Friday, August 29, 2008

You Can't Get a Burger at the Bug Bistro

globeandmail.com: How to eat fried worms: "HALIFAX — It's the kind of revelation that would have Howard Hughes turning in his grave: The average sleeper ingests four insects a night.

But Mary MacDonald, who offered up this surprising fact, has quite the opposite reaction.

'People have been eating insects for a very long time,' says Ms. MacDonald, a naturalist who works with the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. 'You're already eating bugs, and they're a great source of protein. So why not try them?'"

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