/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14959449
Which ever tastes better.

>>14959449
Hunt mutant giant bugs.

>pick between one of two retarded fucking hypotheticals
no thanks, you bubbling queef

>>14959449
Bugs
They are more nutritious than conventional meat.

Plus they are already being made into burger patties and mince. Hell, most food you eat already has bugs in it.
It's not like eating bugs means you're just eating whole crickets and scorpions straight.

I just eat deenz from the stock I inherited from my based grandpa

>>14959449
>firearms are banned
>implying that would stop anyone
also why would I choose either anyway, theres already good vegan food that doesnt try to be meat, and by 2199 there should be plenty of cheap meat cloning technology

>>14959460
>retarded fucking hypotheticals
You are actually the type of person this question is targetted at.
Both are already happening.
You need to come to terms with that.

>>14959449
I'll become a canibal.
But than again, if animals are extinct, so will be humans, as we need an actual biodiverse system. Cows feed and fluff up the earth, chickens destroy pests like ticks, swine redistriute the soil. If you don't have animal husbandry, you wont have any plant matter to eat as well. Synthtic stuff only leads to soil destruction, as the abylonians already learned.

why are bugs so replusive to most humans though?

primates and monkeys eat bugs, carnivores eat bugs, no other animal has a problem with eating bugs except humans

>>14959449
I'd rather eat fake meat made out of plastic

Most meat protein is beans, and beans are great.

Fake meat. Not eating bugs.

Why is this our only option? Why isn't more money and research being funneled into mushrooms and other fungus as meat alternatives? They are hearty and meaty and require little soil to grow. Totally natural with little to no soy additives or gross bugs.

>>14959483
Bugs are pests and harbor pathogens. They are usually a sign of death and decomposition. You don't want to eat something which migt have feasted on your dead grandmother, nor consume parasites living in them. Last but not least they have ad macros, protein itself isn't everything and they taste like literaly trash slime. There is a reason why you need to deepfry them and put a shitton of spices and dips on them to make them palatable. With tht much effort you can make everything consumable.

>>14959508
>mushrooms and other fungus as meat alternatives?
but these already exist though.They taste nice and kinda sorta meaty but its obviously not meat and you'll never be fooled that its meat.

>>14959508
Mushrooms grow in symbiosis with forrests, which are cancelled. You need to grow your food in a trash can in the future megametropolis underground wagie cagie.

>>14959519
more pics of the mushroom """meat""

>>14959449
Bugs. Ant salt on my beef steak.

>>14959515
>Bugs are pests and harbor pathogens. They are usually a sign of death and decomposition. You don't want to eat something which migt have feasted on your dead grandmother, nor consume parasites living in them. Last but not least they have bad macros,
all of these can be fixed with farming them in a clean and controlled environment

>they taste like literaly trash slime.
this can be fixed with genetic engineering/selective breeding
the 1st wild pig probably looked and tasted like shit

>>14959483
Bugs don't taste good for starters. Cultures that eat them have it ingrained into their existence and don't mind the flavor or don't care because they'll starve otherwise.

>>14959519
>>14959525
I think this is where the problem ultimately lies. Why is the marketing so focused on copying meat. When it should be about offering people an alternative that they would prefer to eat over meat.

>>14959449

you forgot C) cannibalism.

i will murder fellow humans, gut them, skin them, and eat them. it's not 'maybe', it's 100% certain that i will do this in this circumstance.

>>14959549
well selling it as meat is more attractive than saying "hey here are some dumb mushrooms for $12"
its just a cultural ingrain that meat = premium and plants = poverty

>>14959546
Humans evolved over millenia, our brains don't care for modern techniques and will still hate bugs.

>this can be fixed with genetic engineering/selective breeding
This is a meme. Genetic engineering as done nothing of benefit to society and you wont make a larvae taste like stake. Instea of trying to shill trash, why not prevent animals from getting extinct? Permafarming and animal husbandry which isn't cages up so that thyron can buy his dollar menue.

>>14959449
I'll stab op in the throat and eat him.

>>14959557
>its just a cultural ingrain that meat = premium and plants = poverty
Delusional. Meat is what made us human, agriculture is what made us weaker again.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPyssWASiOuNurbc2FyibL-5ZK1wwPEPMuTbjzD-auw/edit?usp=sharing

>>14959483
There are a lot of parasites that live inside insects, especially snails.

>>14959571
>heres a 50,000 word essay, bro

but it is
in many 3rd world countries eating actual meat is a luxury and not a daily thing. Animals are expensive and eggs and milk are eaten instead.

