> Arrrgh! How can you possibly eat ants???

you just grab them by the head and crush them  quickly before putting in
your mouth to avoid the risk of being bitten by the ant  . if surprised
quickly enough , the ants will not have the time to secrete formic acid that
makes the ant taste sour.

 Okay, I realize I'm speaking from
> a culturally biased position, but still...my 2 year old son has an
> instictive fear of bugs (and they are all over the place since we live on
> the water.)  How did you become so "de-civilized" for lack of a better
> word.  On the other hand, I am too civilized.  I want to try buffalo, but
> looking at it in a blood filled plastic bag makes me nauseous.

i became decivilised because i made a choice 14 years ago to eat
instinctivelly ( meaning only foods in their natural state , raw,  whole ,
unprocessed in any way , as one can find it in nature without the help of
artifices .
In that farme work you eat only the excellent to the taste and you get
surprised by what can be excellent at time depending on your meatbolic needs
of the moment . Food chosen by sense of taste and smell ONLY while
discarding any preconceived ideas and  memories and interpretations about
them are a true gift to our senses.
Krishnamurti once said :< observing without evaluating is the highest form
of intelligence >
It takes years to deprogram the coercivelly trained mind ( trained thru
judgements) but it is at the reach of the most dedicated vegetarian ( as i
have been for 12 years ).

there is nothing to loose in the process contrary to what the fear ,
carefully maintained by civilisations , let us believe.

I am at the point where i don't find anything  fondamentally positive
quality brought by civilisations other than the  compensations for what we
lost in the process.
jean-claude



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