if you find yourself fleeing the evil authoritarians, and starving out in the wilderness somewhere, you will eat bugs and you will be happy!
About the only situation in which I would consider eating them!
I ate bugs twice that I know about. Once I was eating raisins by the handful from a large bag. Then I realized they were crawling with little red ants. It didn't gross me out. For some reason I found it to be funny and I laughed my ass off. The second time I actually bought and ate power bars made from crickets. They were so-so.
When I was in jr. high in the 70's, someone brought in cans of chocolate covered ants and crickets. I was not brave enough to try them.
I also (inadvertently) ate bugs a couple times.
My mom evidently had weevils in her spices and she served a whole pot of chili full of them. I was halfway through my bowl when I saw them.
The other time, I bit into a nougat chocolate bar and it was full of meal worms or something.
Neither episode made me queasy, but I was still like, "Eewww!" 😄
If it comes down to a choice between eating bugs and starving to death, honestly ... I think I'm going to choose starvation.
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