Can you eat too much beetroot?

In more recent years I have toyed with the idea of including insects in my diet. In most of the world it's normal. It's only a taboo here and elsewhere in the 'West' as far as I can gather.

But I'd want to be selective. I'd want to know exactly what kind of insect it is, how it had been cleaned and prepared, and that the jelly it fell into and drowned in wasn't simply a house fly's next and final stop after coming in from outside where it might have just eaten some dog poo.

 

I don't know if it's the period you're thinking of but I remember various UK food companies getting a bit adventurous. I also remember, as you say, it being a short lived fad.

I think it could possibly work now though. People are far more knowledgeable about nutrition, both good and not so good. Beef, chicken, pork, lamb, all about 25 to 28% protein for example. I think I read that mealworms are more like 60% protein. That makes them interesting to anyone that wants to meet demanding protein requirements while keeping total calories down.

People are also increasingly aware of environmental issues, and recognise that farming animals has a significant environmental impact. People are also increasingly aware of ethical issues, like how livestock gets to live and die before we eat it. Insects offer a lot in these respects.

 

Even the sparrows around here wont eat meal worms.
But the blackbirds love Whiskers, (cat food).

 

Beet this.

One day two beets, who were best friends, were walking together down the street. They stepped off the curb and a speeding car came around the corner and ran one of them over. The uninjured beet called 911 and helped his injured friend as best he was able. The injured beet was taken to emergency at the hospital and rushed into surgery. After a long and agonizing wait, the doctor finally appeared. He told the uninjured beet, "I have good news, and I have bad news. The good news is that your friend is going to pull through." "The bad news is that he's going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life".