Once more, for people with a shellfish allergy, entomophagy is likely not safe for you! This is explained more in the video. This was the first video that I’ve ever made on a subject like this, which I feel is relatively foraging-adjacent. I have no idea if I’ll ever make another, so let me know if this subject is of interest to you! Thank you all so much for watching. 🙏 Calculations: I was concerned that 1 million per acre was too high an average, so I ran several more calculations with more conservative estimates. No matter how I adjusted the numbers, realistically, the impacts from human consumption continued to come out as effectively negligible.
@peacefulscrimp51834 ай бұрын
Maybe do some reading about anti nutrients 🤷
@delve_4 ай бұрын
Kinda related to the topic of this video: Do you have any resources on foraging and eating clams? Specifically, the invasive Asian clams that clog up our creeks and rivers. I've foraged some before, but it's been a long time, and I didn't really know what I was doing anyway. If you don't have anything, that's alright. I appreciate it anyway, and I will keep trying to learn.
@fightforaglobalfirstamendm56174 ай бұрын
Disgusting.
@anonymousthesneaky2204 ай бұрын
@@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 wuss. Jk you do what you want.
@MaiWhisper4 ай бұрын
But their sad little eyes? How could you? 😢
@missbluerain4 ай бұрын
Its not just those with shellfish allergies that have to be careful. If you have dust mite allergies you also cant eat these or crickets etc as the same allergin for dust mites are also in those other bugs.
@Huntress_Raven4 ай бұрын
Finally, someone with some sense
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
@@Huntress_Raven its pretty common sense that you shouldnt eat something you are allgeric to.
@LGrian4 ай бұрын
Finally I have an excuse for my aversion to crickets. They just gross me tf out. I refuse to feed them to my reptiles but have no problem with Dubia
@delve_4 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this!
@SonofHermes74 ай бұрын
@LGrian so you'll feed literal roaches to your reptiles but not krickets? gee your soooo smart Dubia roaches totally don't carry more diseases than krickets😒
@KittyMama614 ай бұрын
The soft shell crabs of the insect world.
@anyascelticcreations4 ай бұрын
Exactly. Only crabs and shrimp and lobsters are bottom feeders eating stuff that they are there to clean up. Cicadas are feeding on nice clean tree root sap.
@334honda4 ай бұрын
But don't eat if you have a shellfish allergy.
@autumnstoptwo3 ай бұрын
@@anyascelticcreations great point!
@B_4035mn3 ай бұрын
Bro, that was *EXACTLY* what I was thinking.
@darcieclements4880Ай бұрын
Basically. You can actually eat the more mature ones it's just more preparation.
@伏見猿比古-k8c4 ай бұрын
Cats: waay ahead of you.
@DarkShadow_20132 ай бұрын
I don't get it 💀
@joey32912 ай бұрын
@@DarkShadow_2013 cats like eating bugs...
@woodytzar9165Ай бұрын
actually in ancient China, cats were also named as "the cicada eater"
@DarkShadow_2013Ай бұрын
@@joey3291 ik but the joke is a bit rubbish if you ask me 💀
@atsukana17044 ай бұрын
I actually really liked this video. They lowkey look pretty good where normally a lot of bugs would not.
@LadyCynthiana4 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, my dad fried up a few cicadas and cut them into little pieces for us to try. They were like eating Baco fake bacon bits. Pretty good, as far as I remember, so if I manage to find any as fresh as you mention I will try it again, now 30 years later. I do remember him picking one straight off the tree out of its exoskeleton. I wonder where he got his knowledge of them back before the internet 🤔
@galeparker10674 ай бұрын
👍👍. Cool mart Dad! 👃✌️🇨🇦. (smart) oops.... 🥰
@gracequalls97704 ай бұрын
We've lost so many oral traditions, always ask your elders questions
@1fnjo7903 ай бұрын
@@gracequalls9770You need to thank your mother, that because of her oral traditions, you didn’t have as many siblings as you might have had to share your sh@t with😂
@oRealAlieNo3 ай бұрын
From the same people who put it on the internet
@venidamcdaniel19134 ай бұрын
As a former biology teacher. I had a day where we ate insect and grub worms. Kids didn’t HAVE to eat them but the BONUS POINTS were very attractive so the very students who would probably not eat them at least tried. still get students who hit me up n tell me it was the most memorable of the class. I also had reptiles in class n other animals. So that’s saying something. We raised a bath of orphaned opossums another hit. Boy we had fun.
@mirzamay4 ай бұрын
Would love to have had you as my teacher. Probably wouldn't have eaten the grubs though. Lol.
@autumnstoptwo3 ай бұрын
My 9th grade biology teacher also had a bug day. There was a cicada brood that came out that year and she brought in a tray for us all to try. I'm glad for the exposure
@zeroisnine3 ай бұрын
As a kid, I made some other kids eats bugs on playground. I can only imagine that they have similarly fond memories
@venidamcdaniel1913Ай бұрын
@@mirzamay bet I could have gotten you to taste them.
@venidamcdaniel1913Ай бұрын
@@zeroisnine lol
@diannew52644 ай бұрын
Shrimp are bugs, sea bugs. Fisherman hated them, sold them to farmers for fertilizer. Same as lobsters, poor people's food.
