Flies Instead of Soup - Exploring Alternative Meat Sources

Flies Instead of Soup - Exploring Alternative Meat Sources

By: a.d. elliott | Take the Back Roads - Art and Other Odd Adventures

There was an insect cuisine article in today's paper.

I’m beginning to wonder—only a little—if there’s some kind of conspiracy underway and something dire is about to happen to our food supply. Perhaps the media is slowly preparing us for a future involving bugs provençal. (No. Not really. I’m kidding. Mostly.)

In the past, after comparing Fish’s and my survival skills to those of a reality-TV couple who would absolutely outlast us, I’ve been very clear about my position: I would eat a bug if I were starving, if I were competing for half a million dollars, or if I were trapped at a Mariners game with no concessions.

That said, I do have limits.

The article I was reading focused on black fly larvae as a sustainable food source. Another name for black fly larvae is maggots.

And eating maggots is a hard no.

The article was thorough and well-argued. It discussed the low carbon footprint of fly larvae, the impressive protein-to-body-size ratio, and the many environmental benefits of cultivating them as food. I understand all of that. I even appreciate the science.

But none of those arguments change the fact that eating maggots is still a hard no.

I will become a vegetarian first.

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