Another "beyond meat"........

[Uncle Bob]

Could a McSquirm burger be on a future menu?


Munching on Mealworms: The Next Meat-Alternative Snack? | Drovers

[RonB]

And to me, mealworms are beyond edible. 🤢

[Spinaker]

At least meal worms are a type of meat. Nutrient dense and plentiful. It will be the future. Once we get to 10-12 + Billion people we are gonna have to do something, but for now.............Regular meat is good by me.

[FireMan]

Yeah, it’s not like eatin grass ya know.

[Allon]

I'm curious FireMan, just how did you come across that tidbit of information?

[holehogg]

I've eaten Mopane worms but it's so long ago I can't remember much.

[FireMan]

OK, fer us novices, whut is a mopane worm?

[Oak Smoke]

Meal worms are good fish bait. Good grief don’t eat them. Go catch a fish and eat it. If we do have to eat such a thing I won’t be needing to watch my weight any more. I’ll bet just a few of those are very filling.

[WayneT]

I tried a mealworm and immediately started looking for nesting material and a bluebird box.

[synodog]

Some countries eat dogs and cats too, but I’m not going to adopt that practice any quicker than insects.

Soylent green on the other hand…

[Oak Smoke]

That movie bothered me.

[Mojo0209]

👎not interested

[ofelles]

hard, hard pass.

[FireMan]

I don’t know. The name McSquirm Burger definetly has promise. load it up with cat soup (sugar to you in Oconomowoc) & you might have a hit. Throw a pickle on it & ………….

[texastweeter]

Anyone ever seen "Snowpiercer" the movie? The cockroach bars.

[WayneT]

That was a bizarre flick.

[DavidNorcross]

Speechless

[SmokeyGator]

30 years ago when I was in high school, there was a west indian student whose father came in to talk to the honors philosophy class. He held a PhD and was a respected published academic.

He told us that ranching was simply not sustainable. Do you know how many acres of land it takes for every pound of beef? Well I forgot (it was 30 years ago), but it was not an insignificant amount. Not to mention the water needed for the cattle AND the cattle food.

The problem? Land and water are not unlimited resources. Ask the American Southwest about that. They will very soon have to choose between "brown brown flush it down" or taking a shower that day. The water crisis is THAT serious. No joke.

But what the honorable doctor did not foresee is technology. Like lab grown meat. That technology was like a Star Trek replicator. A wonderful concept, but not a reality.

So who knows what the future holds. But the evidence is pretty clear, we ARE running out of stuff.

[Histrix]

Deep fried in a spicy chili oil - yum!!

[MsTwiggy]

It's not for me, but I wouldn't eat under the golden arches anyways

[Allon]

MsTwiggy, I'll have any occasional sausage, egg and cheese McMuffin. But I generally stay far away. I used to eat big mack or quarter pounder with cheese until I figured out that I almost always felt ill afterward.