@RokkTheRock3 ай бұрын
yup. both considered trash poor ppl food until the rich learned they were delicious and now they ruined the market for us. don't let the rich get cicadas too
@fellowhuman88303 ай бұрын
Lots of poor people ate lobster, and they soon became rarer and rarer. This brought the price of lobster up, making the aristocrats suddenly love this poor man's fish.
@AmateurHistorian9993 ай бұрын
When I was growing up on the Gulf coast of Texas in the 1960s, if you wanted to feed a big crowd you got shrimp, 'cause they were so cheap. Or you caught a whole lotta crawdads.
@burntbeansoup3 ай бұрын
I hate shrimp. Dont think id like it lol
@ootsumiriku3 ай бұрын
The reason people hated them was because they rot in like two days and you have to remove the poop tube at their back with a knife before cooking. No one had a way to freeze them 300 years ago
@DeRien84 ай бұрын
Pro tip, if you aren't sure about how quickly you can get to processing them, and/or have the patience to wait, collecting the nymphs can be a great way to get the least tough cicadas to eat. Just wait at home for each to molt and reach the desired stage before cooking. Bonus shells for compost. Other side of this coin: if you gather teneral cicadas and find some have already darkened too much by the time you get them home, let them finish hardening safely indoors then release to maybe introduce more cicadas to your neighborhood for the next time!
@joey32912 ай бұрын
The shells are an important ingredient in Chinese medicine, you can use them as herbal tea.
@darcieclements4880Ай бұрын
Good idea just don't move them too far from where you get them please.
@darcieclements4880Ай бұрын
@@joey3291 that makes sense. They always smelled weirdly sweet.
@notmireelnam48634 ай бұрын
It would personally take me a while to get over the ick factor before eating bugs But I'm definitely fascinated and would love to see you make more vids about bugs
@rachellestringer4 ай бұрын
Yes more entymophogy(?) videos please!!!!!!!!
@elpito93262 ай бұрын
@@rachellestringer entomophagy!
@531Shark664 ай бұрын
I've tried them several times and thought that once you get passed what you're eating, they taste great. I had them fried in butter and salt, delicious
@Herculesbiggercousin4 ай бұрын
I’m genuinely surprised by the number of nay sayers on a channel all about foraging and eating sustainably. Awesome presentation, informative from beginning to end. You’re always doing your best for the community so thank you!
@Therubbersluggchannel4 ай бұрын
Sounds like W.E.F. support to me
@mrjgilbert4 ай бұрын
@@TherubbersluggchannelOh stop 🙄
@Therubbersluggchannel4 ай бұрын
@@mrjgilbertand who the f are you to tell me what to do?
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
@@Therubbersluggchannel you sound like you watch fox news
@Therubbersluggchannel4 ай бұрын
@@dr_spwewps you sound like a beta
@EchoLog4 ай бұрын
They look like theyd go good with sweet potatoes, rosemary, garlic, white rice... Tempura the lil guys with some okra and dip them in a spicy sweet mint sauce. It's just some tree shrimps.
@davidjohnsonsr1st4 ай бұрын
Yum 😋
@dareals4l4 ай бұрын
"Tree shrimp" is wild
@NjorunsDream4 ай бұрын
Tree shrimps haha 😂 You’re not wrong, people are flipping out over something people have eaten for a long time
@rileygarcia14 ай бұрын
Idk I think just frying them is best
@tarajoyce35982 ай бұрын
Coming to your house for dinner. Your fault. 😂
@anyascelticcreations4 ай бұрын
I knew a guy who's mom would send him out with his brother and a BB gun to bring home as many as they could. His mom would pull out what he described as a white ball of meat from inside the exoskeleton. She would drop this into the soup she was making. My friend said it was delicious.
@crocodilopolis2 ай бұрын
But why was a bb gun needed for gathering bugs
@speakp4ngolinАй бұрын
@@crocodilopolis stop other kids from gathering your cicadas
@shaboingboing799Ай бұрын
😂@@speakp4ngolin
@naturewithgabe4 ай бұрын
Jesse, this was fantastic. I applaud your hard work, research, editing, and speed with getting this published. I have enjoyed seeing your channel grow over time. Keep up the awesome work.
@FeralForaging4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Yes, it was a labor of love from beginning to end!
@Foragers_Cross4 ай бұрын
Definitely goes hand in hand with foraging. We don't have periodic cicadas in my area, but I have dabbled with grasshoppers.
@BryanKoenig3794 ай бұрын
Well said man. We are nature. People forget about where we come from it blows my mind
@rockvillemike60624 ай бұрын
The first time I ate a softshell crab sandwich it looked strange with it's feet, (claws and such), hanging out the side of the bread. The waitress saw my distress and she told me, "Just don't look at it, close your eyes and bite down on it, Honey." I did as I was told and it was good. The same could be said about this culinary delight.
@LGrian4 ай бұрын
Why are so many people announcing your aversions to insects? Loads of people hate mushroom and leafy greens, yet I’ve never seen comments like the ones here. It feels almost political. Bizarre.
@mrjgilbert4 ай бұрын
Yeah the “government wants to force us to eat bugs so anything related to the topic must be part of their psy-op” crowd is here lol. It’s hard to express how silly this is on so many fronts. But hopefully folks can appreciate Jesse providing awesome foraging content!
