And because nearly one billion people worldwide still hungry and there are other good reasons, has the UN Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) is now thought that about 1,000 edible insect species slow on the ground but surely to bring to our western dishes.
maggot tapas with beer?
our countrymen, who were allowed to select from this menu ever are, indeed mostly businessmen. "The Thais eat grubs, grasshoppers, cockroaches and some others, as a snack, usually deep fried and then to the beer," said the German businessman Moritz Janosch (30) from India from its extensive Asian experience. But he himself is not courageous enough to enjoy the creepy-crawlies in their very diverse making facilities.
The FAO puts out on the remarkable benefits of the old tradition, mainly from the forest insects To get the make of man and animals nutritionally satisfied. Forest insects as food by early next year, an action plan to be completed, bringing together for an appetizing campaign to interested countries, organizations and private initiatives.
particularly Thailand has expressed interest in the campaign: There collect or breed 15 000 farmers insects. In China, meanwhile edible scorpions are already nursed in breeding facilities, while it is the mopane caterpillar in Southern Africa, which is billions of times as a food.
But what are the arguments of the FAO that they wish to ask of something from the Old World? On the one hand, more and more people müssen ernährt werden. Andererseits belastet unsere Vorliebe für das saftige Steak die Umwelt und die Ressourcen in kaum mehr zu verantwortender Weise.
Und – gesünder sind essbare Insekten allemal, wenn es um ungesättigte Fettsäuren, viel Eisen, Fett, Mineralien und Vitamine geht. Deshalb stellt ein Papier der UN-Organisation sogar eine Hitliste der wichtigsten essbaren Insekten in der asiatisch-pazifischen Region auf. Darin findet man so nette Tierchen wie den Bambusrohrzünsler, Mistkäfer, Wasserwanzen oder Ameisen und Bienen.
Einer weiterer Vorteil wäre, dass diese Insekten oft dort gesammelt oder gezüchtet werden, wo man normalerweise keine Pestizide anwendet, in the forest. You could be raised by farmers and create jobs in a sustainable way process.
Also: eat crickets as a multiple of less than cattle, sheep or pigs for the amount of protein it - provide the "breeder" then - again as an animal feed. They also produce less greenhouse gases and, in many cases, grown on organic waste.
And - Fun - insects such as bees, dung beetles and ants are also still the eco-system - through pollen transfer, the "processing" of organic waste and Schädlingsvertilgung.
The ladies and gentlemen of The FAO believes that there is only a question of the "processing technologies" is, so that we get people in western countries accept the taste for insects and critters as an acceptable food on your plate.
The whole campaign lies yet in its infancy, but supposedly is a growing interest exists. Dollar question: which insects will make it to the table of the Europeans?
I would say we do with bees, dung beetles and ants. The least we know already. Ants, there are - at least in Mallorca - so many that we eat quietly for a few can. Then we do not just more wild asparagus and mushrooms in the Tramuntana looking for, but ants. And then also, I propose to move on grasshoppers. They look but to be honest, really like prawns. Thus, we would have had a certain connection to the "Mediterranean diet".
Source: aerztezeitung.de