>>14959519
For less than 500$ you can get all of the equipment you need to mass produce mushrooms at home for years. I will never need to buy oyster mushrooms ever again and am expanding out into king oysters and chestnut mushrooms.

>>14959583
>snails
>insects

>>14959449
I go out and hunt meat with my rifle. because that will always be an option and I don't play by your rules.

>>14959449
For me, it’s bugs

>>14959588
I fuckin love mushrooms and would eat them for every meal if I could, kinda low key jelly of you rn

>>14959546
Your brain on transhumanist-futurist nonsense.

>>14959449
I wonder how I lived to be 211

>>14959586
They eat meat as a luxury because they have no otehr options, being poor. Just like medieval serfs had to eat what was left, while the kings basically ate everything with legs or fins. Which showed in their health.

>>14959449
Bugs. I've eaten bugs while traveling, they taste pretty good. Fuck that vegan meat.

>>14959645
whats the best and worst bug you have eaten and how do they taste like?

>>14959449
>animals are extinct.
>bugs
Pick one.

Also what the fuck? if all animals go extinct, even if there are bugs left, we are absolutely fucked as a species. This is as retarded as saying there are no plants left and all we have are carnivorous animals.

I've eaten fake meat and I've eaten bugs before. As long as I have the option I am not living off them.

>>14959449
They are the same thing.

>>14959664
>retarded bait thread is retarded
>still gets 100+ replies and never ends up deleted
It's all so tiresome.

>>14959547
>Bugs don't taste good for starters.
They do though. Grass hoppers taste like peanut butter with some grass mixed in. Bugs also hold on to spice flavors really well.

>>14959684
oh sorry sweetie, I should have made another FAST FOOD thread instead

>>14959449
Whatever happened to lab made meat development if it's 2199?

>>14959550
There are many issues with that but I think you're forgetting the healthrisk with prions not to mention everything that can transmit through blood.

>>14959622
You can easily grow all of them you need yourself using the following items:
-wood pellets
-leftover coffee grounds
-a large pressure cooker
-mushroom spawn bags w/ filter patch
-a functioning DIY HEPA laminar flow hood (most expensive thing)

All of this can easily be acquired for a few hundred dollars and then you're in business

>>14959449
Do crustaceans and molluscs count as bugs? If so, count me in! Living off mussels, limpets, abalone, scallops, shrimp, crayfish, crabs and lobsters sounds great.

>>14959650
Every where I've tried bugs, it usually wasn't just a bug itself, they actually have spices or sauces added to them. Mealworms that are fried and sprinkled with red pepper flakes, or a splash of soy sauce is amazing, even with out they have a nutty flavor. Grass hopper by themselves remind me of peanut butter. Grubs I don't care for, cause they get crunchy on the outside, are all liquidy on the inside. Ants have this zangy sour taste to them which is unique, same time tasty. In the end none of them taste bad. They are rich in protein, more so than beef or chicken. You can spice them to your liking.

>>14959737
Also, squid, octopus and cuttlefish. And if we, add in echidnoderms, sea urchin.

>>14959737
Also, squid, octopus and cuttlefish. An,d if we add in echidnoderms, sea urchin roe.

>>14959735
Definitely considering it, I've grown magic mushrooms before so I'm assuming the process is similar but just larger scale?

>>14959753
>>14959737
>>14959760
>thinking it would be this easy
no
everything in the ocean either died off or is now full of heavy metals and radiation after the Great War of 2089
so its either fake meat or land bugs

>>14959761
Yeah, it's harder because the quantities involved are so much larger and you need higher yields to make it worthwhile. Invest in a laminar flow hood early on to make your life a lot easier.

>>14959763
>land bugs
So coconut crabs and Christmas Island red crabs?

>>14959770
Will do, thanks anon, I'll post here when I bite the bullet

>>14959777
Or freshwater species like Chinese mitten crabs and crawdads?

>>14959763
Who died and made you the king of this thread? Fuck you, I'm eating lobster.

>>14959449
no
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat

>>14959777
i have heard land crabs taste like urine because they dont have water to constantly pass it out

but yea.....sure, if you want

By the year 2199 we'll have lab grown mean that is indistinguishable from real meat. Hell we'll probably have it before 2099.

>>14959449
I can’t wait to eat bugs, they’re probably really good :)

>>14959469
you can still eat real meat as far as im concerned

Plant """""meat""""" by by a huge margin.
But I will just set up traps and fish if I can.

Id eat the food vendor first.

I'll raise my own chickens.