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INTRODUCTION

•  Class in English
•  Please stop me if I speak too quickly
•  Raise your hand if you have a question
•  Class participation is part of your grade!
ENTOMOPHAGY: •  If you do not plan to attend lectures in person, drop the
EDIBLE INSECTS class today!
•  If you must miss class, file for leave of absence on CEIBA or
LECTURE 1 - INTRODUCTION email me.

INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

•  Writing assignments starting week 3

•  Week 8: Class, but no midterm! •  500 English words or 800中文字 minimum
•  No class week 15 (Dec 31) •  Submit it online with CEIBA.
•  Final project due Week 16, presented in class •  You are graded on content, not grammar!
Mistakes are OK!
•  If you haven’t registered, print out a 人工加簽單 in week 3 •  NO CHEATING! Everyone write your own work!
and I will sign it in class. 請寫你⾃自⼰己的話。

•  My contact information: mshelomi@ntu.edu.tw
•  The TA, Chiao-Jung Han: r09632003@ntu.edu.tw

INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION

•  Class attendance and some questions with Zuvio. •  How many of you have [intentionally] eaten insects?
•  Register using university email and your real name
•  https://irs.zuvio.com.tw Previous classes:
•  Add the class with code 63608323 107-1: 37 no, 23 yes
108-1: 83 no, 31 yes
109-1: ≈80 no, 22 yes

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•  QUESTION: Why do we eat?

Nutrition Fun, Boredom

Social Bonding Social Status, Celebrations

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•  What is inedible?

•  QUESTION: What would you never eat? … and why not?

Paper Flowers Wood

Metal Clay Rocks

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•  Are animals food?

Bánh tráng - Rice Paper - Edible Flowers - Yacaratiá tree Wood -

Vietnam Worldwide Argentina

Vark – silver foil – kalaba – Kaolinite clay –

South Asia Cameroon, Zambia Salt

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•  Which animals do you eat? Which do you not eat? •  Which animals do you eat? Which do you not eat?

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•  Which animals do you eat? Which do you not eat? A B C

•  Discussion: Which birds
do people eat, and why?

D E F G

H I J K

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•  Which animals do you eat? Which do you not eat?

•  Discussion: Which birds
do people eat, and why?

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•  Which animals do you eat? Which do you not eat?

Palau, 02-2020

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•  Question: What part of the animal is edible? •  Question: What part of the animal is edible?

Bone Bone
Marrow Comb Marrow Comb

Brain Udder Brain Udder

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•  Discussion: Where did your views of which animals and parts

are edible come from?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1eIvEnAg8s&t=1s

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Poison pufferfish - Fugu

Poisonous, fermented, dried Greenland shark - Hakarl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYqznD0R5M

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•  Castoreum

Caviar (Fish eggs) Bäverhojt

Beluga sturgeonfish

Beaver 河狸 (Castor sp.) Castor sac

(anal gland)
Swim-bladder. Source of isinglas. Beer fining “Natural flavor”

CULTURAL ASPECTS OF EATING WHAT ARE INSECTS?

•  Question: Does preparation matter? •  Arthropod – Exoskeleton, jointed legs

•  Insects – 6 legs.
•  Arachnids – 8 legs. Spiders, scorpions
•  Crustaceans – 10+ legs. Crabs, shrimp, lobsters
•  Myriapods – Many legs. Centipedes, millipedes

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•  Group Discussion: Why do more people eat crustaceans than

insects, arachnids, and myriapods?

•  Question: Have you ever seen insects served as food? Where?

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•  What insects mean to different people: •  What insects mean to different people:
•  Objects of fear •  Pets

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•  What insects mean to different people: •  What insects mean to different

•  Pests in food people:
•  FOOD!

Out of >1000000 described species, only 5000 are pests!

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CULTURAL ASPECTS OF INSECTS ENTOMOPHAGY

•  entomo (insect) +
phagy (eating)
•  Over 1900 species
Question: eaten in 100
Which insects are edible? countries (Yde
Which are not? Jongema)
•  Depends on
location and species
diversity, and does
not reflect
frequency

Jongema, Y. (2012). List of edible insects of the world (April 4, 2012). Wageningen
University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

ENTOMOPHAGY ENTOMOPHAGY

•  First writings: Vincent Holt (1885). Why not eat insects? •  Holt’s Arguments:
London, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press. •  Many insects are herbivores,
http://bugsandbeasts.com/WhyNotEatInsects/ and so are “clean”
•  Not different from oysters,
lobsters, other scavengers
•  Eaten in other cultures
•  Nutritious for the poor
•  Once used as medicine

ENTOMOPHAGY ENTOMOPHAGY

•  More recently: FAO Forestry Paper 171

van Huis et al. (2013). Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed
security, Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO).
www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf Zuvio Question:
What do you want to learn in this class?

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HOMEWORK HOMEWORK

•  No writing assignment this week or next week. •  論⽂文引⽤用格式-如何在學術論⽂文中正確的引⽤用⽂文獻

•  Copy-pasting text from another source is NEVER acceptable!
•  Future writing assignments will be opinion pieces (意見) •  This is plagiarism (竊), and is NEVER allowed!
切勿複制粘貼他⼈人的⽂文字。
•  Please write your own words. 請寫你⾃自⼰己的話。
•  If you must copy words, use “quotation marks” and cite your source
•  I don’t care about grammar or spelling. 使⽤用引號並引⽤用您的來來源。
你的英語仍然比我的中⽂文好！ •  Always better to write in your own words
•  I don’t need facts. I want to read your opinions! ⽤用⾃自⼰己的話寫總是更更好

•  https://www.editing.tw/blog/writing/論⽂文引⽤用格式-
如何在學術論⽂文中正確的引⽤用⽂文獻.html

HOMEWORK

•  If you want to register, need to print out form on week 3.

•  If you don’t plan to attend the lectures, drop the course!

•  Optional reading:
•  Holt 1885
http://bugsandbeasts.com/WhyNotEatInsects/
•  https://gothamist.com/miscellaneous/eating-hornet-larvae-
in-taiwan