) I feel like with your interest in taxidermy, it would be interesting to you
I have a grubs phobia and have no idea why it's just the grubby insects they go for. Isopods are also edible, way less gross, and better suited to northern climates.
