Gratuitous Food Porn: Insect Edition
Andrew Zimmern pops them like candy and they have an entire cookbook designed around them but they’re considered taboo for modern day consumption. We’re talking insects. Yes, those creepy crawlies out in your backyard are indeed edible but chances are after the age of five you stopped trying to eat them willingly. Insects are actually eaten pretty frequently around the world but here in the US we get freaked out at the idea. There’s a high nutritional value to these little buggers but the only time we ever see these pests is at the bottom of a tequila bottle or immortalized in a lollipop. Besides gag gifts, insects can actually be transformed into some odd yet palatable dishes.
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Three Bee Salad
Recipe: National Geographic
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Insect Sushi
Via: Tony McNicol
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Fried Grasshoppers
Via: Green Prophet
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Sheesh Kabobs
Recipe: National Geographic
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Fried Scorpion on a Stick
Via: Village Joy
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Chocolate Covered Crickets
Via: Cafe Mom
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Deep Fried Tarantula Spider
Recipe: National Geographic
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Ginger Dusted Beetle
Via: Good Food Revolution
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Mealworm and Pigeon Burger
Via: The Independent
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Locust Pizza
Via: ABC Net AU
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Insect Chocolates
Via: RNW
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Honey Spiced Locusts
Recipe: Inn at the Crossroads
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Escamoles a.k.a. Ant Eggs
Via: I Bizarre Foods
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Banana Worm Bread
Recipe: The Guardian
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Crunchy Cricket Stir Fry
Recipe: The New Protein Blog
Header image via National Geographic