Now according to some Online sources, you don’t need to purge the mealworms before you eat them, but if I’m going to clean my shrimp (prawns), then the same goes here. Remove any mealworms that are not moving, damaged, or transitioning to the pupal stage. The Darkling beetle remains in the larvae form for up to 90 days, so what you are looking for are mealworms more or less of the size and vigour as in the video below.Īs in the video, get the quantity of mealworms you want into a paper or plastic cup and cover them over with a breathable lid, even some newspaper with an elastic to keep it firmly in place will do. Ensure the mealworms are as hygienic as possible before eating them.Seeing how these mealworms are for you and not the fish, we will need to be very particular about how to prepare them – so two goals here: How you go about farming mealworms for consumption will be covered in great detail for a future post, so for now just sit back and prepare to try something completely different, and hopefully not unpleasant. I will include references to the academic literature where required, and I’d encourage you to do your own research on the matter if at all in doubt. So this will complete the two part series – how to eat them correctly, following on from how NOT to eat them. The information is based on my own personal experiences, starting in 2011. This article is all about the practical aspects of preparing, cooking, and eating mealworms. Very few people that I discuss this with actually take me up on it, and give them a try – even when they agree with the reasons why. It comes up every now and again in places like the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization, which gets a heap of publicity in the mass media for a week or two then goes away. My own thoughts on the matter are that I strongly endorse Entomophagy as a way of life, and am in no doubt that future generations will not think twice about insects derived fats and protein as a part of the standard diet – particularly for those of us with Western lifestyles (and attitudes).īut for now it is quite the taboo, this eating insects thing.
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