{"id":167223,"date":"2024-05-01T10:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T08:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=167223"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:19","slug":"simply-disgusting-people-do-not-want-to-eat-bugs-and-will-judge-others-for-doing-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/01\/simply-disgusting-people-do-not-want-to-eat-bugs-and-will-judge-others-for-doing-so\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Simply disgusting\u2019: people do not want to eat bugs and will judge others for doing so"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medicine students tried to eat crickets for lunch, but would you? The Medical Faculty Association Rotterdam served an unusual menu item to students last week \u2013 a crunchy cricket toastie as a way to bring the attention to more sustainable alternatives for meat. EM opened the discussion on eating insects and as it turns out the mental image of eating a meal full of insects is one difficult to stomach.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was taught from a young age that bugs are dirty and it\u2019s difficult to change that\u201d, a commenter writes. The repulsive feeling caused by the thought of eating bugs, seems to be a rather expected reaction given that most people are not used to thinking of insects as food.<\/p>\n

First instinct<\/h2>

\u201cThe appearance of many insects is a rather visceral turn-off for me when it comes to my appetite\u201d, explains employee Marlon. Other commenters seem to have an agreeable attitude when it comes to eating bugs. From having a phobia of insects to being \u2018simply disgusting\u2019, eating insects for lunch in university seems like a move people are unlikely to make. The idea that bugs aren\u2019t meant to be eaten and health concerns are some other reasons given by commenters as to why they decide to stay away of having a bug-filled sandwich.<\/p>\n

Full-course dinner<\/h2>

Still, there are some people amongst the crowd who are not totally disgusted by this uncommon meat alternative. Trying to bring a positive outlook on this Marlon says: \u201cI think you can make them quite easily unrecognizable in some dishes, and I believe that you can make almost anything that is edible delicious\u201d. It seems that the ideas have already started flowing as commenters write that they would consider having fried insects in spring rolls or maybe even putting together delicious cricket-filled tacos.<\/p>\n\n\t

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