• rDrDr@lemmy.world
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    Not much. It’s mainly just a texture. I think the most flavorful was a type of ant that tasted kind of like a black bean.

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    It depends entirely on the bug and moreso the seasoning. I’ve eaten my share of ants and crickets in Mexico and South East Asia and the taste can vary wildly. I recall tasting the seasoning more than any buggy flavor.

    On a side note, raw goat blood soup tastes exactly like you think it would… never again.

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    I had crickets in laos, they tasted kind of like a bean with some good curry spices added.

    I had sushi that was crusted with ants instead of seaweed in Colombia. It tasted a lot like a dark chocolate.

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    Fried leaf cutter ant queen abdomen (it’s just a ball full of eggs) reminds me of bacon.

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    I’ve eaten fried grasshoppers and similar insects in SE Asia. They taste like crispy pork to me.

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    I ate some chocolate-coated crickets once. I’m not sure what they tasted like, but not chocolate. I also tried cornchips made with cricket flour instead of cornmeal. They didn’t taste much of anything.

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    Once ate a ladybug on a dare when I was a kid.

    Ladybugs are toxic and taste extremely bitter. They taste that way on the way back up, and that taste sticks the fuck around.

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    I had some deep fried crickets once. Just tasted like generic salty snack. Came in little packets my coworking place used to get as samples from various snack companies.