These little freaks right here produce a form of milk protein crystal, meaning in the future it might be possible to not just eat the bug, but milk the bug as well.

HOWEVER, that raises the question, what is “bug milk”? Because if you go by the precedent of nut milks, it’s a milk of ground and processed bug. But if you go by the precedent of animal milk, then it would refer to the milk FROM the bug

Without clear rules dictating how to speak here, how is someone to know which product they’re getting??

  • wax_worm_futures [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Ah yeah, roachmilk. A year into working at the bug farm, a coworker told me about it, and we all thought he was bullshitting until we looked it up.

    You need to kill the roach to extract the milk; it would be really hard to reconfigure the organ such that you could pump it out. More importantly, you get maybe a few microliters of milk per roach, after a process that is neither simple nor energy-economical. It’s only ever going to be a wealth-flaunting food item.

    Instead of wasting most of the roach, you might as well eat it. Or better yet, eat your beans instead.

    ice cream beanis