@BSIII4 ай бұрын
Because of Klaus Schwab and the WEF
@SeaCowsBeatLobsters3 ай бұрын
Latest attempt to distract credulous right wingers from the actual issues.
@grisbjorn97913 ай бұрын
It probably is political for some people. For me though I don't think of insects as food. I get a deeply uncomfortable repulsive reaction to the though of chewing on bugs. Very different from just not enjoying certain foods. I can't help it and honestly I don't want to change that. I am fascinated that a lot of people don't seem to feel this way though.
@HighMarx3 ай бұрын
Since Western society stopped eating bugs, it's become thought of as "primitive", "poor", "foreign" in the US. Also note the converse: red meat is conceived as masculine and American. As the climate crisis intensifies, there's pressure to change the status quo (Americans consuming ridiculous amounts of meat) as the ecological impacts of animal agriculture are obvious. Many right-wing people feel threatened by this. Over time, internet discourse (largely on 4chan) evolved from "the leftists want us to eat bugs, I'm never giving up my steak" to a full-blown conspiracy theory that "global elites" want to enslave the masses and make them eat bugs. Hence the phrase "I will not eat the bugs" actually containing more meaning, being coded speech expressing support of this concept without saying it explicitly (similar to "let's go Brandon") TL;DR: it's highly political due to a right-wing narrative that "the other" (leftists/shadow government/whoever) wants to force them to eat insects
@christinacampbell55794 ай бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the shellfish allergy. No one ever does, and it is really dangerous for this type of allergy.
@Curleclark3 ай бұрын
"The wings, the legs...they don't bug me at all." They don't BUG you...hahaha! Nicely placed pun.
@lovingit15384 ай бұрын
My pup used to dig these up..she loved them
@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group4 ай бұрын
I used to play with them when I was a kid. I’ve handled thousands of them and I never got bitten.
@Agustina-ko4um4 ай бұрын
Because these don't bite.
@Cheese-is-its-own-food-group4 ай бұрын
@@Agustina-ko4um exactly! 😊
@firebreathingcow4 ай бұрын
I fed one to a praying mantis once
@SonofHermes74 ай бұрын
@@Cheese-is-its-own-food-groupwhat do you mean they don't bite one of them stuck that little mouth part into my arm and it hurt
@Stacey09094 ай бұрын
@@SonofHermes7 same! 🤭🤪
@mindofmadness55934 ай бұрын
I've read of people eating Locusts in the bible. Have wondered if they were eating Cicadas and we just use the diffremt name now. I've eaten mealworms and crickets. Both are eas to raise and, for those who are squeemish, dehydrating, grinding into a power and cooking into soups works.
@OhioWolf943 ай бұрын
I raise crickets for that purpose on my property. I don't eat a lot of regular meats, a texture thing, but if crickets are dehydrated and ground down, they don't taste bad and it adds a lot of protein to dishes. My crickets are mostly fed table scraps (onions peels, potato peels, occasional carrot tops, stuff like that).
@twilightgardenspresentatio63843 ай бұрын
Locust are eaten across the world. Taste like shrimp from what I hear
@darcieclements4880Ай бұрын
Different continents. They were talking about locust. Eating locust used to be extremely common worldwide and there's even a species that disappeared from excessive harvest though some people speculate it changed its behavior based on environmental factors rather than straight up going extinct, that's a question we probably won't be able to answer. That said locust are more labor-intensive to prepare than cicadas.
@HoldFast-un2fc4 ай бұрын
Everything wants to eat these things especially cats and fish but I have wondered a long time if they could be eaten by real humans. Great video!
@foad-esad4 ай бұрын
I spent a lot of time in China from 2015 - 2018, I've eaten things that most western folks would gag at the thought of eating, and I absolutely loved it. Food is so cheap and fresh in China.
@Wolf-md2ui4 ай бұрын
How was that gutter oil 😂
@LetHimRead4 ай бұрын
Fresh and China is an oxymoron lol. Did you try the spit oil or the pee beer? How about the formaldehyde veggies or lymph node pork, mmmhmmm tasty.
@Joeslette4 ай бұрын
Im down for more of this. Its really useful information in a survival sense too. I'll try any food at least once
@chaoticstupidwarlock86354 ай бұрын
That's so cool! I don't live in cicada area, but I want to try some if I'm given the chance someday. I've been following your channel for a bit now, and it's so helpful with my foraging journey! You post videos right as stuff gets ripe in my area and I'm having tons of fun! Don't worry about all the people commenting negatively, more interaction with your video means more people will see it!
@zarynt10894 ай бұрын
Found in GA lowland forest emerging around American Sycamore, Sweetgum, Maple, and River Birch. Adult form seen feeding on a young Sweetgum. The Sycamore did have a massive poison Ivy vine over 2 inches in diameter growing on it. Hundreds scrambled to cling to this vine causing the leaves and branches to sag. Not sure if it was just a coincidence or if they were attracted to it.
@LZH130674 ай бұрын
While I personally hope to never HAVE to eat ANY bugs...I'm not naive enough to know we may one day not have a choice...Especially, the poor. I loved the video (I did have to look away when you stuck them in the boiling water...and I grew up watching my uncles fry frog legs...anyone who has seen that, knows what I mean lol, but absolutely LOVE frog legs!). With that being said...I'd prefer harvesting my own than to be tricked in to what is trying to be pushed on us by sneaking it in to our food...which they're already doing! Looks like I may be the minority here...but I appreciated the info and would enjoy similar ever so often.
