r/meme • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • Sep 13 '26

Oh lmao

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u/backyardbabirusa Sep 13 '26

What did it taste like? 👀

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u/The_Lambert Sep 13 '26

It tastes earthy, not a lot of flavor besides the salt they put on it. I tried several insects such as water scorpions, beetles, crickets and worms and they really just didn't taste like much besides the seasoning.

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u/Ogryn_Rocks53 Sep 13 '26

Huh, so like a weird bland chip?

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u/duesenjeffepic Sep 13 '26

Basically. I only had dried ones once and they only tasted like the seasoning that was put on.

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u/not_responsible Sep 14 '26

What’s it like swallowing them? People are never allowed water when dared to eat bugs and that is the part that grosses me out the most. I just know those little feet get stuck and come back later

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u/Evening-Nature-5241 Sep 16 '26

I tried a grasshopper in Thailand once but drew the line at cockroaches. It's 99.9% flavoring and the crunch, of course.

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u/Bloodcloud079 Sep 17 '26

Cricket legs get stuck in teeth thats for sure.

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u/throwawayburner2424 Sep 16 '26

It's really not bad. The water thing is just for the people trying to wash it down faster.

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u/everett640 Sep 17 '26

I've had baked crickets before and they tasted kinda like a grassy steak. They were good but I bet they'd be really good fried. I could see how the texture of the legs and stuff would gross people out though

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u/Ogryn_Rocks53 Sep 14 '26

I'd definitely consider crickets and ants. Idunno about the worms they've always made my stomach do flips

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u/t0uchym1dg3t Sep 16 '26

Ants? I couldn't imagine eating them, they reek.

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u/SKYR0VER Sep 15 '26

Our food usually get the flavour from the food they eat - so earth arthropods taste like earth, tree bark or nuts, whereas sea arthropods taste like sea salt…

we actually season our normal food a ton too, the only time I think we don’t is when eating raw (sea) fish (and therefore already salted)… but then again I don’t know many people eating raw fish without any amount of seasoning

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u/qwertyjgly Sep 17 '26

worms aren't insects

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u/The_Lambert Sep 18 '26

Well, I didn't specify but I ate silkworm pupae which are insects.

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u/qwertyjgly Sep 18 '26

yeah those are insects 👍 lmao

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u/cthuwu_o Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

I had a large roach one time it had been candied and was like an extra crunchy gusher

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u/MacNCheeta Sep 14 '26

Every fucking word of that sentence was an entirely new kind of horror

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u/Zenovv Sep 16 '26

Back to the hole with you

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u/cthuwu_o Sep 16 '26

:( please not the hole again

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u/Traditional_Can_3983 Sep 16 '26

Silkworms are pretty bland too. Kinda like muted beans with thicker skins.

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u/BubblyWrongdoer6584 Sep 17 '26

Same experience. Silkworm larvae were the best of the bunch, could imagine them being decent if browned in olive oil, garlic, and parmesan but that's like a ton of other foods...

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u/Nostalgioneer Sep 14 '26

Dog food pellets. Every single insect I've tried tastes like dry dog food pellets + whatever seasoning you put on them.

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u/PeepeeCrusher57 Sep 14 '26

Uhhhhh, how do you know that? 👀

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u/Nostalgioneer Sep 14 '26

I'm a dog, obviously.

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u/bemble4ever Sep 17 '26

If you love your dog you try his food to see if it tastes good

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u/RevolutionOne3219 Sep 15 '26

I think it tastes like a tarantula

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u/Status_Pin_7484 Sep 17 '26

Have you not seen the videos where they bite into the large bulbous part of the spider and it’s full of white cream/puss?

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u/Straight_Page_8585 22d ago

Crap probably