SINGAPORE ALLOWS 16 INSECT SPECIES AS HUMAN FOOD

Singapore’s state food agency is now allowing 16 species of insects for human consumption, and therefore legal to be served at restaurants and food stands. The only caveats are that the bugs cannot be “harvested from the wild,” they must be farmed in government-inspected facilities. If you go to Singapore, here’s what’s on the menu:
– Western honey bee/European honey bee
– Silkworm/silk moth
– Lesser wax moth
– Honeycomb moth/greater wax moth
– Giant Rhino beetle grub
– Whitegrub
– Mealworm
– Lesser mealworm
– Superworm beetles/giant mealworm beetle/king mealworm
– Grasshopper
– American desert locust/desert locust
– African migratory locust
– Black/field cricket/two-spotted cricket
– Common/field cricket
– Banded cricket
– House cricket
* Do they at least dunk ’em in batter and deep-fry ’em?
* No offense, but this is different from the past 3,000 years in Singapore how?
* Just because they’re called mealworms doesn’t mean they make a great meal.
* I’ve eaten some of these things before. I’ve been to summer camp.
* “Waiter, I specifically asked for Banded Cricket, and these are definitely House Crickets.”