safe to eat backyard insects

[hobo finds]

http://www.slate.com/id/2280094/?gt1=38001

[NotABigDeal]

I would have to be very hungry. Never been that hungry before....

Deal

[Whinstone]

I perfer earthworms. I don't chew em....that's nasty Learned that when I was in the Army. I had an old Sgt. that would eat about anything that moved. Cooking bugs sounds so much better than eating them raw.

[Thogey]

I do it all the time, as I've written here before. Learned to do it in AF SERE training.

If a grasshopper lands on me, he is eaten.

They taste like grass. Earthworms taste like dirt. I recommend chewing them. If you swallow them whole some insects try to crawl back up.

Do not eat anything with more that 6 legs, flies or roaches.

Just get over the aversion, It's a great survival skill.

[JadeDragon]

I'd rather eat grass than grasshoppers. I'll stick to being a vegetarian thank-you.

[scrapper2010]

I'm thinking grasshopper s'mores. Mmmm.

[Oakair]

Lizards seem like they would taste pretty good after a bit of a roasting