Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch or comment. While a personal motivation and inspiration for my work is derived from finding sustainable solutions for feeding the burgeoning population of the world, it is also really fascinating and delicious! There are over two thousand species of edible insects with wildly different flavor profiles, textures, and functionality--as a chef, think about how fun it is for me to work with so many new ingredients! Let me leave you with this thought - if even ten percent of you ate edible insects just once a week, even that would have a great impact on the environment. Respectfully yours, Chef Joseph Yoon
Sustainable options are great when our govt doesn’t bother to regulate the companies destroying our earth. Thank you for suggesting some more environmental friendly alternatives!
@@Lilythreedee I mean, if someone told you that the meat that you're eating was decomposing for 30 days, youd think they're crazy for letting you eat it. Until you learned that another more popular term is called dry age. We don't eat something that we have preconceived notions about. That's why this guy is trying to break those notions.
Honestly, I'm 100% ok with eating bugs, as long as my eyes can't register that it is indeed a bug. I can know it's a bug and be perfectly fine, but the second I see a leg or feel a wing on my tongue, it's game over
Yeah, that's fair. Snail is way more edible to me when diced up. Hell, ANYTHING is way more edible to me when cut up instead of feeling its dead eyes staring at me.
Hilariously, this is probably the reason locusts are considered the only insect thats kosher in judaism, since if it eats all of your crops you dont really have a choice
I don't think I have ever heard insects described like this. Wow. I didn't have anything against eating them before, but I never heard someone describe the flavor profiles!
I mean, I'd be willing to try if it wasn't in a bug-like form. The macaroni staff he had for the crickets looked alright (before he added the whole crickets). Baby steps, I suppose. It would take a while to get anyone to eat a whole tarantula
I once had to proctor a test for a nutritional studies professor who'd brought in a bag of cricket-flour cookies for her class to try. She looked a little bummed that so few people wanted to try them, so I went up and gave it a shot to embolden more people. It really isn't bad! The chitin flakes definitely stick in your mouth a little bit, kinda like the papery outside of peanuts, but the flavor is like sunflower seeds.
I clicked on this video thinking he would show a safe way to eat the insects, possibly in a survival situation, and was surprised when he blended the crickets for breaded mac and cheese and used the scorpions as a garnish treat. I was immediately fascinated and invested
Ive eaten bugs regularly as a kid in Vietnam before and let ne tell you. Roasted crickets are so good. We put cheese power or instant noodle powder on them and just munch. Smokey savoury crunch. As long as i closed my eyes anyways. I never had a problem with bugs just the thought of eating one even tho they are freaking delicious
Just one note: when Chef Yoon says that scorpions are not insects, but arthropods, like shrimps, I would like to say that both insects and crustaceans are arthropods, and scorpions are, in fact, arachnids, and belong to the phylum arthropods as well.
Crickets are actually quite good imo, in Southern and (some parts of) Central Mexico you can sometimes even find street vendors selling ready-to-eat crickets 😵💫
For everybody commenting about how they don’t dislike the idea, and the benefits make eating insects worth it, but being scared of bugs, it is worth noting that what he did with crickets already has another use. Grinding crickets up into a powder allows them to be used as flour, and then baked into a protein-rich bread. It’s a great way to consume insects without knowing it’s insects!
@Sonia Escalada debatable, alot of people wouldn't have any issue with it minus the stigma of gross bugs, it doesn't need to replace other meat completely either. Also invertebrates that are hairy can easily be de-hairyfied.
@Sonia Escalada people don’t really seem to have a problem consuming shrimp, oyster, clam, or other small seafood crap though. The only people that *do* complain about the poop are the people who refuse to eat it and use the poop as an excuse
Black ants dont have venom (cmiiw☺), the red one has... I always eat any black ants or termite (theyre not as big as the one in this video tho, probably only half-1mm) that got on my food 😂 too much of a hassle to dismiss em 😂
Usually when someone says bugs are the protein of the future they say it in a very cynical and unhanded way. You're the first person I've seen who has actually made bugs look appetizing
There use to be a street food stand in London (candem town) that sell all sort of food with insects ... dude the roasted insects themselves had such a nice yummy smell, like you'd never expected it. Hope they are still there.
I think hes just doing that because its a "food/cooking" channel. I think when we do get to the point where we have to be eating bugs it probably wont be for taste it will be for necessity. However crickets with flavor powder on them arent the worst thing once you get over the legs in your teeth.
@@ngonzales3781 I actually got to try some of the treats he made. The one I tried was an ant chocolate and it was very good but the texture of the ant inside was bit weird. I wish I could try some of the savory stuff by him
In Brazil we do have some insects in our culinary, mainly the queen ant "tanajura" abdomen fried in a farofa. Actually, I tried crickets once on a research, where they were repeating the testings (us trying crickets) on different places around the world to see the acceptance of people around consuming insects. The crickets would be better with seasoning, cause without them they taste like dog food.
You say that, but I promise you've eaten something with a similar flavor profile and weren't bothered, so if you got over the mental block, you'd be fine. I felt the same way, but at this point, I've eaten snails and crickets myself. Crickets, when fried and flavored with things like 'salt and vinegar' or 'cheese powder' honestly just taste like tiny potato chips. Same crunch, no lie. As for snails, I swear to you, they taste SO MUCH like clams. If you like clam chowder at all, and if someone made it with snails without telling you, you wouldn't think anything of it.
Never came this close to being convinced to eat these bugs. Nice presentation and very educational. The chef's enthusiasm and talent has me rethinking my bias against eating land bugs.
@@nyxthedragon7534 he called the formic acid the ants produce “pop rocks”. only queen ants produce eggs, so there wouldn’t be eggs in the ants he ate. also they’re so small anyway i don’t think you’d notice eggs inside them anyway
3:20 fun fact Insects, scorpions, spiders, crabs are all arthropods but belong to different classes. Insects - insecta Spiders and scorpions - arachnida Crabs and shrimps - crustacea.
@@anthraxmacabre5200 eh, not really. simple way to tell is that spiders and scorpions have 4 pair of legs, where adult insects only have 3 pairs, hence the group name "Hexapods" Arthropods have mainly 4 groups Insects (Hexapods); Myriapods (including centipedes and millipedes); Arachnids (including spiders, mites and scorpions); Crustaceans (including slaters, prawn and crabs). Spiders are not related to crabs nor other insects, if it relates to anything it relates to scorpions.
You should do a method mastery named 'How to grind every herb and spice'. It would showcase the way to grind, grate or powder the spice or herb. The tools used could include a grater, grinder, microplane and others. Then what you would use that spice for.
This would also include what does most of the good for and how to use them. I want to add more spices and more variety in my cooking but I literally have no idea where to start and what to do with them. And I don’t wanna start throwing in random spaces and ruining food. But I also can’t seem to find any like, usable pieces of information that help me understand what kind of spices go and what kind of foods or flavors
The phrase "his truth" and/or "my truth" clearly tell me that it's not actually true So people talk about how bugs have an amazing amount of protein compared to meat or other foods, the way we ESTIMATE protein in food is by nitrogen content. Bugs, by mass, contain a huge amount of chitin, the exoskeletons of crickets and the skin of worms and stuff, and chitin is a polysaccharide with amine groups attached, so it's got a pile of nitrogen in it. It is completely indigestible and it's NOT protein. Some may say the people measuring protein content wouldn't make that mistake, but obviously we can't trust them to accurately represent their findings, they're the people telling you to eat boogs after all. Incidentally, chitin is an antigen in humans, it causes an immune reaction because the body uses its presence to infer a parasite or a yeast infection, so whilst it won't inherently "give you" cancer or any other disease, eating lots of chitin would very likely reduce your immune response to other illnesses.
