silkworms an ideal food source

[HaKKa_Few]

sciencehabit writes "Science reports that silkworms may be an ideal food source for future space missions. They breed quickly, require little space and water, and generate smaller amounts of excrement than poultry or fish. They also contain twice as many essential amino acids as pork does and four times as much as eggs and milk. Even the insect's inedible silk, which makes up 50% of the weight of the dry cocoon, could provide nutrients: The material can be rendered edible through chemical processing and can be mixed with fruit juice, sugar, and food coloring to produce jam."

OMG I'm goin to blow chunks I just know it

[Bubbles_Few]

Sounds like the food they eat on the Ebekenezer.

peace. bubs

[Mepps_Few]

A million years ago when I was in universtity, our entomology class put on a small dinner that was exclusively insects and worms. Tons of people showed up, but only a few actually ate the stuff. Since I had a lot of experience eating Mezcal worms, it wasn't that big of a deal for me (and making sure I was half in the bag at the time helped). I ate some ants and crikets, but couldn't do the big beetles. Silk worm was not bad, but the fried dew-worm was actually pretty tasty!

Here's how you prepare them:

Put the dew-worms in whole wheat flour overnight. The 'lil guys will eat this and it will flush the crunchy sand particles from their system. When you are ready to fry them up (pan fried and deep fried are equally delicious), wash them well and cook them much as you would cook fish (straight up, lightly floured or use a batter).

Serve with your favourite dipping sauce and a nice chardonnay or riesling.

And don't feel bad about ecological impact. Dew-worms are introduced and invasive (they displace native worms). So eat up!