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[aart]

I wish I could learn to do that.

Thee two idioms helped me curb my propensity to 'argue':

 

[Joel Just Joel]

Bugs are eaten all over the world! It's very common. Here is a list you can peruse and see where you can get a beautiful dish at a nice restaurant, in many cities: https://www.tasteatlas.com/insect-dishes

Culturally if you are raised eating insects, there is no 'ick' factor, so it's not that weird. If you are raised where you are grossed out by the thought, it's harder to overcome eating them in their natural state.

Thank you for the insight and link to those fantastic-looking restaurants!

Honestly, I have no real problem with the idea of eating bugs as long as they're cleaned & prepared properly.

I just have a problem with the whole idea of forcing bugs down our throats along with the political trickery and scaremongering fake science behind it, which goes far beyond the tactics of modern snake oil salesmen! But this is a happy place to discuss chickens and not a political forum, so I'll keep it to myself.

 

[Apis mellifera]

Culturally if you are raised eating insects, there is no 'ick' factor, so it's not that weird. If you are raised where you are grossed out by the thought, it's harder to overcome eating them in their natural state. But I've tried cricket protein powder

Chicken is $4.00 a pound and cricket powder (flour) is $40.00 a pound. I'll stick with chicken for now. Something I eat to gross people out sometimes is drone brood out of bee hives. Its pretty rich and creamy. People think bears are after the honey and actually its the brood they're after. Only Winnie the Poo goes for the honey first.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

In another study, they weren't even immunized against COVID. They were repeartedly dosed with a spike protein associated with some COVID variants. By analogy, the birds were taught to recognize the "Men in Back" by teaching them to look for dark sunglassess.

Antibodies in their egg yolks after the repeat dosing were then purified, and used to see if they were effective in recognizing (again by analogy) other people in dark glasses - they used an analog for SARS and SARS-COVID2 to which the same spike protein had been artificially attached. And then tested the potential for effectiveness by placing them all in the same room (lab dish)

Its a different process, but in theory* its much like extracting antivenom from horses subjected to intentional rattlesnake poisoning. Which in no way suggests that drinking horse blood makes you immune to rattlesnake bites.

*it does mark a significant improvement on the process, as the egg is already naturally filtered of many things which would otherwise need to be removed (as in the horse example), and its production is easier for those w/o benefit of 1st world labratories and production facilities.

Storm, are you a teacher? You have a marvelous way of explaining complex concepts in an easily understandable way. Thank you for sharing your gift.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thee two idioms helped me curb my propensity to 'argue':
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I love this.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Storm, are you a teacher? You have a marvelous way of explaining complex concepts in an easily understandable way. Thank you for sharing your gift.

Nope, I have no patience for it.

and sometimes my analogies make sense only to me.

You are most kind in your suggestion, however the kids are better off that I chose another profession.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Chicken is $4.00 a pound and cricket powder (flour) is $40.00 a pound. I'll stick with chicken for now. Something I eat to gross people out sometimes is drone brood out of bee hives. Its pretty rich and creamy. People think bears are after the honey and actually its the brood they're after. Only Winnie the Poo goes for the honey first.

yes expensive when compared pound for pound but but crickets are 70% protein by weight, vs around 30% for chicken, no? So you don't need much cricket powder to get a good dose of protein, plus b vitamins and amino acids similar to beef. This isn't about replacing all your chicken intake it's about providing a lower impact protein option for the world. The price will go down as insect harvesting grows I'm sure. As a vegetarian, I'm definitely more into eating insect proteins than dairy proteins from a water/land/etc use view.

also for context, here in Ontario chicken is CAD $5-$10/lb and that's for the discount grocery store believe it or not, so the $37CAD for other proteins isn't that bad if you're just looking for purely protein content.

 

[Sally PB]

Still.... bugs...

 

[Aunt Angus]

As a vegetarian, I'm definitely more into eating insect proteins than dairy

See, now, I'm a vegetarian, and this is still on my no-no list. I read about the insect protein and thought, "That's going to make it that much harder to find vegetarian foods." I may end up going vegan, tbh. Just eat fruit and vegetables. Idk. I love cheese. If it weren't for cheese....

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Still.... bugs...

But chickens LOVE bugs!