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AACHEN, Germany (Reuters) -Supermarket shoppers in the western German city of Aachen have stepped out of their comfort zone to sample insect burgers made of buffalo worms.
The worms, highly nutritious due to their high protein content, are the larvae of buffalo beetles and are bred in the Netherlands.
Served in rolls with lettuce, onions and tomatoes, they are being offered to customers at a supermarket in Aachen where they have just been added to the stock range after proving successful in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Baris Oezel, one of the founders of the start-up called Bugfoundation that makes the burgers, said he spent four years working on the concept along with company co-founder Max Kraemer.
The pair got the idea after traveling together to southeast Asia, where it is not uncommon to eat insects.
"It's quite simple. You have to create an aesthetic product that looks good and doesn't show any insects," Oezel said, adding that people were attracted by the smell of the burgers. "And we have people who say: You're not seriously doing that?!"
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Adrahil
(13,340 posts)dalton99a
(81,568 posts)Creamed corn with foie gras and crispy crickets with buckwheat is served at the Aphrodite restaurant in Nice, France, in 2013. DIDIER BAVEREL / Getty Images File
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)and I think the planet would be better off. Any way to cut meat consumption is a win in my book.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)meadowlander
(4,402 posts)I would eat worm burgers if the texture and flavour were good.
I had an ant once but it was absolutely nasty and bitter tasting and the bits got stuck in my throat.
It is kind of a funny cultural barrier. I love shrimp and lobster and they are basically just cockroaches of the sea. If you can find similarly yummy insects and present them well, I think people could eventually get over it.
I would eat a shrimp-quality bug burger before I would eat something grown in a lab.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)A cricket a day keeps the doctor away.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,362 posts)... one large insect, six drumsticks!
WooHoo!
Carving at table might be challenging when the main course has an exoskeleton.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)No way would I eat that.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)backtoblue
(11,345 posts)Great for compost, eating, fishing. I might have to become a worm farmer...
robbob
(3,537 posts)One of the entrants went full bug; chicken noodle soup with, you guessed it, whole earthworms instead of noodles!
Ive never looked at chicken noodle soup the same...
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)You're no fan of spaghetti?
robbob
(3,537 posts)😁
dembotoz
(16,826 posts)This stuff is a viable option
If priced right it becomes viable