For a beverage I'll take coffee, thanks.
"UN says eating insects good for health, environment" Associated Press, May 14, 2013
I expect them to be coming to elite buffet and dining tables soon.
ROME — The latest weapon in the United Nations’ fight against hunger, global warming, and pollution might be flying by right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets, and livestock.
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The condition seems to be chronic.
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Nope, nothing about that in my agenda-pushing Globe. Some things are way more important than other things.
The United Nations cites appetizing benefits: reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creating jobs in developing countries, and feeding millions of hungry people.
I guess we are going to have to since Fukushima radiation has destroyed the Pacific and the BP oil leak polluted the Gulf.
An estimated two billion people eat insects, largely in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Scientists who have studied the nutritional value of insects have found that red ants, small grasshoppers, and some water beetles pack enough protein to rank with lean ground beef, while having less fat per gram. Edible insects also provide fiber and contain useful minerals.
Insects, pink slime, what's the difference? If it's beef at all.
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The next thing you know they will be saying you should eat shit.
Related:
"Every table was set with a single fresh rose (from the rose gardens outside, I was told) and a full complement of three forks, two knives, and two spoons in silver plate..... The buffet tables could have graced a high-end ocean liner. I watched a gentleman in colorful African garb pile his plate with slices of roast sirloin and potatoes mashed with feta cheese. A post-retirement-age couple from the East Side scarfed up most of the egg rolls, though more came out quickly....
I made for the roast leg of lamb with rosemary sauce after I filled my salad plate with chilled asparagus and slices of a duck and pork terrine.... fresh tomato soup and bowls of pasta primavera.... The dessert buffet table practically groaned under a spread of apple and pumpkin pies, cheesecakes, tarts, half a dozen cheeses, sliced fruits, bowls of berries, and, off to one side, three urns of ice cream."
I didn't see insects anywhere.
Maybe a pickle would help get 'em down:
"Assault prompted by ‘too many pickles,’ police say
A Quincy woman faces an assault charge saying she punched a restaurant worker for putting too many pickles on her steak-and\-cheese sandwich, police said Monday. Tina Drouin, 49, ordered the sub from Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs in the Quincy Center subway and commuter rail station at about 2 p.m. Saturday, said MBTA Transit police. Drouin started loudly complaining, used a profanity, and made other derogatory comments about the ratio of certain ingredients as the worker prepared the sandwich, Transit Police said. Finally, she demanded a refund. The worker refused. Police said that is when Drouin punched the female worker in the face and pushed over two large pickle jars."
What else is on the Globe's menu for today?
"Yum Brands Inc., which owns KFC, said same-store sales in China fell 29 percent in April amid concern about the safety of its chicken and the spread of bird flu. There is no evidence avian flu can be contracted from eating cooked chicken, Yum noted; it expects publicity fueling the sales collapse to be short-lived. Yum, which also operates Pizza Hut and the Asian fast-food chain East Dawning and Little Sheep Group Hot Pot in China, generates over half its sales in China."
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Haven't seen anything in my Globe since.
Also see:
"Yum Brands reported better-than-expected net income for its first quarter
but the parent company of KFC warned that a new strain of bird flu in
China is hurting the chicken chain’s efforts to recover from an earlier
controversy over its suppliers. The fast-food company, which also owns
Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, stood by its full-year forecast. For the
quarter, Yum said it earned $337 million. Revenue fell."
What was that last bit?
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Didn't really hurt Yum, did it?
Maybe you should just stick with McDonald's, American.
