Comments on: Silkworms: an Environmentally Friendly Delicacy?

By: Day 79: Should We Consider Eating Worms? « BrainCaviar

Day 79: Should We Consider Eating Worms? « BrainCaviar — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:10:00 +0000

[...] rely on boiled cocoons to retrieve a lengthy line of pure silk. To eat silkworms, according to Eco Localizer, is quite humane since the worms are being boiled anyway to produce silk. In Thailand, silkworms [...]

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By: shimmmm

shimmmm — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:06:24 +0000

what. they taste good LOL
everyone just seems to think it’s nasty because they actually know what it is and are disgusted by how they’re presented…..seriously, if you just close your eyes without no idea of what it is, it’s pretty damn tasty.

By: alice

alice — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:41:03 +0000

hey does it taste good…like really good??????? it looks yackkyy 2 me…????

By: pete

pete — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:17:49 +0000

Sorry but what is the eco-suggestion here? if they already eat the silk-pupae as you say and they are a popular snack, are they throwing any away? (no). it seems silly to try and stimulate demand for silk worms as a low impact food. Being one trophic level above plants, like cows and sheep won´t they be just as bad?

Interesting silk worm facts but hardly useful.

By: web

web — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:45:04 +0000

om nom nom nom nom

oh, come on, someone was gonna say it, now it’s out of the way.

By: Deepti

Deepti — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:36:35 +0000

I like MC’s two cents. Gavin, EW! I remember seeing the picture of your facial expressions right after you ate a worm. You did not look happy. I’m surprised you tried it again and even more surprised that you have acquired a taste for them. But not surprised that you tried it a second time in an attempt to impress a girl. hehe. Miss you. You are far more adventurous than I. I will leave the bug-eating to you.

By: Gavin Hudson

Gavin Hudson — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:40:36 +0000

@MC: Thank you for the excellent link and suggestion!

@Jeff: It’s definitely an acquired taste.

By: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:22:03 +0000

My mother’s made two extended trips to South Korea, and said this was the one element of Korean cuisine she just couldn’t do…

By: mcmilker

mcmilker — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:20:02 +0000

While eating silk worms already intended for disposal is certainly the eco choice, I’d prefer to see silkworms raised more humanely. The growing peace silk industry is working toward growing silk worms in just such a manner. Rather than dropping the cocoons in boiling water they are unraveled and the silk worm is kept alive to reproduce.

You can grow your own peace silk or purchase at

http://www.aurorasilk.com/raisesilk/index.shtml