Let them eat cockroach bread. From the “ew! just ewwwww!” department of climate salvation, comes this idea that’s sure to catch on with people who are really concerned about reducing their carbon footprint. Forget steak, forget Soylent Green, it’s roach-bread!
Looking for an easy, affordable way to get a high protein diet? Researchers of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) in Rio Grande do Sul may have come across a crunchy answer, although it might turn your stomach; cockroach-laced bread.
Just like peanuts: ‘Tasty’ cockroach bread may feed world’s population in climate change era
The threat of climate change looms large, providing a unique set of challenges for the future, including how we will feed an estimated 9 billion people by 2030. One group of researchers in Brazil has proposed a different, stomach-churning solution. Cockroaches made into bread.
“They remind us of ches[t]nut or peanut. They’re really good and tasty, and (their presence) does not affect the flavor of the bread,” said Myrian Melado, a researcher at the Federal University of Rio Grande, as reported by AsiaOne.
The practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, has existed for millennia but has been largely overlooked in the western world since the agricultural revolution.
However, as climate change continues to threaten the long-term viability of traditional livestock agriculture, scientists are once again turning to insects as a potential solution to world hunger both now and in the future.
“Insects don’t create waste. If we think of the amount of water we need to breed an insect, compared to the amount of it needed for cattle breeding, it’s infinitely less,” continued Melado.
Scientists have long played with the idea of switching to insects to meet our protein requirements but, so far, the market in the West has resisted the allure of fresh mealworms that taste like pumpkin seeds or protein bars made of crickets.
Source: RT
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This looks a hundred times more yummy.
http://i.imgur.com/dALPGXY.jpg
Vietnam. There are lots of strange creatures over there.
We were soldiers once, and young.
And speaking of “We Were Soldiers”, this sad note:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/hal-moore-dies-we/2017/02/12/id/773176/
Lt. Gen. Hal Moore Dies; Depicted in Film ‘We Were Soldiers’
“Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. “Hal” Moore, the American hero known for saving most of his men in the first major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies, has died. He was 94.
Joseph Galloway, who with Moore co-authored the book “We Were Soldiers Once … and Young,” confirmed Saturday to The Associated Press that Moore died late Friday in his sleep at his home in Auburn, Alabama.
Galloway said Moore, his friend of 51 years, died two days shy of his 95th birthday.
“There’s something missing on this earth now. We’ve lost a great warrior, a great soldier, a great human being and my best friend. They don’t make them like him anymore,” Galloway said.
Moore was best known for his actions at the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, where he was a lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment. His actions were later reflected in the movie “We Were Soldiers” in which actor Mel Gibson portrayed Moore. The book tells what happened to virtually every trooper involved in the 34-day campaign and the climactic four-day battle in which 234 Americans died at landing zones X-Ray and Albany in November 1965.
Galloway, a former war correspondent for United Press International, said Moore was “without question, one of the finest commanders I ever saw in action.”
“Those of us who survived Landing Zone X-Ray survived because of his brilliance of command. I think every one of us thought we were going to die at that place except Hal Moore. He was certain we were going to win that fight and he was right,” Galloway recalled.
Galloway and Moore wrote a second book, “We Are Soldiers Still,” which he said grew out of a journey back to the battlefields of Vietnam 25 years later. “We went back and walked those old battlefields. At the end of the day, Hal Moore and Col. Nguyen Huu An, the North Vietnamese commander, stood in a circle in the clearing and prayed for the souls of every man who died on both sides.”
He said the two shared an “instant brotherhood that grew out of combat.”
end excerpt
Rest in Peace
How sad. All these young men being sacrificed for someone’s political delusions.
Remember, those who start the wars are never those who have to fight them.
This brings new meaning to that well-known phrase: “Insects is best!”
Can they be be ‘tasty’ and remind one of chestnuts or peanuts and, at the same time, not affect the flavor of the bread?
Typical CAGW having it both ways arguments.
Bread still produces CO2, it’s what yeast does. Pretty much all food has some bug, bacteria, mold or whatever on it or in it, so it’s not all that bad I guess. I still prefer a decent rib-eye steak, so I am stick with cows. Roaches can go eat cake. (I hate them).
This is just another attempt to get Westerners to pay a carbon tax. Much more palatable then the false choice of eating something that disgusts them. What is really disturbing is that this may become a mental picture for some and will guide their limited thinking.
Oops meant to say than not then.
“scientists are once again turning to insects”
“Scientists have long played with the idea of switching to insects to meet our protein requirements”
Just a long-time dream of scientists.
