#fried insect

[hellsitegenetics]

hi hi hello this is my first ever request here I am a big fan and everytime I see a post that has you in it I get brain damage :DDDD anyway I don't think your going to see this at all but I hope my creature is in the phylum Chordata or maybe the order Charadriiformes ok bye bye see ya mwuah

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Closest match: Nomada flava genome assembly, chromosome: 10 Common name: Flavous Nomad Bee

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[nattaphum]

Some things never change ahahah

[crouching-fandom]

Love Is Panacea episode 3

[donutdrawsthings]

I haven't got anything to show today, just these pictures I took a few years ago!

[stimiez]

queen of bugsnax stim for anon!!

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[angelstills]

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Insects as Food - Fried Crickets/Orthopterans

We continue to explore the insect world of Asia thanks to a very dear friend of mine and her yearlong travels. With this weekend being Thanksgiving in Canada, today's post offers a new glimpse in the interaction between insects and humans for this blog: eating insects for food. I've received little detail from SaraLi about insect consumption in Myanmar (she didn't partake), but my own research suggests that Mandalay and Yangon have a solid reputation for the Antlion's share of cooking Crickets in marketplaces like these. It's an interesting aspect of culture to observe. In Myanmar, the cooked Crickets are called "payit kyay" (ပုရစ်ကြေ). The technique is to fry them with aromatics by the handful until crispy (as can be seen in Picture 2) and then allow them to cool so they can either be packaged or sold directly. The bulk of the meat comes from the body, so the legs, wings and antennae must be discarded, and the guts are removed prior to cooking. The process is quite similar to the preparation of shrimp when you think about it. It might seem strange and even unsettling to eat insects, but they can offer a surprising amount of nutritional value! On the whole, they tend to be rich in carbs and protein, with plump specimens adding fat content. Now, does that mean I think we should switch production completely from livestock and poultry to insects?

Of course not. However, the idea can be entertained to supplement our nutrition with foods like this and ease the strain of livestock production and the resources it uses. Assuming of course that the insects are grown healthily and there are no problems as a result. A practice like "payit kyay" wouldn't fly in Canada as the insects here (likely) aren't reared by those cooking them, but are caught from the wild. I'm sure great care is taken to discard unhealthy specimens, but there is always a risk if the insects are caught rather than reared, where conditions are more "controlled". Furthermore, when it comes to insect eating, not all insects are palatable. I've spoken at length before about insects that eat toxic plants and become toxic themselves, rendering them unsuitable to eat, but other realities emerge the deeper you look. Hairy Caterpillars should be avoided since their hairs can irritate a digestive tract; heavily armored insects have shells that offer little in terms of taste; insects that feed on decaying matter or carrion pose a major health risk in the form of parasites or infection; some adult insects offer little in terms of meat while others are too risky to rear (Hymenopterans come to mind) for eating.

Orthopterans seem to be a good compromise and they seem to have a good reputation in terms of flavor and as an alternate source of protein. We're still a long way from insects being integrated into our culture like this, so maybe looking at Myanmar can offer us some insight for how we can proceed, if Canada chooses to go down this road (to reiterate, as an opportunity to supplement and not replace). Furthermore, every now and then opportunities present themselves to give insects a try and overcome any squeamishness. On a personal note, I did try roasted Termites at the Taste of Toronto a few years ago. They made for a good bite-size snack by the handful with the right seasonings (you can literally eat them and their eggs like popcorn), but it's not quite popcorn chicken.

Pictures were taken on November 19, 2018 in Myanmar with a Google Pixel. Enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope there are wonderful meals to enjoy with your family or friends. As per tradition, I'll be leaning towards turkey rather than Termites. Celebrate in thanks.

[bbibbirose]

second time a wasp flew into my car

[lesbianrustcohle]

it's so funny that insects are my second lowest because like

this would explain why my nahuatl tour guide in mexico looked like he was going to tear up with pride and asked me "really?" like twice when i said i really enjoyed my meal of insects at this restaurant that served traditional cuisine

but like, god it was so good i still think about it! and it was so filling, and i felt so nourished and healthy afterward like, god the micronutrients. my belly was so full and i felt amazing

[nil-the-glitch]

actually yknow what, no. this is not being limited to discord, yall get it too.

some general cooking tips (in which there is a brief senshi posession):

moisture is the enemy of crispy skin. pat dry with paper towel, and if you have the time and spoons, give a thorough but even coat of baking powder and let sit uncovered in your fridge overnight. this will dry out the skin nicely. for pork belly, create a tight foil boat so that only the skin is showing, and cover in salt to draw out moisture, repeating a couple times if necessary.

furikake seasoning, for the fellow rice lovers, is just nori (seaweed), sesame seeds, sugar, and msg/salt. you might have most if not all of these things already in your kitchen.

chai spice mix is just cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, & allspice.

pumpkin spice is just cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.

to cure your own bacon, you only need water, white and brown sugar, and a non-iodized salt - himalayan pink salt is not iodized, if you cannot find butchers curing pink salt. from there, you can add any seasoning/flavoring you want.

the truly adventurous may cook their rice in green tea for a fresh clean taste.

you can tell if a fish is truly fresh by their eyes - clear and bright is fresh, while cloudy is older or potentially has been frozen.

