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Future of food: what's on the menu in 2050 (newsroom.unsw.edu.au)
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Should insect protein become the dietary norm of the future, how will our descendants feel about our reactions to the first insect aisle in the local supermarket? Could we perhaps be the last generation to be seen as true meat eaters?

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But you don't find them utterly disguising?

[–] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Clearly evolution has distinguished ’insects’ from ‘Aquatic Crustaceans’.

[–] Asstronaut@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe calling them Land Crustaceans might help sell them a bit more? How about shellveal or ground kippers?

[–] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe “yummy cockroaches”?