@NjorunsDream4 ай бұрын
Exactly. 100% agree with what you’ve said here. I used to live in Latin America and have tried crickets before, and I’m honestly not bothered by the taste. And I also don’t mind the idea of willingly supplementing with bugs to get protein. What I absolutely do mind, is that certain elites are pushing for a two-tier system where rich people can eat whatever they want, and poor people have to be deprived of heme-iron rich foods like beef, while they sneak bugs into our products and pretend that’s not what they’re doing when they’ve already been caught. I also have to question whether said bugs are the same natural bugs you and I can get in our yards, or GMO bugs that they’re using to force something else on us like they tried to do a few years ago. Something really strange and creepy is happening on the societal level. I don’t have a weird superiority complex about bug eating, I’ve had it before, but I don’t like the direction things are going in the world.
@NjorunsDream4 ай бұрын
100% agree with you here, on both matters
@MrJdamnBro4 ай бұрын
They're not tricking anybody. They've been using insect and insect products in our food for decades
@anonymousthesneaky2204 ай бұрын
"Do you think that they're going to remove every last bug from a final product such as flour?" Vegan's worst nightmare.
@eugenetswong4 ай бұрын
Not even close. Exact opposite.
@HeroBComplex4 ай бұрын
@eugenetswong When I was vegan, for 6 years, and bought products online, I'd always see questions involving bugs in food from vegans. It's funny how now vegans seem to be okay with bugs being on the menu, if only as a replacement for meat... Funny how things change. Best wishes!
@eugenetswong4 ай бұрын
@@HeroBComplex We don't want it for ourselves. It's very logical. At 1 time, they might have been concerned about bits in grains, but many don't care anymore, since it means less suffering. A few thousand accidental bugs vs. millions of deliberate mammals, right?
@HeroBComplex4 ай бұрын
@@eugenetswong Insects are alive just as much as any other animal. Accidental insect deaths are fine, but more insect deaths for the purpose of consumption isn't better than eating a cow or a chicken. Why? Because you'd be killing way more animals in order to sustain people at the same level of calories. Knowingly eating a bug or a cow is the same in terms of 1 life = 1 life, neither one's more moral than the other, but you'd have to kill a lot of bugs to equal a cow. I was vegan for over 6 years and ate as balanced and clean as possible, but as time went on I had way less energy and found myself being way too sensitive to everything. I'm okay with veganity, obviously I was one, it just wasn't something my body could handle. Best wishes all the same on your path ahead!
@eugenetswong4 ай бұрын
@@HeroBComplexI wasn't advocating before you on the goal of eating insects. Eating insects causes less harm in the environment. They definitely suffer less, when you can kill them easily. You have a interesting point about less lives per calorie, but it's not good enough. Some lives do have more value. Maybe you should try the vegan diets that competitive vegan athletes use.
@jamescecil34174 ай бұрын
I'll send some to Klaus Schwab.
@EL-Ki-Yanas4 ай бұрын
Too late. He was arrested at his home in Switzerland. Delta squad got him while he was in bed hooked up to a machine giving him an IV drip of that "A" word. The darkness will come to light ✨️
@almirria67534 ай бұрын
I'm sorry I can not bring myself to do that, But they do make great fish bait for larger game fish that I will eat
@Izik88904 ай бұрын
I would be very interested in more videos on the topic. Multiple cultures practice this. It should totally be normalised. We need more options, even if it's not for everyone. Especially in a survival situation eating bugs is the best bet for many people. Hunting can be hard and dangerous - you need skill and tools - this is easy! Thanks a lot!
@katie77484 ай бұрын
Should we eat cats and dogs like some people do, too??
@delve_4 ай бұрын
Totally agree! We really need to catch up on what a lot of people already know: Insects are a delicious, nutritious, sustainable, and ethical source of food!
@dylan-52874 ай бұрын
There's indigenous tribes that would eat people after they passed away as part of their rituals. I think many of us are just so far down the line of "don't eat bugs, don't eat people, etc" that it would be a pretty big mental hang up to get over. I love meat but if it came down to it I'd go vegan and just stick to plants if necessary.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
@@katie7748 ah yes, an insect is just as sentient as a mammal
@anonymousthesneaky2204 ай бұрын
@@katie7748 How much thought did you put into the connection between cicadas and cats and dogs? Just wondering, like, how much time you spent, because I really hope it was under 5 seconds.
@wpridgen48534 ай бұрын
Nice video dude. I've never seen the dark cicadas before, they're green where I grew up with them. I was really excited when I heard the cicadas would be in bloom this year, I grew up pruning trees in W. Texas and one day I realized that I hadn't seen nor heard a cicada in years.. I saw one the other day and it was a surprisingly nostalgic moment, took me back to the treetops as a kid accidentally planting a hand on one and having it go off like some kind of demented car alarm..😂
@-Diana4694 ай бұрын
I would like more videos like this, for survival when shtf. I prefer mine gathered by myself than something sold at a market.
@johnwbrown08294 ай бұрын
I just ate a Ladino clover flower from my yard after watching that video. I wish you would do one on eating locusts like John the Baptist.
