Save The Planet! Eat Crickets

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1. Kinda related.

   Eating Isopods in Toronto
   https://youtu.be/jbCneO_3SsA

2. First they came for our energy sector, but I said nothing, because I was not part of the energy sector.

   Then they came for the gas stoves, but I said nothing because I own an electric stove.

   Then they came for our meat, but i said nothing because I was eating chicken, fish and pork.

   Then they came for our chicken, fish and pork. They told me I could eat bugs.

   1. Seatbelt laws were a slippery slope, the old-timers knew…

3. So the Egyptians should have just eaten the locusts and kept the Hebrews as slaves?

4. I doubt the WEF, Davos, Kerry, our leaders, Leo, et al are foregoing wasabi beef.

   1. I’m guessing you meant Wagyu beef, John. Gave me a chuckle ’cause I’m still on my 1st cup of coffee, too.

      Now that I can see the bottom of my coffee cup, I better go check what the heck I’ve written so far this morning ;o)

      1. Thanks. I did!

   2. Well, it is a Japanese plant that tastes like horseradish, they use it with fish I think. But hey, might be good with beef.

5. Does the de-icing fluid on planes cause climate change? If so, they could ban it, with the added benefit of global population reduction, especially amongst colder climate populations. Another WEF objective.

   1. and white folks who fly more often

6. I blame the French. They set us up when they started eating escargot. Now there is no going back.

   1. The French also started the practice of eating horses. I’m not a big fan of horses as they have a brain the size of a walnut, but don’t use it. Yes, there’s a whole sack of things the French have to answer for.

      1. K-bec being a big one.

7. Huh. We used to keep insects out of food.

8. I think the WEF only says they want us to eat bugs, because they are afraid to say what they really think, that the bugs should be eating us.

9. OTOH…
   Cochineal is a red dye made from insects, has been popular for centuries, still used as a dye for clothing but mostly also in foodstuffs, identified in Europe as E120 in the ingredients list on the packaging. A well-known example is that Starbucks used it as colouring for their strawberry Frappuccino’s until they got too many complaints from the vegans and stopped using it.
   Makes the kind of deep red colour still used in glacé cherries, the US thinks it may cause cancer..

   1. Just watched a youtube vid on how they make Cochineal red dye. Very sad but it was interesting.

10. Bartender! Gimme two fingers of old red dye!

11. There’s a cricket farm a mile up the road. Every once in a while they get an infection & they have to depopulate & sit empty for a month or two. Few years ago it hit several different locations at the same time. Those that dodged the bullet made serious coin during the shortage.
    The fundamental reason they get infected in the first place is overcrowding and concentration. They have to be kept at a consistent temperature range ie they are not a low cost facility to operate.
    They do have a pretty good conversion rate for a ton of feed, but they also produce a fair amount of poop. Which can then be used to fertilize grass for beef for the rest of us!