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BrewDog’s plan to add ‘bug burger’ to its menu divides internet
So, would you try it?
BrewDog has divided the internet over whether to introduce new bug burgers to their menu.
The multinational brewer and pub chain with several locations in Manchester serves a variety of burgers to accompany its craft beers as well as holding Vegan Mondays — offering vegan options to its customers.
Founder and boss of the craft brewer James Watt put the question to his Twitter followers, saying: “Would you eat a bug burger in a @BrewDog bar? We are considering working with @_yumbug and putting a cricket burger on our menu.
“Insects are an incredibly sustainable superfood which deliver maximum nutrition with minimal resources. So, would you try it?”
The question sparked a flurry of mixed responses, with some people up for trying the bug burgers and others totally repulsed by the idea.
One person, patiently awaiting the option, wrote: “Yeah, I’ve been wanting to try one for a while.” Another, open-minded about food, put: “I’ll try anything! Tried dried crickets once, they didn’t really taste of anything.”
A third said enthusiastically: “Absolutely!, that way you could have 3 options. Meat….Insect and Vegan.” While a fourth simply put: “Definitely.” And someone else joked: “I don’t like Cricket, I love it.”
Not so keen on the idea, one man tweeted: “Honestly, no. Probably delicious, but my brain wouldn’t get over the fact I was eating crickets.”
In agreement, a second said: “This is exactly my issue. I could hear every argument in the world that it’s no different to eating cows or chickens, but, tell my brain that.”
A third, keeping it short and to the point, wrote: “Hell no.” A fourth, making it very clear it was a ‘no’, said: “No and frankly it would put me off ordering other items off the menu.”
While someone else believed they had a better suggestion, as they typed: “No. Absolutely not. Team up with @BeyondMeat instead. Their burgers are incredible!”
BrewDog opened in 2007 and has 55 venues across England, 18 in Scotland, two in Wales, as well as further sites in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia.
Human insect-eating (anthropo-entomophagy) is common to cultures in most parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) suggests eating insects as a possible solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock production.