@marknesselhaus43764 ай бұрын
Ditto on John the Baptist as I always wondered if he ate them raw or prepared, either in honey or cooked.
@Di172274 ай бұрын
Just recently found out it was the locust Bean that grew in that region, not an actual insect. 🤯 I always wondered about that too, how wild honey and bugs would be enough to sustain a grown man all year long:)
@johnwbrown08294 ай бұрын
I have heard that about the locust tree. I don’t know which is correct. Either or both would make an interesting video.
@anyascelticcreations4 ай бұрын
One of the most important food sources for bears in some areas is moth larvae. Apparently it's essential for their ability to put on enough weight for the winter. If I remember correctly those same bears will rip apart bee hives to get the larvea and the honey, too. If that kind of thing is so important to bears I would think it could sustain a human too. @@Di17227
@Agustina-ko4um4 ай бұрын
@steelmote Grasshoppers and locusts are 2 very different things. They do not transform nor shapeshift.
@grhinson4 ай бұрын
You will eat C bugz....K.S.
@yamaquh4 ай бұрын
As someone who loved freeze dried crickets as a kid I can vouch that this would probably be pretty good.
@adreabrooks114 ай бұрын
I'd love to see some more in-depth cicada-cookery! Also, it sounds like you're planning on trying some other types of invertebrates. I've had crickets and earthworms in the past, and found them both enjoyable; I'd love to see your forays in this regard.
@MichaelRay3804 ай бұрын
I’ve found them around Bradford pears pretty frequently
@thephenom7244 ай бұрын
I've had one before. I put some lemon pepper seasoning and roasted it in the oven. It was crunchy, kinda like bacon a little. I've got my calendar set for the next cicada harvest in my region in Northeast Ohio
@haroldfinberg80034 ай бұрын
Some survival trainings require forest foraging. Food can be found everywhere except Antarctica. Unless near the shore
@theflameviper21544 ай бұрын
Huh, I'm oddly very interested in this
@ninajawnyj60914 ай бұрын
Im going to make a receipe... and try them. Dipped in Egg and Powdered Garlic Floured and Deep fried...
@Wowdude.4 ай бұрын
Klaus put you up to this?
@Juliegsus4 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly!
@xmobile.4 ай бұрын
🐛 eat ze bugz 🐛
@EL-Ki-Yanas4 ай бұрын
Klaus was removed from his home in Switzerland, in which a gun fight broke out. Klaus had around 30 body guards too. Delta squad took at least one casualty but completed the job. When they got to him, he was in bed hooked up to a machine with an IV drip of that "A" word. The darkness will come to light ✨️ Salem 💚💙💜
@Wowdude.4 ай бұрын
@@EL-Ki-Yanas we can't stop here.~ this is bat country
@HollettHikes4 ай бұрын
Haha!!! I thought it was Bill
@Who_diss8114 ай бұрын
Well never did I think I would want to eat a bug but I might have to try this.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
the amount of people here saying they refuse to eat bugs. why are you even here then?
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
also who the hell is Klause Schabb?
@amandataylor764 ай бұрын
@@dr_spwewpsI suggest you start researching The World Economic Forum.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
also you should try deep fried turantula. it tastes like soft shell crab
@mrjgilbert4 ай бұрын
It’s best to ignore these people but here’s the background: Krause Schwab is the president of The World Economic Forum. The WEF made sustainable protein sources a part of their goals. The group is big on combatting climate change and world hunger (as they fly private and eat steaks). I totally understand disliking these rich, pretentious hypocrites BUT it’s super silly that so many people suddenly think ANY reference to eating bugs is some paid propaganda campaign. I hope most normal people can just appreciate the great info in the video.
@rachellestringer4 ай бұрын
@dr_spwewps yeah i gotta hear this. Someone said he was straight up Raided and 💀ed
@joycemonty42624 ай бұрын
Yes, show us how to fry them.
@HealthisHeaven14 ай бұрын
I wanna try this. Please make more entomophogy vids. Thanks for this upload.
@kmnremtp4 ай бұрын
Thanks for your experimenting!
@baddriversofcolga4 ай бұрын
This video really brought out the kooks in the comments...
@WobblesandBean4 ай бұрын
Imagine being this angry and announcing your unsubbing over this, that doesn't even affect you. I'm seeing all these dudes being squeamish, so far none of them women. Just dudes throwing tantrums.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
seems like a ton of them are weird conservatives who believe in some weird conspiracy theory
@anonymousthesneaky2204 ай бұрын
@@WobblesandBean Agreed
@SaxonRanger944 ай бұрын
Kooks? Conspiracy theories? 😂 grow up
@Whiztlex4 ай бұрын
@@dr_spwewpsWEF is not a conspiracy theory
@elijahsanders35474 ай бұрын
As long as your not forcing or tricking people into eating them, or hiding information about them (like the pathogins), and not trying to get rid of farm animals or hunting, then be my guest :) This was a very interesting video, and good information. Thank you.
@rachellestringer4 ай бұрын
Get rid of big farm, bring back local meat
@FriendOrFoe.4 ай бұрын
Lobster and crabs are grosser Since they eat shit and rotting flesh but the cicadas are eating like roots and plants and shit
@elijahsanders35474 ай бұрын
@@FriendOrFoe. True enough, doesn't mean you can just waver any negatives of bugs though. And is anyone forcing you to eat crab and lobster, and saying you can't eat cicadas?
