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> The taste of insects simply does not compare to meat and poultry.

Poultry, especially the meat of chicken and turkeys is close to tasteless. I would argue the opposite, the average consumer doesn't really care for the taste of the meat itself as long as the marinade is delicious.

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Depends what you mean by taste, but chicken is a blank canvas to be painted with flavors. What it does provide is an excellent texture that I doubt can be replaced with insect protein.

I have to disagree, chicken tastes really great when cooked with spices and seasoning, I lived in Mexico City for 3 years, tried maybe 4-5 different insect dishes at fancy spots as well as ones in the market. Insects at best taste like maybe crispy paper, with spices and seasoning, they didnt get much better- I think people ate insects when they were starving.

Dark meat roasted chicken is hardly tasteless

Nothing beats homemade chicken stock. There is no packaged food that can replicate the taste of homemade chicken stock.

White meat is tasteless; the society as a whole got super into it because it's lower-fat and "healthier".

Which makes me wonder, what would industrialized farming and eating of insects do to the taste?

They would taste like chicken.

You mean "factory farmed poultry" ...wild bird meat is amazing, and free-range chicken (and their eggs) has a nice flavor too. When they eat a lot of insects and other foods they find in nature it makes a huge difference.

> wild bird meat > free-range chicken

Words don't suffice do describe the difference. Anyone with enough time and space should get a few chickens. They're amazing at converting insects and weeds into food, and they're quite funny as pets too.

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