Food
Over 1000 species of insects are, or have been used as food somewhere in the world. Entomophagy is common in central and southern Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. Termites, crickets, grasshoppers, locusts, beetles, ants, bee brood, and moth larvae are examples of insects that are used as food sources. Insects are high in protein, energy, and a number of minerals and vitamins and can form up to 5-10% of the annual animal protein consumption of certain indigenous groups . Many insects are said to have a nutty flavour, along with a high nutritional content.
Read more about this topic: Insect Biodiversity
Famous quotes containing the word food:
“The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work, the writer provides food for the prince.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald’s food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and “retro” clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.”
—Jean François Lyotard (b. 1924)
“That food has always been, and will continue to be, the basis for one of our greater snobbisms does not explain the fact that the attitude toward the food choice of others is becoming more and more heatedly exclusive until it may well turn into one of those forms of bigotry against which gallant little committees are constantly planning campaigns in the cause of justice and decency.”
—Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901–1979)