Comments on: The No-Budget Diners’ Guide: How to Survive on Dirt, Bugs, Bark & Leather http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: gilliebean http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-252187 gilliebean Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:28:39 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-252187 The problem with eating soil is that in North American, most of it has been depleted of it's minerals. If you're gonna each soil, find a patch that has a lot of animals pooping in it! The problem with eating soil is that in North American, most of it has been depleted of it’s minerals. If you’re gonna each soil, find a patch that has a lot of animals pooping in it!

]]> By: PunKid http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-248628 PunKid Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:00:16 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-248628 @roi_ratt The real irony would be if the mountain pine beetle dishes became so popular, that they actually ran out, and people started cultivating them! :P @roi_ratt

The real irony would be if the mountain pine beetle dishes became so popular, that they actually ran out, and people started cultivating them! :P

]]> By: Steve M. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-248504 Steve M. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:11:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-248504 Reminds me of the boot eating scene in Charlie Chaplin's Gold Rush. Reminds me of the boot eating scene in Charlie Chaplin’s Gold Rush.

]]> By: Kate http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-247611 Kate Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:40:04 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-247611 I've been to Mexico. I've eaten Grasshopper Tacos. They're really not bad and settled really well in my stomach. I have Crohn's Disease and a lot of meat makes my innards upset. I wouldn't mind eating bugs if they were more widely available. I’ve been to Mexico. I’ve eaten Grasshopper Tacos. They’re really not bad and settled really well in my stomach. I have Crohn’s Disease and a lot of meat makes my innards upset. I wouldn’t mind eating bugs if they were more widely available.

]]> By: MetFanMac http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-247601 MetFanMac Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:04:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-247601 Reminds me of "How to Eat Fried Worms" and "Beetles, Lightly Toasted". Good books. Reminds me of “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “Beetles, Lightly Toasted”. Good books.

]]> By: roi_ratt http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41725/comment-page-1#comment-247546 roi_ratt Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:04:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=41725#comment-247546 In the west we have a problem with mountain pine beetles killing off a lot of our trees - I have a friend who is a silviculturist for a national forest in Montana and I suggested that people start eating the bastards. We're going to work on recipes this year... Gross? Maybe. Saving our forests by natural human predation? It might be the right answer. In the west we have a problem with mountain pine beetles killing off a lot of our trees – I have a friend who is a silviculturist for a national forest in Montana and I suggested that people start eating the bastards. We’re going to work on recipes this year… Gross? Maybe. Saving our forests by natural human predation? It might be the right answer.

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