ABOUT TWO BILLION PEOPLE EAT INSECTS WORLDWIDE: A main hurdle in the West, is that people cant stand the thought of eating creepy-crawlies. According to Jonathan Fraser, co-founder of London start-up Ento (short for entomophagy, or the eating of insects), eating is a sensory experience of seeing whats in front of us, and not as much thinking about it. Our overwhelming conception is of insects as pests underpins our taboo against eating them. Disgustologists like Valerie Curtis, an expert on hygiene and behavior at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, believe that our revulsion is partly rooted in human instinct to avoid disease and, ultimately, death. How the insects are presented is key to changing our palates. Adding insects to something familiar, like chips, makes them accessible, and people have been open and excited to try our chirps. {Six Foods range of tortilla-style crisps}. says Laura DAsaro, co-founder of Six Foods, a Boston-based start-up thats turning bugs into snack foods, including crisps and cookies made with cricket flour........ I would try insects in a heartbeat.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:18:01 +0000