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Not even Bear Grylls wants to eat something called a "maggot". They're going to need some serious rebranding upfront.

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All you need is a clever marketing name, like Chilean Sea Bass. Problem solved.

Grubs?

Fly calves?

SFMHPP? (Soldier Fly Maggot High Protein Powder)

I suspect some variation of the latter is how this will get into the food chain. Identifiable insects get in the news, but it'll probably be as an additive where it sees most use. After all what percentage of chicken is sold as actual whole pieces of chicken rather than reformed, breaded, sauced, otherwise processed meat?

> Fly calves?

Micro-veal! Bam, now it's fancy.

Wee-veal?

I think you're misunderstanding what we're trying to do here. We're trying to get away from the insectiness, not charge towards it.... Otherwise it would obviously be beeftle.... Until the horse fly meat scandal.

“Bug Bites” is the name of the fish food in my local pet store. Comes in goldfish formula and algae eater formula. The package says it is grown by Enterra Feed in Canada using unconsumed fruit and vegetable that would go to waste.

Reminds me of the pesticide spray bottle that had a magnified picture of a giant juicy grub right where you would have to put your hand to pick up the bottle.

Um, great marketing there folks.

That episode when Bear killed and "ate" the skunk was hilarious. I recall him saying that cooking it "smelled like burning tires". Hilarious.

Perhaps "Le Magot -- the new cuisine"

Or two of them?

http://www.lesdeuxmagots.fr/en/paris-restaurant.html

I'm pretty sure he would eat a maggot, its not anything that is different from what he has already eaten

Andrew Zimmern would surely eat them and maybe has done. He's eaten everything else. I recall him saying the only things he will not eat are Durian and oatmeal (texture thing).

Editing to say he did eat grubs on one episode and said something along the lines of it feeling like a massive pop of pus in his mouth. I swore then I would never follow suit.

Steve would eat them:

http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/

Black oysters.

May I suggest 'worm', as it doesn't seem to stop tequila drinkers.

Nope, nope, nope. Not good enough.

The presence of a mezcal worm is a good indication of a shit product using marketing. No one drinks that stuff unless they are naive.

Might end up in Beyond Meat and similar for all we know.

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