it's cheaper to buy a large block pack of ramen from your local asian market and repackage the bricks into sandwich bags, than to buy a box of individually packaged ones such as maruchan or top ramen.

when buying meat, look at it's fat content - more fat marbling usually means more tender + flavorful.

you can save onion skins and other vegetable scraps to make your own broth with. you can also save bones for this. mix and match ratios to create your ideal flavor.

bay leaf will always make a soup or broth taste better, but Watch Out (they are not fun to bite into on accident).

msg is, in fact, not The Devil, that was just a racist hate campaign against the chinese and other oriental races. it's literally just a type of salt. it is no more dangerous to eat than any other type of salt.

washing your rice is important because it not only improves flavor and texture by removing excess starch, but it also helps reduce any residual pesticides or dirt, or even insect fragments (please remember that rice paddies are essentially giant ponds that all kind of things live in and swim around. you should also be washing all your produce in general.)

please salt your cooking water for pastas, it just tastes better and you will be happier for it.

boiled potatoes are also improved by salt water.

if you hate vegetables, please consider trying them fried in butter or perhaps bacon grease. it is healthier to eat them fatty than not at all.

healthy food does not in fact have to taste miserable. thats a lie. they are lying to you. free yourself from your blandness shackles. enter a world of flavor.

[gg-is-a-loser]

trhere was. a dead flyy in my mcdoenalds friess !

[siraj2024]

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[crackedpumpkin]

AHAHAHA ITS ME SENDING AN ASK AT YOUR REQUEST.

thoughts on bug food?

also don’t forget the requests!!

GET SOME SLEEP, EAT AND DRINK WATER!!!

HELLO HI HI LOVELY~

bug food??? like. ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT GOD-FORSAKEN VIDEO ON YOUTUBE WE WATCHED TOGETHER

surely you jest. ngl i personally wouldnt eat the bug food because of personal preference and probably because i need to be more open minded about it, but also because i cannot fathom the thought of eating a spider or fly.

also thanks for the reminder 😭😭 i was working on one yesterday and wrote a sentence and then got a headache because we love a low-stamina couch potato(send help)

and,,,, i have drank!! water today!!! and everyone out there better consume some flavourless juice as well !!!

Bug Food reference:

https://youtu.be/JzUuPguQ0pA

[bywrios]

"c'mon, giddy'up back there," boothill mutters, his knee bouncing restlessly as he resists the urge to turn over his shoulder and check on your progress again. you grumble behind him, one hand smacking his metallic waist, and he can picture the furrow of your brow and the way your tongue sticks out in concentration in his mind's eye. one of the metal panels of his back has been removed, exposing the wires and circuitry of his mechanical organs.

the whole reason for this impromptu examination was the fact that he had been feeling... strange after his last bounty, for some reason. it had involved a high-speed chase in a roofless car, hot on the heels of some ipc scumbag. he’d done his best to dodge whatever shitty bullets the scumbag’s entourage had shot at him, but clearly, something had stuck—which is why he sits between your knees now as you check him up for damages.

his boot thumps on the soft, dusty earth under his heel. “well?”

“hold your damn horses,” you snipe back, muttering under your breath. he can feel a light pressure against the cords and connectors in his spine, the artificial replacement of his nerves. “i need to—oh.”

“what? whatsit?” he asks, a note of urgency in his voice at your silence. he isn’t particularly worried about getting fixed; his bounties ensure he has more than enough credits to spend on spare parts. it’s just that it’s a pain to have to travel to the nearest non-ipc mechanic feeling all funny.

(he ignores the voice in his head that tells him the true source of his worry: that his faulty body might not be able to protect you.)

“what’s wrong?”

he’s about ready to spin back when he hears a choked exhale rush out of your nose, followed by the airy sound of your giggles. it makes him still, but this time out of confusion, rather than concern.

“what the fudge has got you laughin’ your boots off back there?” he grumbles, and you only laugh harder. he glances over his shoulder and sees tears lining your pretty eyes, and then he glances down and sees… some sort of flying insect between your fingers? a very dead, and very fried insect. it had probably slipped in through one of the chinks in his plated skin during the chase.

“i guess you— i guess you could say there was a hardware bug,” you wheeze, free hand gripping onto his shoulder to steady yourself in between your fits of laughter. boothill gives you a withering glare, and plucks the dead, charred bug from your fingers, grinding it to dust between his own. he pretends to be annoyed, lips curled into a frown, but there’s a lightness to him he hasn’t felt in a while.

“hardy har har, yer so dang funny, ain’tcha?” he scoffs, shoving you lightly into the dirt.

you answer him with another burst of sweet laughter, unbothered and too lost in your own mirth, and it reminds him of the sound of the wind blowing through the mountain valleys, and how it whispered into his ears when he used to ride horses and not roofless cars.

with an exaggerated sigh, he lets your enjoyment at his expense slide this time.

(he doesn’t have a biological heart anymore, but even that mechanical thing in his chest can’t bring himself to interrupt you.)

[pigaletta]

Maybe the study that concluded that the 'average person eats 3 spiders per year' consisted of data sampled exclusively from government hostel residents.

[inkly-heart]

Does Ville eat flies or other insects?

He does eat fried crickets 🦗