@FriendOrFoe.4 ай бұрын
@@elijahsanders3547 nobody is forcing people to eat bugs I first ate bugs when I went camping with my dad we got roasted crickets covered in cheese powerd to me they were just weird chips not bad at all lobster and crab was considered gross poor people food back in the day now its considered fancy rich people food just saying things change you can still eat steak and shit like that humans have been eating bugs for thousands of years - leviticus 11 "you may eat any kind of locust Katy did or grasshopper" John the Baptist was known to eat locust and honey
@elijahsanders35474 ай бұрын
@@FriendOrFoe. I'm ok with people eating bugs if they want to, and yes, John The Baptist did eat wild locasts. But based on my understanding, globalists do want people to eat bugs, and don't want them eating beef (and quite honestly, it's none of their business, and their agendas seem to usually do more harm than good in my opinion). I'm not sure, but it could be being used as an additive as well. And farmers have been being targeted over the last few years with government overreach.
@LeaveMeAlonePlz4 ай бұрын
I vill not eat zee bugz
@katie77484 ай бұрын
Me neither! All these people who insist it's a cOnSpiRacY ThEorY (some of which sound actually eager 😳 ) can have my share.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
@@katie7748 you do realize that people can just, like, enjoy how they taste, yes? not everything is about some guy nobody knows about saying people should eat bugs
@firebreathingcow4 ай бұрын
Yeah normally I’m all for telling the WEF to go to hell, but I think there is a notable difference between a foraging KZbinr saying “here’s a great source of protein you can exploit” and a massive international organization with ambitions to be a governing body saying “you will live in the pod, eat zee bugs, and own nothing and be happy”
@Foragers_Cross4 ай бұрын
The WEF doesn't just want you eating bugs, they want you eating their bugs to make them millions. I would imagine they hate the idea of you going out and harvesting your own, since they hate anything that makes you self sufficient.
@AmateurHistorian9994 ай бұрын
@@katie7748Conspiracy theory? ~scratching my head~
@neetvillage4 күн бұрын
thank you for your work, eating insects just makes so much more sense than mass farming meat. it's insane how adverse US culture is to eating insects. we could make such a big difference and be way healthier man
@Joe_C.4 ай бұрын
You vill eat zee bugs! 😜
@Fartrellcluggins694 ай бұрын
Let's hope natural selection takes care of the conspiracy theorists...
@Joe_C.4 ай бұрын
@@Fartrellcluggins69, I think you mean the 'conspirators'
@Fartrellcluggins694 ай бұрын
@@Joe_C. I dont...
@Joe_C.4 ай бұрын
@@Fartrellcluggins69, so what you're saying is that we currently live in a utopia where people have and have had humanities best interests always at the forefront... Eschewing personal, political, financial, deviant, and megalomaniacal interests
@Fartrellcluggins694 ай бұрын
@Joe_C. what I'm say8ng is trash brained people are trash. To think there is some conspiracy to get you to eat bugs shows you shouldn't be free.
@kyyurtman14164 ай бұрын
I prefer my cicadas fried and then dipped in chocolate. You can sprinkle some sea salt on top or large granular sugar before the chocolate firms up. . Place on a wax paper lined baking sheet and freeze then bag.
@NjorunsDream4 ай бұрын
This is have they cook them in Mexico
@rivergirlfishinfor244 ай бұрын
Hope we get them up here in Todd, NC!! Putting it on the menu. Thanks Jessie!! 🧡🙌🏻
@Komediennekymd20094 ай бұрын
I'm in Missouri. They're driving ppl crazy. Super loud!
@ladyrabbit27284 ай бұрын
If I want to eat bugs I’ll just eat Tyson products.
@Kizsaip4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂💎
@davidjohnsonsr1st4 ай бұрын
Do you eat lobster, shrimp, or crawfish? Genetically they are as close to cockroaches as you can get. They are water roaches.
@crocodilopolis2 ай бұрын
Then don't eat them, and just move on when other people do
@davidjohnsonsr1st2 ай бұрын
@@crocodilopolisexcuse me? Are you assuming I don’t eat them? I NEVER said I don’t eat them. So before you attack my comment, get your facts straight first.
@caragare32144 ай бұрын
No thank u
@greylandrum91644 ай бұрын
I've been seeing tons of them gathered on the red maples planted around my apartment building. They weren't burrowed there but they are gathering there.
@Arisaem4 ай бұрын
I don't eat any animals but if there was nothing else, I'd eat bugs.
@thschnick4 ай бұрын
Bugs are people too
@dd75214 ай бұрын
😂😂😂@@thschnick
@danielscarbrough43634 ай бұрын
That's funny...I don't eat plants...nope! LOL..I'd eat weird stuff too if nothing else. We are overdue for a massive CME...no power grid! We may sample a bug or two before it's over! But I do LOVE ANIMALS (some taste really good too) If no one has your back...bug out with jerky and kraut.
@michaelhart82884 ай бұрын
You've been sick more times than you can count the last 5 years haven't you?
