Maggots, an efficient source of protein (smithsonianmag.com)

Makes me think if you can take maggots and make it look like steak would people eat it knowing what it used to be... it's like that video on YouTube of kids watching a guy blend random chicken parts and asking if they'd eat it, then he turns it into a chicken nugget and asks again, all the kids raise their hands.

It's the Snowpiercer food bar

All I can say is silkworm pupae are delicious. Once you get over the ick.

Not this human...

Although probably not

No.

Too much ick IMO.

I can’t think of maggots separately from thinking about what they eat.

Also, cut a maggot up, and pus-like fluids come out of it.

They also contain a lot of poop.

I'll leave this for following generations.

As maggots have been around a lot longer than humans, perhaps there are evolutionary reasons that (in general) humans prefer not to eat them?

Somehow I see how this ends. Steak for upper classes, maggots for the rest of us.

ew! why? Why?

FTFY "Next Superfood for Poor Humans". Hollywood and politicians will shame us for not switching to maggots and roaches that are good for planet, from their jets and $20KK mansions.

never in a fucking million years

never crickets, definitely never maggots

You can also feed the maggots to chickens.

And you will like it! Now, I did not expect this on hacker news

barely off topic, but we feed dehydrated mealworms to the birds outside and they love them. always fun checking out of Tractor Supply saying "nothing goes better on yogurt".

People keep trying to push for this. It won't happen. Masses will go vegan before they eat maggots if we run out of meat.

But why? What problem is this actually solving?

The birthrate is reducing everywhere, we produce more food than the current population can eat. The problem is not production, it's distribution.

This is fodder for right wing populists. Well-meaning environmentalists and animal-rights ethicists desperately need to keep this stuff to themselves.

you vill eat ze bugs und you vill be happy.

If its delicious, and I don't know what its made from, but confirm its healthy. I'll eat it. Ignorance is bliss sometimes.

Watching millions evaporate on new protein sources that people. don't. want. is the ultimate example of founder hubris. Imagine thinking you can overcome the subconcious ick factor most humans have with a product made of nightmare fuel. I kind of appreciate the delusion and commitment but these companies have failed to make insects a) more palatable than traditional food b) cheaper than traditional food c) healthier than traditional food.

These articles have been coming out for I can’t even remember how long - it’s what popular science magazines run when there’s no better news to run. The answer is always the same - no, people are not about to start consuming bugs in large volumes, especially when chicken performs almost as well in feed ratio and produces products that people actually like and consume. Yeah, people always bring up cultures that supposedly love certain insects, but I would bet that those people start eating chicken as soon as it becomes cheap enough. Not to mention that the allergenic potential for insects is almost certainly a lot higher than chicken - I’ve never heard of someone being allergic to chicken, but a ton of people are allergic to shrimp and crab.

At best this is destined to become a potentially higher-quality feed for chickens and pigs.

Tech bros want to feed humans intellectual AI slop and physical maggot slop. Ironically, during the Biden years MAGA complained daily that the WEF wants to make people "eat ze bugs".

We could, instead, simply eat beans.