So are shrimp and lobsters, basically. Some cultures eat dogs, others eat chickens, and some eat crickets/ants/weird-sea-crustaceans.
I’m sure that some of the foods I ate as a kid would squick out many folks, but that’s not due to anything inherent in them. There’s nothing weird about eating ‘bugs,’ it’s just a weird semi-trained quirk you have.
Some ants are actually pretty good. There are green tree cutter ants that are an awesome sour snack.
green apples are an “awesome sour snack”.
pickles are an “awesome sour snack”.
ants, are bugs.
There’s a reason mammals have evolved into ant eaters at least 12 different times and it’s not because ants are bad food.
High in protein, plentiful and tasty. A good bit of bush tucker.
So are shrimp and lobsters, basically. Some cultures eat dogs, others eat chickens, and some eat crickets/ants/weird-sea-crustaceans.
I’m sure that some of the foods I ate as a kid would squick out many folks, but that’s not due to anything inherent in them. There’s nothing weird about eating ‘bugs,’ it’s just a weird semi-trained quirk you have.