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Title: It's just not cricket
Post by: RD on 25/07/2018 16:12:43
Ground-up bugs can cost >£100 a pound  :o ...

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[ other brands of over-priced ground-up insects are available ]
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: Bored chemist on 25/07/2018 19:48:48
[ other brands of over-priced ground-up insects are available ]
In heaven's name, why?
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: RD on 25/07/2018 20:36:59
[ other brands of over-priced ground-up insects are available ]
In heaven's name, why?

Otherwise anti-competitive  :) (https://freesound.org/people/Babij/sounds/115813/)

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Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: guest39538 on 25/07/2018 20:44:34
[ other brands of over-priced ground-up insects are available ]
In heaven's name, why?
The thought of ground up insects, not a nice thought , it is like decorating a meat in a spice.  I bet they could spin all sort of stories about insects, will it wash with the public ?
Reminds me of a friend I had , tried to guide him along a working path,  one day he decided to try insect against my better advice.  I could only try help him afterwards when he was sick, tried to stay away the best I can because I didn't want  to covered in his sick.   He only had 1 or 2 insects, nothing to do with me I say .   We use to work well together decorating, he drove.
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: RD on 25/07/2018 22:42:38
... one day he decided to try insect against my better advice.  I could only try help him afterwards when he was sick, tried to stay away the best I can because I didn't want  to covered in his sick.   He only had 1 or 2 insects, nothing to do with me I say

The bugs need to be cooked / irradiated to kill any bacteria ...
https://www.livescience.com/62878-cricket-bread-bacterial-spores.html
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: evan_au on 25/07/2018 22:49:51
Visiting Thailand many years ago, I saw that a variety of insects were available as food in the marketplace.

Locusts and wild honey, anyone?
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: guest39538 on 25/07/2018 22:51:54
... one day he decided to try insect against my better advice.  I could only try help him afterwards when he was sick, tried to stay away the best I can because I didn't want  to covered in his sick.   He only had 1 or 2 insects, nothing to do with me I say

The bugs need to be cooked / irradiated to kill any bacteria ...
https://www.livescience.com/62878-cricket-bread-bacterial-spores.html
Of course, then a loaf is just a loaf.  We eat far worse additives now in our foods such as E numbers.
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: RD on 26/07/2018 04:37:50
... We eat far worse additives now in our foods such as E numbers
See ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/E_number & ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chemophobia

Also, unlike bacteria, "E numbers" cannot multiply.
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: guest39538 on 26/07/2018 06:14:36
... We eat far worse additives now in our foods such as E numbers
See ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/E_number & ... https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Chemophobia

Also, unlike bacteria, "E numbers" cannot multiply.
I could not sleep again so thought I would ask about bacteria.  Now we know heat kills bacteria but something I wondered is , could bacteria be man made synthetically at all ?   Is there such thing as a fake bacteria ?   

Is there types of bacteria we over react too that are harmless?  Bacteria that we never pass on to others if we pick some up off a kitchen worktop for example.

Having children , I know to make sure my hands are clean when preparing food , a necessity to stopping bacterial spread and  an infectious environment.   I suppose scientists come across lots of nasty bacteria and have to deal with them.  I never knew what E numbers were properly until now, thanks for the links.
Title: Re: It's just not cricket
Post by: RD on 26/07/2018 06:39:52
... could bacteria be man made synthetically at all ?   Is there such thing as a fake bacteria ? ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology#Synthetic_life