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Let's talk insects in baking
Susan 126530213-Aug-24
Would you eat insects? Companies are incorporating insects into food products. I have seen cricket crackers, chocolates made with ants, and bugs used for food colouring. Many of these food items are aimed at appealing to younger consumers. Even schools are offering insect snacks.
What are your thoughts? Are you eager to eat or bake using insects?
Comments - Page 2
  • No and no! It seems like this topic is everywhere lately.. I even saw a cat food made of 'insect protein ' which was these grubs! Ground up into dust and made into treats gross! If my cats want to eat a bug they can eat the ones around the house! And they don't even do that haha they just play with them
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    • No.
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      • No way!
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        • LET's NOT TALK INSECTS.... Who thinks up these stupid questions. IF you have to ask, you are lost.
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          • I sat through a demonstration and talk on why we should be eating insects at the Royal Easter Show many years ago, then a platter of freshly baked choc chip cookies was handed around made with bugs that were ground into a flour. They were delicious. If nobody told me i would not have known. That, though, will be my first and last taste of any type of food made with any type of bugs.
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            • Thanks but no thanks.
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              • If you like it, fine. But it's going to be a hard pass for me
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                • So terrible, what next.
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                  • No never
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                    • Not for me
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                      • No thank you
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                        • HI Paul, TY
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                          • You’re already eating them in your baking etc. You just don’t realise it. They get into the flour and get incorporated into the products.
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                            • Personally, I am not keen but hey, I don't eat sweetmeats or wild meat either
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                              • Um no
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                                • Not eager no
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                                  • So much good Protein in bad packaging :-)
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                                    • No way would I eat these and I have never seen any such thing
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                                      • Let's not!
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                                        • Seen on TV once people eating bugs, insects lost in woods, since did not have food maybe then
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                                          • Sorry No Thanks on bugs in food or bakery!
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                                            • Would love a Tarantula sandwich as long as its legs didn't hang out.
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                                              • Yes 100%
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                                                • Maybe if the insects are wrapped in chocolate, otherwise no thanks!
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                                                  • Insects should not be used for any kind of cooking or food purposes at all.
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                                                    • No thank you
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                                                      • If its good for health
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                                                        • Seriously? Never!
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                                                          • good source of natural protein, but cook them first until crunchy, yum yum
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                                                          • no
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                                                            • TYVM Cynthia W
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                                                              • TY Victoria...
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                                                                • No thank you
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                                                                  • Yes, it’s not really any different to eating prawns or crabs.
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                                                                    • No, thank you!
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                                                                      • Nope never
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                                                                        • no under any circumstances.
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                                                                          • Nah
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                                                                            • Definitely not.
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                                                                              • no
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                                                                                • Nope!
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                                                                                  • i prefer them fried in a spicy oil, very good source of protein also,,
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                                                                                    • No thank you
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                                                                                      • Disqusting ! What is this world coming to?
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                                                                                        • HI TYVM Ned. M.!!!
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                                                                                          • Not a chance -- I don't like anything to do with insects!
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                                                                                            • I know its a thing these days but NOT a one will cross my lips ever
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                                                                                              • no, they are not even good for you.
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                                                                                                • Nope. Unless if I'm starving and desperate to eat something
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                                                                                                  • NO WAY,YUK IS ALL I CAN SAY ON BOTH..!!!!
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                                                                                                    • no ty
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                                                                                                      • no thank you
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                                                                                                        • Not in a million years!
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                                                                                                          • No🤐
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                                                                                                            • Not for me.
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                                                                                                              • Some people enjoy those types of foods but I'm not one of those people, so I'd have to pass on the insects
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                                                                                                                • My ex tried chocolate covered ants, said that they were ok. He bought a tin of them. I did not try them.
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                                                                                                                  • Absolutely would never consider eating it, I would rather go hungry. I am a vegetarian and will stick to my veggies thanks.
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                                                                                                                    • Bugs are a very good source of protein - PERIOD. However, due to the GREED of the Baby Boomer generation aka The Me generation - the generations following The Me generation - cannot afford the high cost of MEAT! You have to the find other sources of protein - such as bugs! FYI: I have eaten bugs for protein - quite tasty - lol! But I am a hard-core VEGETARIAN!
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                                                                                                                      • Hard pass.
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                                                                                                                        • I think I will pass thanks ….. they don’t appeal to me at all
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                                                                                                                          • We need to eat more healthy stuff because a lot of things are not good for u or ur body
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                                                                                                                            • No I am not eager to eat or bake with insects
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                                                                                                                              • No I think it is rank. Yes some countries / cultures eat insects, spiders and anything basically that walks the earth including dogs, cats, whales, dolphins, monkeys, birds, fish, in fact all wild life even if some are dangerous and life threatening. Now, companies want us to eat insects and down the track a few years we will be called out for diminishing the insects of the world. The methane can be controlled from cattle, giraffes, elephants, sheep etc. by just adding a tiny bit of a certain seaweed that can be cultivated at a minimal cost but I guess the acreage can produce more vegetables and so a higher financial yield and hence the BS about us needing all to go vegan and eat insects. Give me my meat any day. We developed eating meat which made our brains smarter. Maybe due to less meat being eaten, this is why people are becoming so much more stupider these days.
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                                                                                                                                • There is no way i would even consider it.i would rather pass up a meal than eat insects. Like in the Indiana Jones movie I wouldn't eat bugs or chilled monkey 🐵🐵 brains.
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