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  • Hello. This is 6 Minute English

  • from BBC Learning English.

  • I'm Neil. And I'm Sam.  

  • Do you like trying new food? I do indeed - I love eating

  • foods from around the world

  • and I especially like

  • trying out restaurants that

  • serve news kinds of food. Me too, and I like food

  • that is a mix of

  • different styles - sometimes

  • called fusion food. But

  • could I tempt you to

  • some insect tapas or

  • a tarantula doughnut? Maybe not - the idea of

  • eating food made from

  • bugs and creepy crawlies

  • doesn't appeal. Well, maybe I can

  • convince you in this

  • programme because that's

  • what we're discussing - and

  • teaching you some

  • vocabulary along the way.

  • But first, I must

  • serve you a question

  • to answer. It's about

  • food - but not made form

  • bugs. Do you know what

  • type of food is sometimes

  • known as 'priest chokers'?

  • Is it: a) cheese?,

  • b) pasta? or c) potato? I think I know this

  • one, Neil. It's pasta,

  • isn't it? Well, I will give you

  • the answer at the end of

  • the programme. But,

  • let's get back to food

  • made from bugs - which is

  • a growing trend in the

  • Western world. Insects

  • are an alternative source

  • of food and experts say

  • they're filled with

  • lots of good nutrients,

  • including amino acids

  • and protein. And eating

  • them could help to

  • fight world hunger

  • and reduce pollution. I'm not convinced yet,

  • but I do know that the

  • word for eating insects

  • is 'entomophagy' and it's

  • something BBC World Service

  • programme, The Food

  • Chain, discussed. The programme spoke to experts

  • who think cooking with bugs

  • is a great idea. One of

  • them was Andy Holcroft,

  • founding director of Grub

  • Kitchen and Bug Farm Foods.

  • He explained the challenge

  • of getting some people

  • to eat bugs. In the Western culture, we

  • have got a bit of an uphill -

  • I would say - struggle because

  • pre-conceptions around eating

  • insects are already sort

  • of ingrained in society,

  • so we already think

  • before we've even tried them,

  • they're going to taste

  • disgusting or gross. So,

  • to actually get someone

  • to put it in your mouth -

  • the easiest way we find

  • straightaway is to try maybe,

  • a cricket cookie or a

  • chocolate chip cricket cookie

  • where you have... we are

  • using cricket powder so

  • you don't actually see

  • any insects whatsoever -

  • you're getting the idea

  • of eating them so people

  • can deal with that a

  • bit more than actually

  • seeing the whole insect. Interestingly, it seems

  • to be western cultures that

  • don't like eating insects -

  • perhaps because it's

  • thought to be wrong or

  • just disgusting, even if

  • it's not! As Andy says,

  • people have pre-conceived

  • ideas about it. To change

  • these ideas is an uphill

  • struggle or needs a lot

  • of effort to achieve. Yes, the negative

  • attitude to eating bugs

  • is ingrained into society,

  • meaning it is a long-lasting

  • attitude that is difficult

  • to change. But Andy and

  • other chefs are trying

  • to change that attitude

  • by subtly introducing

  • insects into food, such

  • as his chocolate chip

  • cricket cookies. This is just for starters!

  • Other interesting and

  • exotic dishes, where you

  • do see the bugs you're

  • eating, are now

  • being served. I'm still not convinced

  • but maybe chef Joseph Yoon

  • can change my mind? He is

  • a chef and an 'edible

  • insect ambassador'. He's

  • also trying to persuade

  • the squeamish - people

  • easily upset by something

  • unpleasant - to overcome

  • their fears of crickets,

  • worms, and spiders, and

  • instead see them as a tasty,

  • alternative source of protein. Here he is, speaking on

  • the BBC's Food Chain

  • programme talking about

  • changing people's attitudes. We approach our work with

  • openness, with understanding

  • and inclusivity. When people

  • approach me and they go

  • like 'urghh' or they react

  • very viscerally, I don't

  • get confrontational, I go

  • like, I understand that

  • you can feel that way and

  • what we need to do is

  • start changing these

  • perceptions from insects

  • as being a pest, that

  • bites you or that carries

  • disease, to edible insects,

  • something that's sustainably

  • farmed and harvested

  • specifically for

  • human consumption. So, Joseph is passionate about

  • edible insects but is

  • understanding of people who

  • don't like the idea and maybe

  • show this viscerally - having

  • an emotional reaction rather

  • than one based on

  • fact or reason. But Joseph wants to change

  • these negative emotions by

  • explaining the insects are farmed

  • purely for humans to eat,

  • and they are farmed

  • sustainably - in a way that

  • can last for a long time

  • and is good for

  • the environment. I suppose we kill animals

  • such as cows and sheep to

  • eat so why not insects or

  • spiders? The debate about

  • this continues but there's

  • no debate about the answer

  • to today's question, Sam.

  • Earlier, I asked you if you

  • knew what type of food is

  • sometimes known as 'priest choker'?  

  • And I was sure if was pasta. It is pasta. Strozzapreti,

  • which means 'priest chokers'

  • in Italian, is an elongated

  • form of cavatelli pasta. Its

  • name is thought to come from

  • the greedy priests who were

  • so enthralled by the pasta

  • that they ate too quickly and

  • choked themselves. No bugs

  • were involved, though. That's good to know because

  • we have been talking

  • about entomophagy, a

  • word for the practice of

  • eating insects. Other vocabulary we mentioned

  • included fusion, which means

  • a mix of different styles.

  • And the expression an uphill

  • struggle means needs a lot

  • of effort to achieve. Something that is ingrained

  • is a long-lasting attitude

  • that is difficult to change. Viscerally describes having

  • an emotional reaction rather

  • than one based

  • on fact or reason. And, doing something

  • sustainably is doing it

  • in a way that can last for

  • a long time and is good

  • for the environment. Well, that's all for this

  • 6 Minute English. If you've

  • enjoyed it, join us again

  • soon for more real-life

  • stories and topical vocabulary

  • here at 6 Minute English.

  • Goodbye for now! Bye!

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Eating bugs - 6 Minute English

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