@HeroBComplex4 ай бұрын
@@michaelhart8288You might very well be right because while I was vegan, 6 years, I'd convince myself over and over that I was healthier than when I ate meat. I was wrong, even though I ate a balanced diet I got weaker and weaker. I finally caved and am in better shape than I ever was as a vegan. It may work for some but not for me... Best wishes!
@MyBizGuide84 ай бұрын
Good video! If we had them here (WA state) I'd definitely eat them
@wolfmaus134 ай бұрын
Yes, please, more bug videos. Resourcing what's around us is important. Recipes are also great
@jeaniewelch91983 ай бұрын
I think I will save them for my chickens and turkeys!!!
@dianaespinoza76444 ай бұрын
What do they taste like? Is it similar to shrimp??
@mjrewerts4 ай бұрын
My Cherokee mother said they taste kind of nutty.
@tigeraterra694 ай бұрын
please do Japanese knot weed a wonderful, high in silica herb. (or invasive species depending) incredible medicinal
@mnforager4 ай бұрын
This is so good. Thanks for the video Feral Foraging!
@michellemarkham18162 ай бұрын
Two of my dogs loved to eat them so much it was entertaining watching them compete for the cicadas
@Tay66.4 ай бұрын
Oak going in the middle of a field with some small oaks around it General on Oak tree with grasses around it
@tamara252524 ай бұрын
Does anyone know if he mentioned to the texture? I really want to know what the texture is like before trying them.
@okiejammer27364 ай бұрын
OMG. My first video of yours, and you're saying to eat big bugs? .. Now that's a forager talking! New Subscriber. 😊
@ladiesgentswegothim4 ай бұрын
Have chickens. Chickens eat the bugs. Human eats the chickens.
@darleneschreiber94154 ай бұрын
And that's just as it should be!
@Agustina-ko4um4 ай бұрын
Real reality. Bugs are not food for human kind. If some choose to eat bugs, does absolutely not mean I have to. Common sense. Besides that, what about any food allergies, now that cricket powder is being added to food under the guise of some other name. Best cook and bake at home, from simple one ingredient items.
@Therubbersluggchannel4 ай бұрын
And your point is ? Skip the chicken?
@joaquinmurrieta89124 ай бұрын
Birds are able to digest Chitin... humans, not so much...
@modeman41004 ай бұрын
@@joaquinmurrieta8912 this is false and disproven years ago human gastric juices contain chitinase the enzyme that dissolves chitin. If there was a problem with eating insect we would already have seen it happening within the current existing cultures that eat insects regularly.
@cynthiacollins26684 ай бұрын
I do want to figure out how to preserve them for my chickens later!
@looknailittlechannel4 ай бұрын
Try freezing them
@cynthiacollins26684 ай бұрын
@@looknailittlechannel I don't have that much freezer space. 😪
@gracequalls97704 ай бұрын
@@cynthiacollins2668I wonder if after boiling they could be dried?
@tommydijulio4 ай бұрын
If you made more videos about cooking and eating bugs, I'd watch them for sure!
@beckypeak93734 ай бұрын
We found a ton around the Logan Martin Lake in Lincoln AL. There were 2 trees they were flying all around them, one was a mulberry, one was a fallen log that was at the bottom of the 2 trees, I was so excited to find a mulberry, I didn't think to find out what the other tree was. But my son wants to try to eat one.😊😮
@safety-awareness-tuesday4 ай бұрын
A bit of a risky video, great job! Thanks for the knowledge
@veranichole19814 ай бұрын
OMG 18:53 please do! There are so many. I’ve only ever tried crickets and meal worms (the ones that are poofy and covered in cheese dust). But I hear ants are good. I also hear crickets can taste like what you feed them. So if you have some mint going wild make mint flavored crickets. I haven’t tried them. A question: I forage so I’m not as worried. How do you ensure bugs are “food grade”? I assume same caution as foraging plants but you never know.
@tamibrink85694 ай бұрын
Protein, tasty, hungry, Im in 😊. Your video shows the research and brain work . Thank you !
@jacklandismusic4 ай бұрын
Locusts aren’t “closely related” to grasshoppers. They *are* grasshoppers. When there is an abundance of edible plant material for them, their populations grow. Physical contact with each other boost serotonin levels in grasshoppers. Serotonin causes the change to locust. The more grasshoppers there are, the more they bump into each other. The more they bump into each other, the more serotonin is released. The more serotonin released, the more likely the next generation will become locusts. Those locusts are more active, more aggressive, and more destructive to plants.
@anonymousthesneaky2204 ай бұрын
Found a whole bunch on a hackberry tree!
@autumnstoptwo3 ай бұрын
shroom cicadas were not what I expected to discover in this video but I'm delighted that I did 😂😂
@trueHerpnerd4 ай бұрын
I hate when people say that bugs are the sustainable option it only makes sense because The Whole system has become unsustainable. Cows go out and eat grass and covert that into meat, oil, leather, and other products, they are not meant to eat grains. They have been raised sustainably for thousands of years.
@LGrian4 ай бұрын
Cattle are only “sustainable” in certain regions and at certain numbers, which makes them viable protein for only a fraction of the existing human population. Would it be nice if we could get down to 500 million or so, with zero poverty, and the ability to eat whatever we like without dire consequences? Yes but that’s not happening in our lifetime. So why not promote more sustainable natural protein sources accessible to everyone? I don’t understand the problem. Insects are eaten in many cultures, and crustaceans are just water insects anyway.
