the idea is very good and really goes hand in hand with permaculture.
if one got a flat then bugs may be some thing as they need little space to grow and are easy to grow. suppose to be good as well. I am currently looking in to the idea.
Many ants have formic acid, mainly ants red in color have very high formic acid concentrations which will burn digestive linings and skin.
Another thing about eating ants is that live ants will clasp your eating/digestive system with their teeth (pincers) and even when dead and just the head left...they will not release unless done so mechanically.
When eating ants, kill them dead. Chew well and most of all, enjoy!
Most ants are edible. I would Google poisonous ants, although I've never heard of any. Some can bite really badly if you put them alive in your mouth, and some have so much formic acid (the strong flavor) that it can make you sick.
If I knew a way to easily catch the grass hoppers in my garden, Id atleast try to eat them, if tastier then I would assume as a westerner, I would eat them
I remember eating ants on a dare in 8th grade, and they were kind of bitter and acidic. I'm sure different kinds of ants taste different according to whatever they'd eat in their environment.
um, maybe these are special ants but... ants don't hurt you with there bites, the bite down, which you don't feel, and then they sting, which you do feel
Perhaps you can just be satisfied with all the ants and other insects that go along with all the plants you eat. Ants in our plants, a more nature friendly spice alternative!
Formic acid is what is responsible for the spice as far as I know. I couldn't agree more about insect eating, but we don't have the grasshoppers here like the Native Americans used to. Some ants are good, others aren't. There were these amazing large black ants in the Sierras last summer that were an addictive snack!
Not worth it at the moment, perhaps, but knowing something is, and was, and will be edible edible is useful knowledge. I imagine the flavor you experienced was formic acid. We need to get over our view of insects. We eat insects in the sea (lobsters and crabs) why not on land? By the way termites, the most nutritious insects for humans, taste like minty wood.
Haha, minty wood!? Not exactly what I expected. Since termites do not digest the cellulose (and lignin?) directly, instead using symbiotic bacteria, I wonder if eating termites might eventually lead to us being colonized by a bacterium that can digest some of the cellulose we eat...
All the ants I've eaten, have been spicy. :D
hortulanus94 3 months ago
the idea is very good and really goes hand in hand with permaculture.
if one got a flat then bugs may be some thing as they need little space to grow and are easy to grow. suppose to be good as well. I am currently looking in to the idea.
and if nothing else farm them for fishing.
Dechthem 11 months ago
Many ants have formic acid, mainly ants red in color have very high formic acid concentrations which will burn digestive linings and skin.
Another thing about eating ants is that live ants will clasp your eating/digestive system with their teeth (pincers) and even when dead and just the head left...they will not release unless done so mechanically.
When eating ants, kill them dead. Chew well and most of all, enjoy!
actonbath 1 year ago
Good job!
johnu78 1 year ago
Most ants are edible. I would Google poisonous ants, although I've never heard of any. Some can bite really badly if you put them alive in your mouth, and some have so much formic acid (the strong flavor) that it can make you sick.
feralkevin 1 year ago
what kind of ants are edible
tatankayotaka1 1 year ago
Kevin? Kevin Spacey!?
Mightypoo007 2 years ago
I have been told that before. :)
feralkevin 2 years ago
Ants I hear are better deep fried in lard and mixed with salt. Yum!
ssbookyu123 2 years ago
If I knew a way to easily catch the grass hoppers in my garden, Id atleast try to eat them, if tastier then I would assume as a westerner, I would eat them
wingz3636 2 years ago
sure ants arent to tasty, but in large quantities, which many areas do have, they are extremely healthy.
wingz3636 2 years ago
Some ants are absolutely delicious!
feralkevin 2 years ago
I remember eating ants on a dare in 8th grade, and they were kind of bitter and acidic. I'm sure different kinds of ants taste different according to whatever they'd eat in their environment.
agentvirgo 2 years ago
um, maybe these are special ants but... ants don't hurt you with there bites, the bite down, which you don't feel, and then they sting, which you do feel
Bremahhah 3 years ago
Perhaps you can just be satisfied with all the ants and other insects that go along with all the plants you eat. Ants in our plants, a more nature friendly spice alternative!
Khono 3 years ago
Formic acid is what is responsible for the spice as far as I know. I couldn't agree more about insect eating, but we don't have the grasshoppers here like the Native Americans used to. Some ants are good, others aren't. There were these amazing large black ants in the Sierras last summer that were an addictive snack!
feralkevin 3 years ago
@feralkevin how do you know what ants are edible
tatankayotaka1 1 year ago
Thumbs up
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago 4
Not worth it at the moment, perhaps, but knowing something is, and was, and will be edible edible is useful knowledge. I imagine the flavor you experienced was formic acid. We need to get over our view of insects. We eat insects in the sea (lobsters and crabs) why not on land? By the way termites, the most nutritious insects for humans, taste like minty wood.
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago 8
Haha, minty wood!? Not exactly what I expected. Since termites do not digest the cellulose (and lignin?) directly, instead using symbiotic bacteria, I wonder if eating termites might eventually lead to us being colonized by a bacterium that can digest some of the cellulose we eat...
Khono 3 years ago
Um, lobsters and crabs aren't insects....
But, I think one of these days I'll try some insects. I heard I could make cookies out of mealworms.
pendejochy 3 years ago
Insects from the sea... um...That was an allusion, a literary device used to compare...
EatTheWeeds 3 years ago