I find that there is such a stigma against bugs that even though I want to eat them, I am compulsively disgusted by them. With that being said, I find the spread of knowledge on how to eat these bugs is unbelievably important for sustainability.
This is what I've been thinking too. It may be how the idea of being disgusted by insects are normalized, and now its hard to want to eat them even though that tarantula tempura looks amazing
Honestly, I genuinely wanna try all kinds of food at least once, including bugs, but coming from a poor and abusive home, bugs being in food normally means that food is bad, and when you've been forced to eat weevils or you've seen maggots all over your kitchen as a child then it gets hard to get over the idea of eating bugs and it is something that grosses me out a lot, I hope it's something I can get over in the future cuz I find this genuinely interesting
I've eaten snails and crickets myself. Crickets, when fried and flavored with things like 'salt and vinegar' or 'cheese powder' honestly just taste like tiny potato chips. Same dry crunch, no lie. As for snails, I swear to you, they taste like clams. If you like clam chowder at all, and if someone made it with snails without telling you, you wouldn't think anything of it.
I’ve had this guy’s cooking when he did a presentation at my school. It’s absolutely just another type of protein once you get past the whole “ew bugs” thing.
@@Reeseybooq it's not as awful as one might think. Silkworms for example taste bland when simply fried. Most bugs don't taste like anything actually, they are just salty and a lot of umami.
Haha, I know it's strange...we do that with a lot of languages when we translate them, but this is the common way to say it in the US. I also call them chiniquiles or maguey worms depending on who I am speaking with.
Insects do tend to have a somewhat nutty flavor profile though. They're not all the same. Like, you wouldn't confuse an almond for a walnut. But there is that kind of earthy-woody quality that gives nuts their flavor, which insects share. Its legit food, if you can shake off your cultural biases.
As a mexican I can confirm that insects have some original flavours. It's not in our main diet but you can find them easily looking for bolder culinary options.
Normally I wouldn't even consider eating bugs, but this guy's energy levels are so high that I'd try any of the things he cooked up in this video. If I ever get the chance, maybe I'll give an insect dish a try
@@dylancrozier84 i have its not necessarily nasty its just a really strong veryy strange taste verryyy Strang especially Spiders they tastee reallyy odd not bad odd😂😂
Everyone’s tastes are different and all of the insects seem to taste different too so there’s nothing wrong with giving it a shot! Crickets would probably be a good place to start since it seems like a staple in so many places :)
Imagine our kids or grandchildrens hearing about us eating cows or pork and then said "wow that's weird" while eating a bowl of roasted crickets. Yeah insects is the future delicacy
I can see that already.. Here in Borneo My father often Cooks Sago Palm Weever aka Butod for Dinner and it taste delicious.. Those Lil fellas are cute too
I think eating it whole is scary for me for a person who is scared of insects, but grinding it into powder makes it less scary for me to eat. I will definitely add this to my diet
Yeah, well the only problem I could see with that is the fact that insects are probably quite expensive, maybe not to prduce, but for the customers buying the at the store.
I bought cricket powder out of curiosity and it tastes surprisingly good! I mixed it with dates, cocoa and some other ingredients to make a sort of power bar as it has good nutritional properties. Worked great!
Birds also will hold live ants in their beak and let the ants spray formic acid on different parts of their body. I think its either to deal with parasites or to soothe the skin during molting.
high quality video! i'm approaching this video with an open mind and a genuine concern for the environment. i'm hoping that maybe cultivated meat will become more widespread in the future as another possible alternative
I admire his enthusiasm, I really do. I’m not personally ready to deliberately eat a bug. Maybe one day, but right now I’m not there mentally. I don’t even eat shrimp or shellfish, so I’m not even close in my culinary habits at this point in my life. But its interesting for sure.
you can try worms and crickets, especially the silk worm - they are the least intimidated to eat and super tasty that you can try as snacks first - fried or stir-fry are also the best way to cook at at the beginning ^^ the spidey and scorpion are still scare me too much to eat tho
@@chumuheha different taste for us then lol :D - cause the crunchiness is the main thing that scare me off as i imagine with all those pointy legs poking my mouth XD. And the silk worm not that gushy, they kinda shrink when you stir-fry them
I tried crickets, honestly their not bad. They actually taste like peanuts. I respect you if you really aren't ready. But I still encourage you to explore other cultures. Fish is soooo damn good, especially shrimp.
@@dannyboy4142 Fair enough, but if there ever is a meat shortage this would probably be the best option. I still prefer a burger, or fried chicken, or bacon anyday over bugs. But you never know, what if we have to? Except tarantulas I could never eat those lol. Some of his recipes have the bugs as the main ingredient, I could never eat that stuff. But if it’s more subtle, like the stir fry. I could eat it if I need to.
To be honest to see someone actually cook with insects instead of eating them raw makes them look way more tasty. And to be honest I am a really picky eater. But like in a sauce, Tortellini or wrap basically when I don't see them as the only ingredient this sounds like I should give it a try. Very cool video, and a host with great personality.
I love his passion in all of this, I especially loved how he took the only two bugs I’ve eaten (crickets and black ants) and elevated them because that seems wayyyy more appealing than those novelty dried ones with chip seasonings that just taste like dirt. Would be very willing to try some of these dishes if offered because he elevates all the surrounding components and incorporated so many of them into so many of my favorite foods!
Colombian here, I can confirm that we have bugs in our diet in the form of ants (very widespread snack) and sometimes crickets. Never tried the ants myself but they say that tastes like peanuts. Edit: I tried them, the texture is gross, very salty and taste...odd, like a mixture of nut and chicharrón (similar to fried bacon).
I'm Brazilian and I was a bit confused when he said "South America". I don't think that any Brazilian would eat a bug, probably not even at the verge of starvation... It is interesting knowing that not just in some Asian countries they eat bugs but also here in America.
Brazilian myself. It is common to eat ants here too! When they are in mating season in some regions of the country we catch then, take the abdomen off and cook it with beans or rice Some people also enjoy mixing scorpions on beer to make the drink more zappy
I feel like it's just weird to us because most of us didn't grow up eating them. I eat all kinds of sea critters (prawns, crabs, isopods and I've even had snails) because I was raised eating them. I tried to get friends to try them and they were absolutely disgusted. I'd have no issue eating an insect just because crustaceans look a lot like insects lmao. Worms would probably be my limit just because I hate buttery, creamy textures.
Don't think so. Everyone who tries to describe the flavour of insects calls them "nutty" or "earthy", two adjectives that just don't apply to crustaceans
They only look similar because of the exoskeleton, but their habitat and diet are vastly different from each other, making their flavor profiles quite different as well. If I’m comparing insects to anything, it’s gonna be either vegetables, or mushrooms.
@@KhanhTheLearner I like pairing crickets with mushrooms. Although, I am honestly struggling to really make crickets work for me in a way that is culinarily appealing. I'll definitely be trying those mac n cheese bites.