I don’t want to make anyone feel even more sick, but it is absolutely right that insects are eaten in Thailand and Southeast Asia. I was offered a taste of what I thought was a sweet in a paper bag by a teacher colleague on a school exchange trip in Thailand. It turned out to be a bag of roasted insects – some sort of flying large ant I think, I’m no entomologist. It was actually not bad, very dry and crunchy like a small crisp but with an astonishing similarity to Marmite flavor. I don’t know if our friends in the US have Marmite – a salty yeast spread which as their advertisements say you either like or hate.
And yes the markets do sell some of the most awful looking bugs you ever saw including cockroaches. No way under any social circumstances, I’d rather eat Kale every day for a week than cockroach.
-you’re opening up a whole different can of worms there 🙂
Outside of speciality shops, I only saw Marmite rarely when I lived in the US. The large ‘cosmopolitan’ supermarkets that did stock it didn’t seem to know what its purpose was: It often was shelved in with cooking ingredients rather than condiments.
OK, here is a little documentary proof from the markets of Laos. Couple of varieties of fried crickets, maybe spicy and regular, some eels on a stick and my favorite – the roasted tarantulas.
Transportation to the market was absolutely first world.
At a high end cocktail party in Thailand, I found myself hovering around the snack table, a drink in one hand, pleasant conversation and munching on what I thought were miniature French fries. Only after consuming more than a homeopathic quantity did in look closer and notice that they were actually inch long deep fried maggots. I have to admit, they were pretty good and I did eat a few more before steering our conversation to the Johny Walker department. Like MCEA, sometimes its better not to know in advance.
The secret to making insects a snack staple? ‘Make a shareable, social product,’ says Jimini’s
Alternative proteins are in high demand, but can consumers stomach the thought of eating insects whole? French start-up Jimini’s is on a mission to put crickets, worms and grasshoppers on our everyday menu… Read
http://www.foodnavigator.com/Business/The-secret-to-making-insects-a-snack-staple-Make-a-shareable-social-product-says-Jimini-s?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09-Feb-2017&c=j%2FnIs1FdlzXAWDCx8kWH5Q%3D%3D&p2=&k=FN-BBA-ASIA-FLAVOURCOLOUR,FN-BBA-ASIA-PROTEIN,FN-BBA-ASIA-NONGMO%20mailshot,FN-BBAM-ASIA-FLAVOURCOLOUR,FN-BBA-ASIA-NONGMO,FN-BBAM-ASIA-PROTEIN,FN-BBAM-ASIA-JBT,FN-BBA-ASIA-JBT,FN-BBAM-ASIA-CLEANLABEL,FN-BBA-ASIA-CLEANLABEL
of course they dont mention the MASSIVE profits to be made either
not being interested in the slightest in eating bugs i havent priced them
but
I would guess theyre going to sell for insanely high prices for tiny packs
“The practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy,”
Prawns, crabs, lobster – for example.
New Greenie t-shirt idea: “Save the Planet – Eat Bugs”.
i think Shark Tank had an episode where they were trying to get the Sharks’ (rich investors – to those who don’t have the TV show) interested in investing in edible crickets. I’ve eaten a lot of different insects, but roaches would really bother me. Don’t they carry a lot of diseases (more than say, crickets)? Or maybe it’s just the environment they live in, where crickets are outside in the grass?
“ scientists are once again turning to insects as a potential solution to world hunger both now and in the future.”
“Scientists have long played with the idea of switching to insects to meet our protein requirements”
Which scientists have long been dreaming about switching to insects to meet our protein requirements? That wouldn’t mean the ones who think man evolved from animals and is an animal, now — would it Maestro?
First Rule of Holding a Scientific Paradigm:
Never ever notice when it comes home to roost!
Here’s a thought: take your bread, add peanut butter, plus jelly to taste – voila, you’ve added your protein, and it’s delicious to boot. Even kids like it. No need for cockroaches. Phleck!
….And if you really must have some dark, not to certain what it is, blobs in your PB n J sandwich, throw in a handful of raisins or dry cranberries! Yum!
A friend of mine who is a biologist once remarked that humans have a dim view of other opportunistic omnivores, such as roaches and rats, because we’re in competition with them.
Insects and rats will win, eventually. After all, they have been around a lot longer than we have.
My ancestors did not fight their way to the top of the food chain by hunting and eating cockroaches! That is a time tested genetic survival legacy I will not abjure….
Eat Soylent Green….
If we’re going to substitute them for cattle the USDA inspection stamp on a roach’s butt will need magnification to read and a very gentle touch to apply.
“Insects don’t create waste.” Actually, cockroaches do poop. The deposit from one cockroach looks like a single piece of coffee grounds. Multiply that by millions and you’ve got quite a lot of waste.
They poop in the food they eat too…
We can all become bottom feeders! That’s basically what asian cuisine is.