Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Crawlies for dinner. I find the thought creepy.
As a generation I know that we’re extremely lucky to be able to eat all kinds of foods all the year round.
We want a pineapple? We go to the supermarket and buy one for a couple of quid – conveniently pre-prepared for us if we like. Fancy a coffee? Role on down to Starbucks and order a flat white. Need some milk? Will that be organic, full cream, skimmed, semi-skimmed, jersey, Goat’s, soy or rice?
The list could go on. But it’s worth remembering that we’re among the very first generations to have taken this wealth of choice for granted.
A pineapple doesn’t even seem exotic any more, yet only a couple of hundred years ago they were worth more than their weight in gold. Coffee, too, used to sell for a similar premium and milk, well, it was just milk.
The same goes for meat. Supermarket shelves are packed with meat from all over the world – from New Zealand to Iceland – but there is a concern that all this livestock and all these air miles could eventually take their toll on the planet.
As a response to this need for low mileage food, Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers has created a three-course Banquet of Insects for the restaurant at Oxford’s Museum of Natural History. It showcases such delicacies such as worm crisps, grasshopper salsa tacos and chocolate-coated locusts.Apparently, just as we’re all being asked to become car insurance customers for electronic vehicles in preference to gas-guzzlers, we should all be considering insects as sustainable and locally sourced food.
Nice idea, but I’m going to take some convincing. What do other young drivers think?
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Labels: electronic vehicles, low mileage, young driver
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posted by Fuse @ 5:15 AM 
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