@@p1nstark Fr, his name seems Portuguese, and we don't eat that, so what I'm imagining is that he was the type of kid that would eat dirt and grass from parks XD.
"if we eat sea bugs, why can't we just eat land bugs too?" I'll never look at seafood without being like damn this giant cockroach is eaten as a delicacy.
@@wetworms. That's because at the time, shellfish were eaten whole - shell and all. In medieval prisons they'd take whole crabs/lobsters, crush them up into a mush littered with shell fragments, and feed it to prisoners. Don't know whether they cooked it though.
@@Doubl_Troubl crabs, prawns, lobsters, crayfish etc are shellfish and quite delicious, while cockroaches and other bugs are just plain disgusting and lacking in flavor a crab in a pot of boiling water is good, while an insect in the same place would have u throw the whole pot away They are just disgusting and unappealing to look at, Nevermind eat Even shellfish was seen historically as a desperate man's food, until recently when we learnt how to cook em right
I wonder if any of the people who are so vehemently against bugs eat shrimp, lobster, clams, and various other arthropods the only difference being they're aquatic.
Honestly, yeah- I'm convinced. It's a little hard to find many of these but crickets and ants were two you had me more excited for and those were pretty easy to order in food grade quality. I have to admit, being someone who doesn't even like jello - bamboo worms are something I'm still going to decline but the rest of these? Yep, would definitely be inclined to at least try if properly prepared
I thought this videos was gonna really mess me up because eating bugs is one of my biggest fears, but I actually had fun watching. This guy is really good at making it all seem a lot less freaky. I feel like I learned something
I haven't tried everything on the list, but I have had some dishes with crickets and cicadas. I was actually blown away how good they were. A lot of food depends on how you prepare it, I guess. Kinda like how if someone doesn't like broccoli, and yet hasn't tried broccoli baked in the oven with olive oil and salt on top. Totally changes it. Not sure how I feel about a tarantula tho
Being bilingual, every time he said "gusano worm" my brain got stunned for a second. In Spanish, gusano is worm, so it's just worm worm. Btw, at least in Mexico it's just the agave worm, commonly consumed dry and crushed as "worm salt", it's also found in alcoholic drinks like mezcal.
That is literally the whole idea of how we can best incorporate edible insects into our diets--as a protein supplement in foods that we already know and love! Thanks for watching!
"While we're eating all these sea bugs, why don't we consider eating these land bugs? 😀🤠" Terrified but laughed audibly, love the energy in this entire video 🙏😁
I am a bit sceptical about whole insect diet - but - your comment gave me an idea. Those would be realy great at a halloween family gathering - suprise your guests with some fried tarantua!
I feel like it is important to know, but if you have a shellfish allergy, DO NOT eat insects. They are in the same family as crustaceans so they have a risk of triggering a similar allergic reaction Edit: Literally what does my pfp have to do with anything I was just trying to warn people who may have a shellfish allergy that insects can potentially trigger an allergic reaction
@@josepho3661 a perfect example of someone getting triggered by an lgbt person simply existing and making ZERO mentions of their identity lmao. focus on the actually helpful information they are sharing that could potentially save a person's life
I don’t know about you guys but I would literally eat everything this made just made it looks incredibly delicious. Although I never ate insects before.
I remember wanting to eat one of those scorpion lollipops but hot scared once it got to the center. Then in high school, a friend brought a whole freezer bag of baked crickets with lime. Literally ate like half the bag. They were soooo good
Oh, I used to eat fried ants and tarantula's in my childhood. Brings back memories. The tarantula's are always prepared by the adults while sometimes I would catch the ants myself and just fry them.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch or comment. While a personal motivation and inspiration for my work is derived from finding sustainable solutions for feeding the burgeoning population of the world, it is also really fascinating and delicious! There are over two thousand species of edible insects with wildly different flavor profiles, textures, and functionality--as a chef, think about how fun it is for me to work with so many new ingredients! Let me leave you with this thought - if even ten percent of you ate edible insects just once a week, even that would have a great impact on the environment. Respectfully yours, Chef Joseph Yoon
I am rooting for you. Will have to give your place a try when I’m in New York next. If you have a restaurant that is
I love your attitude I Stan you
Or we can just be vegetarian / vegan?
Sustainable options are great when our govt doesn’t bother to regulate the companies destroying our earth. Thank you for suggesting some more environmental friendly alternatives!
Awesome! I admire your enthusiasm and love for your art! Keep up the good work!!! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Things I learned from this video:
Black ants zesty
Bug appetit
Worms are not actually worms
If can eat sea bug, why can't eat land bug
No no no no
add to that all arthropods taste like shrimp
@@sarbarthamukherjee5477 bruh you wouldn't eat bugs
dont forget that its healthier for the environment :) theres a company called Eat Bugs that makes some blandish chips that go good with dips
@@Lilythreedee I mean, if someone told you that the meat that you're eating was decomposing for 30 days, youd think they're crazy for letting you eat it. Until you learned that another more popular term is called dry age. We don't eat something that we have preconceived notions about. That's why this guy is trying to break those notions.
Honestly, I'm 100% ok with eating bugs, as long as my eyes can't register that it is indeed a bug. I can know it's a bug and be perfectly fine, but the second I see a leg or feel a wing on my tongue, it's game over
Yeah, that's fair. Snail is way more edible to me when diced up. Hell, ANYTHING is way more edible to me when cut up instead of feeling its dead eyes staring at me.
exactly
Yep, i don't mind eating bugs if someone's turning it into nugget or burger tbh 😂
@@totenkopf28 and didnt tell you that its a bug ofc 😂
Or when the guts shoot into your mouth when you take the first bite with your molars
I know that it’s absolutely fine to eat insects, but It still feels like watching interdimensional cable 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Agree
my thoughts exactly
I feel like this shoulda been an April 1st video..
do i eat insects? no
did i watch the whole 22 min video on how to eat insects? absolutely yes.
Mealworms fried in butter taste like popcorn. I tried it at a museum when I was a kid.
I went from opening shellfish, filleting a fish, types of mushrooms, mixing cocktails, how to grind spices, and now i am here....i love this channel.
How did I get to this by watching how too cook egg videos😹😹😹
...I practically watched all of the “prepare” videos
@@Coyote-np2bu lol
@@ray_boi5953 right c:
Bugs are basically land shellfish.
Timone and Pumba have prepared me for this moment
Slimy...yet...satisfying.
Hakuna matata.
You'll learn to love'em
ROFL
No one prepared me for this and i very feel disgusted
One thing they don’t mention is that if you’re allergic to arthropods like shrimp, crab, and lobster, insects like crickets will trigger your allergy.
The More you Know 🌈
They mentioned it in the description
He literally mention that those were the same... so anyonw who have brain should've know that it triggers the allergy bruh...
Crabs are basically yummy sea spiders except with pincers :)
Def worth mentioning, thanks
I loved his energy, but each minute of this feels like a whole day
lol 3-week long video
I don’t know if I’m terrified or interested in this man’s enthusiasm in eating bugs
both
Terrified?
Eating small animals is more scary than animals who show 2 year old human intelligence and can express emotions?
@@yoshikagespeedwagon8025 absolutely
Same 🙂
Eating bugs are a lot common in different parts of the world bro
this man has the voice that could convince a 5- year old that broccoli is the best thing ever.