@tarajoyce35982 ай бұрын
18,000 milk cows in a single barn is not sustainable. Refer to Texas barn fire 2022 or 2023 Millions of chickens destroyed for avian flu in Pennsylvania. Meat is no longer family farmed except for rare "pleasure" farms. You have to have big money to be a small farmer now a days.
@trueHerpnerd2 ай бұрын
@@tarajoyce3598 “it only makes sense because The Whole system has become unsustainable.” Your comment reaffirms what I said and proves that you are unable to read properly before commenting.
@tarajoyce35982 ай бұрын
@@trueHerpnerd What a snide reply to a supporting comment.
@tarajoyce35982 ай бұрын
@@trueHerpnerd I was simply correcting have been to had been.
@zigman31053 ай бұрын
I watched this longer than I should have
@crystalguerrero75423 ай бұрын
These are things you'll need to know if Trump gets back in office and we live like Russia
@Agm1995gamer4 ай бұрын
Protein in bugs is mostly indigestible thanks to it being in their chitin exoskeleton. Same goes to mushrooms.
@xerrias4 ай бұрын
interesting
@ohsnapitsgeneva4 ай бұрын
Can you back this up? I am very curious.
@oztrich244 ай бұрын
@@ohsnapitsgenevaLook it up online. The info is there, especially since the new push by TPTB for us to eat insects.
@gracequalls97704 ай бұрын
I just googled it and 70-90% IS digestible after the exoskeleton so this is some misinformation
@cynthiacollins26684 ай бұрын
I've always wondered if eating grubs would be like shrimp.
@notmyworld444 ай бұрын
This is good! I have eaten several types of insects, and I am disgusted with the American's general attitude towards them. All hopping insects are biblically Kosher, and many other types are absolutely delicious and nutritious.
@guidedexplosiveprojectileg99434 ай бұрын
You eat wasps?
@notmyworld444 ай бұрын
@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 The larvae of wasps are delicious roasted.
@guidedexplosiveprojectileg99434 ай бұрын
@@notmyworld44 You just waltz up to a wasp nest and take a few?
@WillSurvive2TheEnd4 ай бұрын
I don't know what state you're in but I'm in Sylacauga Alabama and I can hear the exact same sound there as I hear here. sounds like a water faucet running on low. a constant hissing sound. crazy.
@iamreiver4 ай бұрын
So it's like crayfish/crawdads. Best way to prepare them is to steam them with some old bay seasoning.
@pallasproserpina41184 ай бұрын
the cicadas are emerging in the chicago area, gonna try them as soon as i can find them
@oddiocurtiss4 ай бұрын
No
@The_Crucible714Ай бұрын
The “super-fresh” ones don’t “bug” him. 😂
@Idrinklight444 ай бұрын
Id bet different tree varieties have Cicadas that taste like tree
@WobblesandBean4 ай бұрын
Very interesting theory! The larvae feed off of plant roots, while the adults feed off of tree trunks. While you can't guarantee that the ones you're gathering have been feeding off of the roots of the trees they're climbing on, I'm very curious to see if ones gathered from one area tastes different from another.
@Idrinklight444 ай бұрын
I'm definitely going to play with the idea. I'm pretty big into beneficial bacteria and just read they have several very unique strains in them.
@Eskoteric4 ай бұрын
This is really well made video
@TheHalfBlackReaper4 ай бұрын
Great video! I will definitely try to get some when they emerge near me
@SuprememessageNG4 ай бұрын
Not saying I WILL but is eating the ones with the fungus dangerous or merely psychoactive
@rachellestringer4 ай бұрын
Right 😂😂😂 these are the correct questions.... for uh, science 👀
@marknesselhaus43764 ай бұрын
Up until now I have always avoided eating insects or even just trying. However, those deep fried ones looked pretty good so if the timing is just right then I just might have a go at preparing some.
@rockvillemike60624 ай бұрын
Could you put them on a Pizza?
@catinreno97974 ай бұрын
Nope, not gonna eat bugs. Especially not when there's plenty of great plants to forage.
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
then dont watch the video?
@catinreno97974 ай бұрын
@dr_spwewps everyone has the right to an opinion. I didn't bash anyone, so what's the purpose of your reply? I'm just saying it's not for me. Believe me, there are plenty of videos all over the net that I don't watch. I happen to be a subscriber, so I'm commenting with my opinion. In the words of Yukon Cornelius, "You eat what you like, I'll eat what I like!" 😁
@dr_spwewps4 ай бұрын
i see. a lot of people here saying they wont eat bugs are talking about some weird conspiracy theory
@catinreno97974 ай бұрын
@dr_spwewps while I certainly don't subscribe to many conspiracy theories, K. Schwabb, from the W.E.F. did say something about eating bugs. And that seems to be a new celebrity trend. So, yeah, I can see why they're saying that. Moral of the story, not all conspiracy theories are true, but there are actual conspiracies. Anyone remember the Kennedy assassination? But I digress. For me, I won't be eating bugs unless I'm starving and lost in the woods, and there's nothing safe to forage. Lol.
@gregorywellssr78572 ай бұрын
You really needed Renfield in this vid. A meme from the Dracula from '31.