Will You Eat Cockroach?

@molusk (857)
Philippines
May 16, 2007 5:37pm CST
Cockroach. One of the most hated crawling insect. Just thinking about it is gross to the max. But if put in a situation where you are dirt poor and have nothing to eat, and being sorrounded everywhere by them crawlers as you live in a sewerage tunnel, will you cook and eat them out of hunger?
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• United States
16 May 07
Ewwww, I have a VERY weak stomach so I highly doubt that I would be able to eat a roach (regardless of the circumstances). I'm just thinking about it and i've got the chills. I also have a huge fear of bugs. My palms get sweaty and I start bugging out when I see them so I really doubt I would be able to eat one if I can't even stand to be around them.
@molusk (857)
• Philippines
16 May 07
I understand your situation Melissa528. Your weak stomach and your natural fear of bugs will make you an unlikely person to eat a cockroach for survival
@Gorgeous24 (1091)
• United States
16 May 07
I absolutely hate cockroaches 100%, they scare the crap out of me. I honestly dont think I could eat a cockroach, I think I would die of starvation only because I have a weak stomach so if its nasty my stomach wont hold it down. EWWWWWWWWW!
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
16 May 07
Gorgeous24, I would suppose you would die from starvation due to a weak stomach. But how about a cooked tunnel rat, do you think your stomach will hold?
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@joice86 (1078)
• Philippines
17 May 07
yes, if i am in that situation. I am already used to living in a dirty place so it will just be easy for me to eat one... I have just watch something over national geographic channel that some people in Taiwan are playing with cockroaches and they eat it also...And they say that cockroaches is not that dirty. It is only in our mind that they are gross.
@SmokePiff (436)
• United States
21 May 07
no way in the world would i eat a roach r u serious. i don't see how people be doin it on fear factor. rather eat a worm i heard they're better for u
• Brazil
17 May 07
Oh my.... I'm so afraid of cockroches that I can't even imagine myself getting closer to them... I'd rather try to find some other insect if there's REALLY no way out! hahaha But cockroches... Not even for all money in the whole world I'd eat one!
@acc2size (56)
16 May 07
i'd say yes. we do crazy things when we're hungry. i mean i'd settle for any type of food when im hungry. lol
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
16 May 07
I would say yes, too. Survival is the key. This actually is happening to some very poor families in our country.Sometimes they would eat tunnel rats just to survive