2007-06-15 07:47:57 · 19 answers · asked by maymalang37 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
I think so, I wouldn't eat one though
2007-06-15 07:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. Yes, if you're picking a bug off the ground. No, if you're just eating a bug present in your vegetable.
The bug that fed on your broccoli converted the proteins in broccoli into amino acids, and resynthesized them into its own protein. Protein cannot be magically made. No net change in protein content occurs.
2007-06-15 10:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Also depends on the bug. Weevils. Whatsamatter didn't'cha ever watch ' Empire of the Sun ' or ' Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan ' where the guy actually eats termites?
2007-06-15 07:50:01 · answer #3 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a former chef and travelled in worked in the Far East, in the Hawker markets and regular city markets, form water beetles, cockroaches to ant and other small insect they fry them season them with spicy seasonings and even a sauce like BBQ in the Thai and Vietnamese.
But even in Mexico they do enjoy small bugs and worms, but it is a feature of the areas, when in Guadlope my drinking buddys and I had shots of Mezcal, with hot sauce chasers and a salt with ground mealworms in it. Not something you want to be doing sober.
2007-06-15 07:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes anything made of meat is protein including bugs
2007-06-15 07:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Vanessa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most insects and insect larvae are very high in protein. On the "Mountains" episode of "Planet Earth", they show grizzly bears searching for moths in the rockies.
2007-06-15 07:53:07 · answer #6 · answered by derelictdream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are meat inside so they're protein, but personally I'd stick with nuts or beans.
2007-06-15 07:53:13 · answer #7 · answered by Mlle A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have eaten a commercialy prepared food in Africa which was called 'Mopani' Which is mopani worms (moth larvae which grow in the mopani trees) and they are canned in tomato sauce. You know what, they were good!
The locals use it as a staple.
2007-06-15 08:21:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
Some cultures eat them, regularly -- they are used to the 'taste' and texture.
I ate a roasted giant (South American) ant once (on a dare) -- it tasted like dirt and was crunchy, but it was protein.
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2007-06-15 07:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Eat One!
2007-06-15 07:49:27 · answer #10 · answered by Just ♡ Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup on may dish i woould like 2 bugs what the hell throug in a catapiller
2007-06-15 08:12:20 · answer #11 · answered by mskworldbawlin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