Broccoli is the best at destroying kids health
Eat da bugs soy, boy, g 0 y e make gates proud get ur booster live in a pod no thinking and going outside for you
@@SirPraiseSun What the hell are you talking about?
@@unorthodox4376 he's twerking
@@SirPraiseSun you high?
Locusts: *eats crops*
People who eat insects: "Welp, we gotta eat the food we grew one way or another."
you laugh but this is (theoretically) what happened in places with big locust problems
It's happen in india last year but we don't eat locust we use them for chicken feed
If you're too grossed out by the locusts, just kill them and turn them into some really nice fertilizers and feed.
Hilariously, this is probably the reason locusts are considered the only insect thats kosher in judaism, since if it eats all of your crops you dont really have a choice
Thats all non-vegetarian food in general :l
I don't think I have ever heard insects described like this. Wow. I didn't have anything against eating them before, but I never heard someone describe the flavor profiles!
I used to eat live ants when I was a kid, very tangy and zesty. So not that surprised tbh.
@@Shinkajo wtf was wrong with u lmao
@@fhufhfhjfjfjf9534 lots of things. The funny thing was though that I got all my friends to do it too.
Chef Yoon: You want to take a propane torch to the tarantula
Me: I'm with you so far
Fire fire! Did you hang with me after the initial step?
@@BrooklynBugs17 I did! And I've got to say, your video gave me quite an appetite!
@@BrooklynBugs17 don't know man, eating insects kinda bugs me!
@@BrooklynBugs17 im honestly intrigued to try insevts now. Been kinda scared too😅
LMAOOOOO.
I’m trying so hard to be open minded right now
😭
Yeah even tho my brain is disgusted I'm actively trying to push it down
I mean, I'd be willing to try if it wasn't in a bug-like form. The macaroni staff he had for the crickets looked alright (before he added the whole crickets). Baby steps, I suppose. It would take a while to get anyone to eat a whole tarantula
@@fawnajohnson6130 I wouldn't mind the crickets tbh but the spiders and maggots hell nah 💀
Crickets taste like sunflower seeds if that helps
This man living his best post apocalyptic life.
mukbang of radroach from fallout
@@oversizedbiscuit3971 and radscorpions
would be a good comedy a post apocalypse cooking show
@@oversizedbiscuit3971 and cazador egg omelette ..
The worst , you mean.
If I ever even considered eating bugs, I would never eat one that is described as "creamy" 💀
Most insects taste similar to crab, because they are crustaceans.
Yup. I'll only eat ones that are "crispy" 😂
This man’s passion for eating bugs is worth the praise.
Air horn - errrrrrrrr. THANKS for watching!
Bugman
He actually makes me want to try them
Aside from the ability to have wider food variety to eat efficiently when the world's food has gone scarcer.
Plot twist: he’s a frog controlling a human like robot
Bc he is asian
This chef will never complain if he finds a bug in his food
The way he explains the texture like Chef Ramsey 🤣 I wouldn't even dare even for a billion
🤣
He literally opens with the fact that edible insects must be farmed to avoid transmitting pathogens to humans.
@@avocadotoast6369 This comment isnt meant to be taken seriously
@@z.a.y.n-5053 you had to compare him with Ramsay right? Now I can hear him shouting "THIS SPIDER IS RAW" and "WHERE'S THE WORM SAUCE?"...
Alternative title: “Joseph enjoys his cooking for 21 minutes”
Eat da bugs soy, boy, g 0 y e make gates proud get ur booster live in a pod no thinking and going outside for you
@@SirPraiseSun what
@@SirPraiseSun what
LMAO
@@SirPraiseSun what
I once had to proctor a test for a nutritional studies professor who'd brought in a bag of cricket-flour cookies for her class to try. She looked a little bummed that so few people wanted to try them, so I went up and gave it a shot to embolden more people. It really isn't bad! The chitin flakes definitely stick in your mouth a little bit, kinda like the papery outside of peanuts, but the flavor is like sunflower seeds.
As an online stranger I thank you for taking the initiative.
@@captaincaption fr this guy seems like a w guy I would never be
Crickets are great they taste like sunflower seeds more people really should be open minded
Me: “Um waiter There’s a bug in my Mac and cheese”
Waiter: “I know enjoy”
🤣
Lol, nice one 😂
Lmao
Bug Appetit!
Waiter: just one? Let me sprinkle some more cricketon your plate
I clicked on this video thinking he would show a safe way to eat the insects, possibly in a survival situation, and was surprised when he blended the crickets for breaded mac and cheese and used the scorpions as a garnish treat. I was immediately fascinated and invested
350 like and no replies so let me start replying real quick....there u go 1 reply for u :D
@@cookiegod3445 Thanks man
Ive eaten bugs regularly as a kid in Vietnam before and let ne tell you. Roasted crickets are so good.
We put cheese power or instant noodle powder on them and just munch. Smokey savoury crunch. As long as i closed my eyes anyways.
I never had a problem with bugs just the thought of eating one even tho they are freaking delicious
@@jerstonefish9846 ur welcome!
@@thinhsuynhuoc tbh out of any bug crunchy fried cricket with seasoning is what I'm most likely to try
Just one note: when Chef Yoon says that scorpions are not insects, but arthropods, like shrimps, I would like to say that both insects and crustaceans are arthropods, and scorpions are, in fact, arachnids, and belong to the phylum arthropods as well.
I wish I learn this in school
Thank you so much!
@@agentkirifuda_shank7071 It come standard with most curriculum. Classification of organism is taught in year 7 and again in year 10.
@Average Enjoyer Bats are mammals.
yeah insects are just another class under arthropods (like if Arthropods are the main group, insects are just one of the subgroup of Arthropods)
I want to find a hobby that will bring me as much pleasure as eating insects brings to this chef.
Either these bugs are really tasty or he's a fantastic salesperson. Going online now to order some crickets.
😆 no tarantulas??
@@kaoticrayne5906 Yeah probably not
Let me know how they taste!
Crickets are actually quite good imo, in Southern and (some parts of) Central Mexico you can sometimes even find street vendors selling ready-to-eat crickets 😵💫
How were they!?
For everybody commenting about how they don’t dislike the idea, and the benefits make eating insects worth it, but being scared of bugs, it is worth noting that what he did with crickets already has another use. Grinding crickets up into a powder allows them to be used as flour, and then baked into a protein-rich bread. It’s a great way to consume insects without knowing it’s insects!
Yeah I'm scared of insects I would never eat some while knowing
People already eat bugs without even realizing it. Shrimp are basically cockroaches of the sea!
* *visible disgust* *
Lawful Evil, i think
I think grinding them into a powder and putting them in any kind of sauce would be effective. Like spaghetti sauce
In a parallel universe people are watching "How To Eat Every Animal" while munching on insects and thinking this show is disturbing
lololololol
Haha, good one!
"i don't know man. It feels weird to eat other mammals. Maybe not my type of kitchen"
👍
Imagine the alternative vegans fighting for bug lives 😂
Timone: Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Pumbaa: *furiously takes notes*
Pumbaa: Timone I don’t have hands how do you expect me to-
Timone: Pipe down I’m listening!
I am trying, with every FIBER of my being, to have the world's most open mind but I am finding it INCREASINGLY difficult as this video goes on.
