Honey is essentially bee vomit, but many people are happy to eat it.
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Eating Insects
and then deciding to commit
may eventually cost one money
if he/she learns that is " bee vomit".
So, though living a long life with a mate
may well be something to celebrate
perhaps it might be better not to risk one's fate
by referring to this product of a bee's regurgitate.
Yet that 's not the only insect product possibly before us
if we'd embark on a love that's long lasting
for as long was we live with those who adore us
it will sooner or later include breakfasting
perhaps on crispy crunchy things
from small bodies with wings
and quite a few legs
to go with eggs,
and, if sometimes going out to a diner to chat,
being asked: "Do you want flies with that?"
HZL
9/10/15
The number of unwitting consumers of insect products is much larger: honey is bee vomit, the red food-coloring cochineal is made of crushed bugs, and shellac, a glaze commonly used to cover sweets and fruit, is made from insect excretions. Despite this, acceptance takes time.
“The number one thing people have to get over is the visual aspect. Once they taste it and it’s cooked well, it’s about how good the meat is,” says Whippey.
Social psychologist Josh Tyber, from VU University Amsterdam, thinks the “disgust response” has been underestimated. “We want this cultural evolution to take place in a matter of years, when it tends to take decades or centuries,” he says.
One way of overcoming the “ick” factor is by creating powders and snack bars. It’s the model adopted by more-established startups in the U.S., where the regulatory environment is more permissive. Brooklyn-based Exo and Salt Lake City-based Chapul both create protein bars from milled, roasted crickets mixed with nuts, dates, chocolate and other ingredients, and both have attracted significant funding.
“How big is hard to predict, but if edible insects take a fraction of the overall market for meats, it would make it a very large industry,” says Craig Shapiro, an investor at Collaborative Fund, which took a stake in Exo.
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