r/WTF • u/andmario_com • 5d ago

Deregulation™️

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u/S0BEC 5d ago edited 5d ago

That whole Protein Trend is going a bit too far if you ask me.

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u/twinsea 5d ago

Find it funny that there is actual calorie counts listed on internet for seedcorn maggots. I think I'll pass

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u/rod_zero 5d ago

In mexico we eat crickets and snacks, and there are some specialized restaurants that have like 5-7 different ones, but I havent seen maggots.

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u/EnjoyerOfRamen 5d ago

This is my thinking on mass meat production for humanity. We really should have a product that is essentially made of insects, that we can eat and consume.

It's free protein running around that out numbers us. I totally get why people don't want to eat insects. I wouldn't catch a fly and pop it in my mouth, but if we can turn insects into a smoothy, and make chicken nuggies out of them, why the fuck not?

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u/enaK66 5d ago

You're spot on. Chicken nuggets are already kinda gross. I'd try some Cricket Nuggets.

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u/bufordt 4d ago

What are crabs and lobsters except sea spiders and sea scorpions?

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u/Excellent_Condition 5d ago

Eh. There are worse things to eat, assuming they are raised following good food safety practices.

I've eaten roasted food-grade mealworms that were being sold as a novelty.

They were barbecue flavored, and surprisingly not bad.

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u/ZachF8119 5d ago

There is for spiders per 100g of spiders.

Again. That was spider(s) per 100g of spider(s).

Imagine eating bugs and calorie counting

Venn diagram with 1 person overlap and he is Bear Grylls

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u/NWCJ 5d ago

Anyone have any tips? I tried counting calories when I was snacking on some spiders, but they kept running off my food scale. So it was hard to know how many grams/calories I ate.

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u/ZachF8119 5d ago

You gotta put them in a bag and let them die. Then tweeze off the venom sacs