Because bugs are not supposed to be eaten
@@QTwoSix 🤓
@@QTwoSix according to whom
@@QTwoSix I was going to make a sarcastic comment but it's not even worth it.
@@QTwoSix Well, scorpion looks pretty damn tasty tbh
I'm so sorry, Chef Joseph seems so delightful, and the food actually looked very good, but this is my worst nightmare.
@Sonia Escalada I think it could easily happen
@Sonia Escalada debatable, alot of people wouldn't have any issue with it minus the stigma of gross bugs, it doesn't need to replace other meat completely either. Also invertebrates that are hairy can easily be de-hairyfied.
@Sonia Escalada you can make them fast for a time before distributing, which will flush their inards of waste.
@Sonia Escalada people don’t really seem to have a problem consuming shrimp, oyster, clam, or other small seafood crap though. The only people that *do* complain about the poop are the people who refuse to eat it and use the poop as an excuse
it’s going to be a million years before I’m willing to eat BUGS😭
ants: have venom to protect themselves
this guy: hmhnmmmnh zesty
lmfao for real tho
Same with peppers tbf
@@lilmao4482 Capsaicin in peppers is actually an alkaloid which is toxic to many animals just like caffeine and nicotine.
These bugs were denatured in cooking, so chances are these ants have no venom 👩🏫👀
Black ants dont have venom (cmiiw☺), the red one has... I always eat any black ants or termite (theyre not as big as the one in this video tho, probably only half-1mm) that got on my food 😂 too much of a hassle to dismiss em 😂
Crickets are the only bug I’ve ever eaten but I actually really liked how they tasted. I kinda want to try more bugs now.
The only way I managed to get through this video is because the chef is just so charismatic. He actually wants to teach us how to do this.
More like a bit cooku... eating all these bugs will do that for ya
@@flyingcucumberA tad racist.
@@O-OO1-O I am a racist. However I wasn't thinking about anything racist when I made the comment. Do elaborate
@@flyingcucumber props for being honest...? Actually, nah
@@mfknbumblebeeYeah nah if anything it's more funny that he thinks being honest means anything when you admit you're scum.
Customer: "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!"
Waiter: "My apologies, I gave you the wrong order."
Waiter: *comes back with a bowl full of flys*
Hahaha it's one of their food😂😂
Waiter :comes back with a bee soup
Customer:oh thanks i order locusts and june bugs
“WHERE IS YOUR MANAGER?!? I ORDERED THE SCORPION!!!”
Usually when someone says bugs are the protein of the future they say it in a very cynical and unhanded way.
You're the first person I've seen who has actually made bugs look appetizing
There use to be a street food stand in London (candem town) that sell all sort of food with insects ... dude the roasted insects themselves had such a nice yummy smell, like you'd never expected it. Hope they are still there.
We’re well on our way to radroach meat kebabs and mirelurk cakes
I think hes just doing that because its a "food/cooking" channel. I think when we do get to the point where we have to be eating bugs it probably wont be for taste it will be for necessity. However crickets with flavor powder on them arent the worst thing once you get over the legs in your teeth.
@@ngonzales3781 I actually got to try some of the treats he made. The one I tried was an ant chocolate and it was very good but the texture of the ant inside was bit weird. I wish I could try some of the savory stuff by him
@@HinaB358 thats because you're literally eating chocolate lol
In Brazil we do have some insects in our culinary, mainly the queen ant "tanajura" abdomen fried in a farofa. Actually, I tried crickets once on a research, where they were repeating the testings (us trying crickets) on different places around the world to see the acceptance of people around consuming insects. The crickets would be better with seasoning, cause without them they taste like dog food.
Tanajura é muito bom. Meu Deusss ❤
Parents: "Don't let the bedbugs bite."
His Parents: "Don't bite the bedbugs."
i don’t think bedbugs are edible…
@@Nintendo_song-maker or are they...?
@@Nintendo_song-maker At this point, I wouldn't be so sure.
@@Nintendo_song-maker even if i go into stereotypes, he may eat everything that moved
@@redpandarules1220 racist
Me watching this knowing damn well i'm never gonna eat bugs willingly:
Never willingly, but I’m glad he likes them
Same
But no joke mealworms taste like nuts.
same lol
You say that, but I promise you've eaten something with a similar flavor profile and weren't bothered, so if you got over the mental block, you'd be fine. I felt the same way, but at this point, I've eaten snails and crickets myself. Crickets, when fried and flavored with things like 'salt and vinegar' or 'cheese powder' honestly just taste like tiny potato chips. Same crunch, no lie. As for snails, I swear to you, they taste SO MUCH like clams. If you like clam chowder at all, and if someone made it with snails without telling you, you wouldn't think anything of it.
Never came this close to being convinced to eat these bugs. Nice presentation and very educational. The chef's enthusiasm and talent has me rethinking my bias against eating land bugs.
He called the eggs pop rocks- help- 2:36
@@nyxthedragon7534 he called the formic acid the ants produce “pop rocks”. only queen ants produce eggs, so there wouldn’t be eggs in the ants he ate. also they’re so small anyway i don’t think you’d notice eggs inside them anyway
I will only eat locusts and a specific breed of I had to.
Every time I see someone eats an insect, it reminds me of how protein blocks were made in the snowpiercer movie
Can't wait when they start introducing human meat!
He looks like the type of guy that would eat bugs
He sounds like the type of guy to east insects 😂
Ayo don't do the racy racy here
@@Nagvanshieus never did keep making up things to be offended by
Hahahaha that's what my dad said 😂😂
Exactly: a literal Soyjack
Seeing a bug on the floor before: "Gross, kill it!"
Seeing a bug on the floor now: "Mmmm, didn't know free snacks were given out here!"
How many neurons you burned making that comment.. I wonder
Exactly my mentality after seeing this.
Make sure to bug spray it first to kill those pathogens before eating them. *wink
Yep...
This reminds me of YanSim: "Free food? Sure I'll take one."
3:20 fun fact
Insects, scorpions, spiders, crabs are all arthropods but belong to different classes.
Insects - insecta
Spiders and scorpions - arachnida
Crabs and shrimps - crustacea.
Technically yes but they are still more closely related than other insects and stuff
@@anthraxmacabre5200 eh, not really. simple way to tell is that spiders and scorpions have 4 pair of legs, where adult insects only have 3 pairs, hence the group name "Hexapods"
Arthropods have mainly 4 groups
Insects (Hexapods);
Myriapods (including centipedes and millipedes);
Arachnids (including spiders, mites and scorpions);
Crustaceans (including slaters, prawn and crabs).
Spiders are not related to crabs nor other insects, if it relates to anything it relates to scorpions.
@@thehomiejw6714 Thanks for sharing
@@thehomiejw6714 I appreciate the simple facts
Hello. Can people be allergic to eating arachnida or insecta like some people are allergic to crustacea?
You should do a method mastery named 'How to grind every herb and spice'. It would showcase the way to grind, grate or powder the spice or herb. The tools used could include a grater, grinder, microplane and others. Then what you would use that spice for.
That could be an idea for the next episode
Please pin this we need this
This would also include what does most of the good for and how to use them. I want to add more spices and more variety in my cooking but I literally have no idea where to start and what to do with them. And I don’t wanna start throwing in random spaces and ruining food. But I also can’t seem to find any like, usable pieces of information that help me understand what kind of spices go and what kind of foods or flavors
@@dandydwi6_6 I 100% agree
Ayaan, I am the current director of Method Mastery and I have to ask. Are you psychic? That is exactly what our next episode is.
I don't know how many times have i watched this video but i never get bored of it
I love how this dude is living his truth unapologetically
Lmfao
669 lol
I don’t get why people say “your truth” there’s just the Truth no?
The phrase "his truth" and/or "my truth" clearly tell me that it's not actually true
So people talk about how bugs have an amazing amount of protein compared to meat or other foods, the way we ESTIMATE protein in food is by nitrogen content.
Bugs, by mass, contain a huge amount of chitin, the exoskeletons of crickets and the skin of worms and stuff, and chitin is a polysaccharide with amine groups attached, so it's got a pile of nitrogen in it. It is completely indigestible and it's NOT protein.
Some may say the people measuring protein content wouldn't make that mistake, but obviously we can't trust them to accurately represent their findings, they're the people telling you to eat boogs after all.
Incidentally, chitin is an antigen in humans, it causes an immune reaction because the body uses its presence to infer a parasite or a yeast infection, so whilst it won't inherently "give you" cancer or any other disease, eating lots of chitin would very likely reduce your immune response to other illnesses.
@@QTwoSix dude people have been eating bugs since the dawn of humanity ofc some are bad for us but im sure there are healthy bugs to eat.
I love how all the flavor profiles are "absolutely delicious".
🤣🤣🤣
i mean theyre basically small crustaceans, wouldn't be surprised if they were pretty similar
MAGICAL
Take a shot whenever he describes a insect flavor as nutty
the crunch, the nuttiness…
My wife: "Look at this worm!"
Me: "That's not actually a worm, but a caterpillar that turns into a moth."
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14:09 when you leave your drink outside for too long:
I find that there is such a stigma against bugs that even though I want to eat them, I am compulsively disgusted by them. With that being said, I find the spread of knowledge on how to eat these bugs is unbelievably important for sustainability.
This is what I've been thinking too. It may be how the idea of being disgusted by insects are normalized, and now its hard to want to eat them even though that tarantula tempura looks amazing
Know turn them into a product that dosent show or let then know and you may have formula for success
Honestly, I genuinely wanna try all kinds of food at least once, including bugs, but coming from a poor and abusive home, bugs being in food normally means that food is bad, and when you've been forced to eat weevils or you've seen maggots all over your kitchen as a child then it gets hard to get over the idea of eating bugs and it is something that grosses me out a lot, I hope it's something I can get over in the future cuz I find this genuinely interesting
Couldn't have articulated that any better myself!
I love friend crickets but I couldn't see this being a normal food for me
he is a type of guy that will tip the waiter an extra 10$ if he finds any bug in his food
Edit: mom I'm famous.......!!!! 😎😎
“Theres a fly in my soup!”
“Oh no its fine you dont have to replace it”
💀💀💀💀
this is the best comment
😂😂😂
Those aren't edible
This man really made me think bugs are appetizing. His plating is real good.
Right I would definitely try that termite burger.
I've eaten snails and crickets myself. Crickets, when fried and flavored with things like 'salt and vinegar' or 'cheese powder' honestly just taste like tiny potato chips. Same dry crunch, no lie. As for snails, I swear to you, they taste like clams. If you like clam chowder at all, and if someone made it with snails without telling you, you wouldn't think anything of it.
Every bug he pulls out, he has to say
“These are so delicious”
Just like a telemarketer trying to convince you to buy their “premium” product 😂😂😂
I’ve had this guy’s cooking when he did a presentation at my school. It’s absolutely just another type of protein once you get past the whole “ew bugs” thing.
How'd it taste?
bro i hate bugs i know they're good for u but 😭😭
So I'm guessing weird and probably awful. They might be good for you, but so is anything plant and animal based.
@@Reeseybooq it's not as awful as one might think. Silkworms for example taste bland when simply fried. Most bugs don't taste like anything actually, they are just salty and a lot of umami.
@@danieelle6100 I got you. But someone would probably have to trick me into eating that for me to actually consider eating it. Thanks tho
As a latin person, it is funny to hear the "gusano worm" part, it would literally translate to "worm worm"
"Fear the mighty "Worm Worm... worm?" ..."
"Who sanctioned this supervillain again?"
"Was it Josh? I bet it was Josh ...."
Haha, I know it's strange...we do that with a lot of languages when we translate them, but this is the common way to say it in the US. I also call them chiniquiles or maguey worms depending on who I am speaking with.
How wormy must you be to be considered a worm amongst worms?
I know right
@Fabbius 01 or it can translate to worm gusano.
i swear every insects he's eaten always has the "nuttiness" in it
A pinch of "funkyiness"
Insects do tend to have a somewhat nutty flavor profile though. They're not all the same. Like, you wouldn't confuse an almond for a walnut. But there is that kind of earthy-woody quality that gives nuts their flavor, which insects share. Its legit food, if you can shake off your cultural biases.
Everything seems to be delicious as well 😂
It tastes like tree bark to me
He likes the nut taste
As a chef, this video was super exciting. Thank you 😁
The best part about this episode is how passionate Joseph is for eating bugs, making them delicious and less intimidating, and his epic tie; 10/10.
Thank you soo much, I appreciate you!
As a mexican I can confirm that insects have some original flavours. It's not in our main diet but you can find them easily looking for bolder culinary options.
As a Mexican the only insect that i ever eat was a Chapulin and taste nice
como mexicano, que asco
@axelnovati What’s your fave
@@tomer9952 grasshoppers for tacos and scorpions for tequila or mezcal
So what do you have for dinner 😂
Did I really just watch a guy eat bugs at 2 in the morning? Yes. Do I regret it? Partially
How to make Zesty Ant Guacamole:
Step 1: leave a bowl of Guacamole outside for a few minutes.
No-
@@randomperson3821 yes-
More like zesty and bitey guacamole
@@oo8962 depends on who bites fastest- master oogway
What if it was red ants.
"We have milk, spiders, Dr. Pepper--"
"Spiders?"
"Spiders it is, then"
"No, that wasn't--"
*BUT SHE ALREADY POURED A BRIMMING GLASS OF SPIDERS*
Oh gosh
Spider girl!!!!!! ÒvÓ
Salesperson: I miss the part where that's my problem.
Muffet!
@@BlooperTanooki YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS MUFFEEEET!!!!!!🕷💜
Normally I wouldn't even consider eating bugs, but this guy's energy levels are so high that I'd try any of the things he cooked up in this video. If I ever get the chance, maybe I'll give an insect dish a try
They taste nasty bro, trust me lol.
@@ub3rfr3nzy94 have you tried insects before?
@@dylancrozier84 i have its not necessarily nasty its just a really strong veryy strange taste verryyy Strang especially Spiders they tastee reallyy odd not bad odd😂😂
Everyone’s tastes are different and all of the insects seem to taste different too so there’s nothing wrong with giving it a shot! Crickets would probably be a good place to start since it seems like a staple in so many places :)
I used to one, its a roasted larvae from beetle. While they kept destroying our coconuts, we took their child and roast them alive
Satisfaction, yes
You always have the nicest, charming chefs for your videos but this uy has my whole heart, he's so fantastic and fun!
Imagine our kids or grandchildrens hearing about us eating cows or pork and then said "wow that's weird" while eating a bowl of roasted crickets.
Yeah insects is the future delicacy
@Sonia Escalada yah.
I can see that already.. Here in Borneo My father often Cooks Sago Palm Weever aka Butod for Dinner and it taste delicious.. Those Lil fellas are cute too
nope
@@MeinGoobbyXI what is that
The other way round. They’re easy to farm, so if we continue destroying the planet industrial farms might have to switch to insects
I think eating it whole is scary for me for a person who is scared of insects, but grinding it into powder makes it less scary for me to eat. I will definitely add this to my diet
Yeah, well the only problem I could see with that is the fact that insects are probably quite expensive, maybe not to prduce, but for the customers buying the at the store.
I respect it
@@frans-oskargillberg4613
Yea, insect flour is wildly overpriced
I bought cricket powder out of curiosity and it tastes surprisingly good! I mixed it with dates, cocoa and some other ingredients to make a sort of power bar as it has good nutritional properties. Worked great!
Cringe, dont eat bugs
Ants: evolve acid to defend themselves
Humans: love this Zingy taste
Birds also will hold live ants in their beak and let the ants spray formic acid on different parts of their body. I think its either to deal with parasites or to soothe the skin during molting.
Dolphins would chew on puffer fish to get high off their toxins.
🤣
🤣🤣
I mean, the same is true for spicy peppers
high quality video! i'm approaching this video with an open mind and a genuine concern for the environment. i'm hoping that maybe cultivated meat will become more widespread in the future as another possible alternative
Remember when other kids used to dare you to eat a bug when you were little?
The food industry remembers...
*Pepperidge Farm remembers...
Brooklyn Bugs remembers*
I admire his enthusiasm, I really do.
I’m not personally ready to deliberately eat a bug. Maybe one day, but right now I’m not there mentally. I don’t even eat shrimp or shellfish, so I’m not even close in my culinary habits at this point in my life.
But its interesting for sure.
you can try worms and crickets, especially the silk worm - they are the least intimidated to eat and super tasty that you can try as snacks first - fried or stir-fry are also the best way to cook at at the beginning ^^ the spidey and scorpion are still scare me too much to eat tho
@@leschi7432 i feel the opposite tbh, anything that might be gushy is super off-putting. but something super crunchy like a scorpion is probably fine.
@@chumuheha different taste for us then lol :D - cause the crunchiness is the main thing that scare me off as i imagine with all those pointy legs poking my mouth XD. And the silk worm not that gushy, they kinda shrink when you stir-fry them
Worms, oh god…
They probably taste good but the way he described them.. creamy-
Ahhhhh I’m going to cry
I tried crickets, honestly their not bad. They actually taste like peanuts. I respect you if you really aren't ready. But I still encourage you to explore other cultures. Fish is soooo damn good, especially shrimp.
I don’t think I could ever eat bugs on their own, but the way he cooks with them I could honestly see myself trying it.
Came here just to say this is awful
@@dannyboy4142 Fair enough, but if there ever is a meat shortage this would probably be the best option. I still prefer a burger, or fried chicken, or bacon anyday over bugs. But you never know, what if we have to? Except tarantulas I could never eat those lol. Some of his recipes have the bugs as the main ingredient, I could never eat that stuff. But if it’s more subtle, like the stir fry. I could eat it if I need to.
Yoo you can make a mix of 70/30 cricket to wheat flour bread and it slaps hard.
Disgusting
@@mufasa1794 my bread is chrunchy
Cricket, umami and nuttiness - three descriptive words I never expected to be utter consecutively after each other 😵💫🤣🤣🤣
Tempura fried tarantula?
What's next, a termite burger?
Oh...
underrated comment
My lord… no…
you guessed it
Ive tried fried tarantula and would recommend it
This man needs to be protected. He’s so wholesome with such an interesting topic
Eat da bugs soy, boy, g 0 y e make gates proud get ur booster live in a pod no thinking and going outside for you
Dont worry he gets plenty of rockerfeller money to brain wash u reallll good
yes
Protected from what?
@@MachineSanto vegan?
before: oh a bug kill it with fire
now: oh a bug, cook it on medium heat and add tomato paste
Let me know when I should come over for dinner!
Me before: oh a bug let's pet it
@@sanfourd5856 you pet bugs?
@@Hugo_Balls08 yeah?
3:56 he literally looks like he is about to throw up
To be honest to see someone actually cook with insects instead of eating them raw makes them look way more tasty. And to be honest I am a really picky eater. But like in a sauce, Tortellini or wrap basically when I don't see them as the only ingredient this sounds like I should give it a try. Very cool video, and a host with great personality.
Not by much to me.
Well it make sense, we don't eat raw meat or eat animals whole we cut them small pieces from them to bite size or useable pieces flesh for us to cook
@Liberals Hate kcalB People 🏳️🌈⃠ Fr
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you sit on a throne of lies
I love his passion in all of this, I especially loved how he took the only two bugs I’ve eaten (crickets and black ants) and elevated them because that seems wayyyy more appealing than those novelty dried ones with chip seasonings that just taste like dirt. Would be very willing to try some of these dishes if offered because he elevates all the surrounding components and incorporated so many of them into so many of my favorite foods!
Novelty bug snax are just that but these are actual food dishes that range from looking decent to looking phenomenal
Colombian here, I can confirm that we have bugs in our diet in the form of ants (very widespread snack) and sometimes crickets. Never tried the ants myself but they say that tastes like peanuts.
Edit: I tried them, the texture is gross, very salty and taste...odd, like a mixture of nut and chicharrón (similar to fried bacon).
The only colombian snack that i wanna eat is Karol G
I'm Brazilian and I was a bit confused when he said "South America". I don't think that any Brazilian would eat a bug, probably not even at the verge of starvation... It is interesting knowing that not just in some Asian countries they eat bugs but also here in America.
@@isabelaribbeiro acorda pra vida os guri se delicia com uma farofinha de iça 😋😋
Brazilian myself.
It is common to eat ants here too! When they are in mating season in some regions of the country we catch then, take the abdomen off and cook it with beans or rice
Some people also enjoy mixing scorpions on beer to make the drink more zappy
My GF confirms, the "hormigas culonas" (ants) taste like a very fried peanut.
Klaus Has Entered the chat.
take your meds
Kudos to the people who can eat insects. That's something I can't bring myself to do. Meanwhile, my amazing wife has eaten scorpion lollipops.
I feel like it's just weird to us because most of us didn't grow up eating them. I eat all kinds of sea critters (prawns, crabs, isopods and I've even had snails) because I was raised eating them.
I tried to get friends to try them and they were absolutely disgusted. I'd have no issue eating an insect just because crustaceans look a lot like insects lmao.
Worms would probably be my limit just because I hate buttery, creamy textures.
Same and it’s bitter
@@wetworms. i also can eat Snail, they're delicious
Same they kinda taste like peanut butter
Maybe she wants to try some of the delicious meals from our channel!
considering the genetic similarity, I could totally see most edible insects working perfectly as substitutes in shellfish recipes
Idk about that but i do know if you have a shellfish allergy you should be careful about eating insects
Don't think so. Everyone who tries to describe the flavour of insects calls them "nutty" or "earthy", two adjectives that just don't apply to crustaceans
They only look similar because of the exoskeleton, but their habitat and diet are vastly different from each other, making their flavor profiles quite different as well. If I’m comparing insects to anything, it’s gonna be either vegetables, or mushrooms.
@@KhanhTheLearner I like pairing crickets with mushrooms. Although, I am honestly struggling to really make crickets work for me in a way that is culinarily appealing. I'll definitely be trying those mac n cheese bites.
I've tried dried scorpions before, and from what I could tell, it's like eating dried small fishes with chili powder.
As someone who has eaten small ants since a young age, I can attest that they have a very interesting flavor, and probably make a good spice material.
i accidentaly ate them once in a while. they're kinda spicy and zesty. some people might actually like it
@Sonia Escalada same, except with worms
in sad irony worms are the only type that I would have the courage to eat if it weren't for those experiences
lmao
In mexico there is an ant called chicatana, the flavor is unique, i really recommend you to taste it.
@@p1nstark Fr, his name seems Portuguese, and we don't eat that, so what I'm imagining is that he was the type of kid that would eat dirt and grass from parks XD.
Im not eating ze bugs, Klaus Schwab
Yes you will, what are you going to do about? Obviously you can’t stop them.
@@SpokeNyan1390let's all roll over and play dead like you then
Never have I wanted to puke and eat something so much at the same time.
Thank you for this truly odd yet satisfying experience.
"if we eat sea bugs, why can't we just eat land bugs too?"
I'll never look at seafood without being like damn this giant cockroach is eaten as a delicacy.
I always thought this way, how did we normalize crab and being used to it but not roaches?
@@Doubl_Troubl they are not the same
@@bryantnojang709 they are pretty much the same. The one is just more normalised. Crab used to be a kind of disgusting peasant food though.
@@wetworms. That's because at the time, shellfish were eaten whole - shell and all. In medieval prisons they'd take whole crabs/lobsters, crush them up into a mush littered with shell fragments, and feed it to prisoners. Don't know whether they cooked it though.
@@Doubl_Troubl crabs, prawns, lobsters, crayfish etc are shellfish and quite delicious, while cockroaches and other bugs are just plain disgusting and lacking in flavor
a crab in a pot of boiling water is good, while an insect in the same place would have u throw the whole pot away
They are just disgusting and unappealing to look at, Nevermind eat
Even shellfish was seen historically as a desperate man's food, until recently when we learnt how to cook em right
imagine eating a corn fritter and being like "mmm are these black beans? :)" and then homeboys like acTUALLY-
Those are fighting words 🤣🤣
Someone tells me i ate bugs im putting my dukes up
I'm squaring up if someone puts bugs in my food. 🤨
I wonder if any of the people who are so vehemently against bugs eat shrimp, lobster, clams, and various other arthropods the only difference being they're aquatic.
@@ryhmetravila8085They're close-minded idiots. Don't mind them.
Honestly, yeah- I'm convinced. It's a little hard to find many of these but crickets and ants were two you had me more excited for and those were pretty easy to order in food grade quality. I have to admit, being someone who doesn't even like jello - bamboo worms are something I'm still going to decline but the rest of these? Yep, would definitely be inclined to at least try if properly prepared
I thought this videos was gonna really mess me up because eating bugs is one of my biggest fears, but I actually had fun watching. This guy is really good at making it all seem a lot less freaky. I feel like I learned something
I haven't tried everything on the list, but I have had some dishes with crickets and cicadas. I was actually blown away how good they were. A lot of food depends on how you prepare it, I guess. Kinda like how if someone doesn't like broccoli, and yet hasn't tried broccoli baked in the oven with olive oil and salt on top. Totally changes it. Not sure how I feel about a tarantula tho
Being bilingual, every time he said "gusano worm" my brain got stunned for a second. In Spanish, gusano is worm, so it's just worm worm.
Btw, at least in Mexico it's just the agave worm, commonly consumed dry and crushed as "worm salt", it's also found in alcoholic drinks like mezcal.
True
Reminds me of chai tea and Sahara desert 🤣 literally just tea tea and desert desert
It is “THE” worm
worm worm...
@@aightimmaheadout1972 and the huang he river. The he means river 😂😂 means yellow river river
I love how this guy is just making Mac and cheese and burgers out of bugs casually
That is literally the whole idea of how we can best incorporate edible insects into our diets--as a protein supplement in foods that we already know and love! Thanks for watching!
@@BrooklynBugs17 Can you describe whats the closest thing that its taste like
@@kaeru7655 plain potato chips
@@alexismorency6620 I never tasted Plain Potato chips : |
@@kaeru7655 add salt to it then?
"While we're eating all these sea bugs, why don't we consider eating these land bugs? 😀🤠" Terrified but laughed audibly, love the energy in this entire video 🙏😁
How adorable is it that Joseph Yoon is responding to so many comments on this video!
Haha, thanks so much for noticing and commenting! It is a joy to read and reply to so many positive and curious comments!
Imagine this dude at the family potluck.
Everyone: "That's awesome how you made the Spider shaped fries"
This dude: 😈🙈🙉🙊
"Wow, good job those spider shaped fries were a real hit."
Him: 😅
I am a bit sceptical about whole insect diet - but - your comment gave me an idea. Those would be realy great at a halloween family gathering - suprise your guests with some fried tarantua!
Imagine this at Halloween
what do you have ?
spider tempuras
oh cool, spider shaped tempura, how you did it ?
... actual spider, tempura
@@ScytheManiac he would be so good at Halloween party good food but scary
I feel like it is important to know, but if you have a shellfish allergy, DO NOT eat insects. They are in the same family as crustaceans so they have a risk of triggering a similar allergic reaction
Edit: Literally what does my pfp have to do with anything I was just trying to warn people who may have a shellfish allergy that insects can potentially trigger an allergic reaction
Aint no way you that low to make your UA-cam pfp a pride pfp💀💀😭😭😭
Facts… I don’t care abt the allergic type sh but bro what is ur pfp…. 😂
that actually makes sense but i would never think of it
that's odd
@@josepho3661 a perfect example of someone getting triggered by an lgbt person simply existing and making ZERO mentions of their identity lmao. focus on the actually helpful information they are sharing that could potentially save a person's life
I don’t know about you guys but I would literally eat everything this made just made it looks incredibly delicious. Although I never ate insects before.
That's why I always find wasps in my sweet drinks. They are just trying to give me a better flavour experience.
Hahaha, good one!
I remember wanting to eat one of those scorpion lollipops but hot scared once it got to the center.
Then in high school, a friend brought a whole freezer bag of baked crickets with lime. Literally ate like half the bag. They were soooo good
Same. My friend's mom returned from a trip to Africa with a bag of sun dried crickets and they tasted like Cheetos. Would love to eat more.
I once ate grass hoppers dipped in garlic and paprika 🥹. Where fire
Ong there was these sour cream and onion crickets and they were so 🤤🤤
Nature's potato chip
@@gazzmaz8830 nature's anabolic potato chip
Oh, I used to eat fried ants and tarantula's in my childhood. Brings back memories. The tarantula's are always prepared by the adults while sometimes I would catch the ants myself and just fry them.
LOVE it! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Every sentence is something I never thought I would hear someone say.