Eating Edible Bugs

🐛 Eating Edible Insects 🐛 

I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing and emotive words.

By: Trisha Raman 

Waiter, I’ll have Mealworms in a takeaway box! Did you know that most restaurants have insects on their menu? From China to Japan, Mexico and many more countries eat bugs. 

Your first impression on this is probably “yuck, disgusting”. But most people who have tried insects have not liked but loved them. I believe that bugs can be good in many ways. Such as an easy snack that makes you stronger and healthier.

Did you know insects are high in protein. Bugs might look disgusting, but their really healthy. The benefits for eating bugs are endless! Here are some main points. People have used Insects for weight loss, energy and to get their body stronger. The most healthiest Insect is the beetle with low fat and vitamins and minerals. A single caterpillar has more protein by weight then a turkey leg. Bugs are just so healthy. Eating Insects are better than your normal and average meal. Making your own bug meals or snacks are just as fun as they are healthy for you.

Sorpion lollipops, mealworm fries, chocolate covered crickets. These are all a good snacks for you. Did you know that the red skittle you had has some bugs in it? Most red candy or foods has cochineal, which is commonly used to make red dye. But this is no ordinary dye. It is made with the insides of an insects. 80% of the population actually like eating Insects. The snacks are just the beginning for the meals.

Crunch! Snap! Crack! That was the taste of a bugtacular meal. From grasshopper bacon bites to a big beetle feast. But how do they make these delicious spreads? The most commonly used bug for a meal is a cricket. Fancy restaurants have a very delicate taste for bugs. There are around 500 or more ways to make meals made with bugs. Did you know that the most common handmade food is meal-worm fries. Worms are fried to make a crunchy texture.

So from my opion I think that most people should eat or either try bugs. The flavour and crunchiness is just waiting for you. These insects are not only healthy but are meals and easy snacks. My goal for you is go eat at least two bugs. As they say love, eat and enjoy.

Writng

In Writing, we have been learning to write persuasive piece of writing. We have co-constructed our success criteria together. Here is our introduction criteria checklist.
o Title: Clearly states what you are going to be talking about

Example: Eating Edible Bugs

o Hook: A way to pull your audience in (possibly a rhetorical question, weird and wacky fact or setting a scene).

Example: Are you sick and tired of the same old meal every single night, run out of inspiration for dinner ideas and the family just don’t appreciate your hard work around dinner? Well now you can add the crunch back into your evening meals with interesting and creative dinner ideas.

o Clearly stating what your topic is about / Statement

Example: I believe that everyone should cook with insects.

I believe… I think… I strongly recommend… In my opinion… that all people should eat insects


o Background information: Use broad interest facts

Example: When people hear of others eating bugs they normally screw up their face and say, “Yuck!” But did you know most people who try insects actually end enjoying them. My challenge for you today is to try insect.

o Lead in sentence to your paragraphs (at the end)

There are many reasons why we should eat insects in our diet such as bug are healthy and low in fat, tasty fun treats and you be creative with recipes from all over the world.

Robot Story

I am learning to: write about what happens before during and after a event.

Whack! Woosh! That’s when Mike heard it behind the bushes, running to see what it was. He was so curious to know, pushing through the bushes and that’s when he saw it. Big red parts! Taking them inside hoping there would be all the parts of a robot so that he could make his very own.

After a day he had made his very own robot. Standing right in front of him was a wonderful creation. His robot was almost as big as his house, he had claws which could pinch like crab feet, and many legs that could help him crawl like a spider to move around. He was giant but didn’t look all that scary. A wire was by the robots back so he plugged it in. Then it said, “hello there, I am Hammy, I am a helping robot.” There was a red button feeling like that it was trouble so he put a sign that said,”don’t touch,” and he hoped no would touch it.

Hammy was helping the whole neighborhood. One month later everyone called Hammy the Robot Helper. But one day a child named Billy was on his bike going down the street and saw Hammy. Billy went up to Hammy and said, “wow are you a robot?” Hammy replied, “yes do you need help with anything?” Slowly getting Billy got off his bike and went closer to Hammy and just realised the red button and he saw the sign but just then Mike came and saw what was happening in the scene so he started running screaming, “ don’t press it! Don’t press it!” But it was to late.

Beep! “Noooooo!” yelled Mike. “Self destruct, self destruct, self destruct,” said Hammy. Mike ran to Hammy pushing Billy and said, “please don’t, not now at least.” “Five, four,” counted down Hammy. Billy had to make a move so he took Mike’s hand and said run and they went behind the walls of a house. BAM! Smoke filled the air. Mike got up and saw the remainings of Hammy. Tears came down his eyes. Billy went quickly to tell the neighborhood. A year later Mike had decided to have a robot funeral for Hammy. But one thing was when you try not to make something which had no heart why make it when you already have had someone with a heart.

Robot Help

                                                      Robot Help
I am learning to: write about what happens before during and after a event.

Whack! Woosh! That’s when Mike heard it behind the bushes, running to see what it was.

He was so curious to know, pushing through the bushes and that’s when he saw it. Big red parts!

Taking them inside hoping there would be all the parts of a robot so that he could make his very own.


After a day he had made his very own robot. Standing right in front of him was a wonderful creation.

His robot was almost as big as his house, he had claws which could pinch like crab feet, and many

legs that could help him crawl like a spider to move around.

He was giant but didn’t look all that scary. A wire was by the robots back so he plugged it in.

Then it said, “hello there, I am Hammy, I am a helping robot.”

There was a red button feeling like that it was trouble so he put a sign that said,”don’t touch,”

and he hoped no would touch it.

Hammy was helping the whole neighborhood.

One month later everyone called Hammy the Robot Helper. But one day a child named

Billy was on his bike going down the street and saw Hammy. Billy went up to Hammy and said,

“wow are you a robot?” Hammy replied, “yes do you need help with anything?”

Slowly getting Billy got off his bike and went closer to Hammy and just realised the red button

and he saw the sign but just then Mike came and saw what was happening in the scene so he

started running screaming, “ don’t press it! Don’t press it!” But it was to late.








Beep! “Noooooo!” yelled Mike. “Self destruct, self destruct, self destruct,” said Hammy. Mike ran to Hammy pushing Billy and said, “please don’t, not now at least.” “Five, four,” counted down Hammy. Billy had to make a move so he took Mike’s hand and said run and they went behind the walls of a house. BAM! Smoke filled the air. Mike got up and saw the remainings of Hammy. Tears came down his eyes. Billy went quickly to tell the neighborhood. A year later Mike had decided to have a robot funeral for Hammy. But one thing was when you try not to make something which had no heart why make it when you already have had someone with a heart.

Dal and Rice

I am learning to inform my audience by sharing and an entertaining moment

Eww! What is that smell. I quickly closed my door and ran to my bed like something was chasing me and crashed under my pillow hiding from the smell. The smell couldn’t get any worse. “Dinner time,” never mind it just did, obviously I was going to have to eat it! As I arrived at the table my uncle was by the table waiting.

Sitting up at the chair at the table trying to hold my breath. My aunty took my plate and told me she made dalh and rice, “WHAT!” I said. Out of all the foods she had to make this. Then the Rice was added.

I took my spoon of the dahl with rice and it dripped in slow-motion on to the plate while the spoon made its way closer and closer to my mouth the smell got stronger and stronger. “Don’t eat it, don’t eat it,” I said to myself.

My eyes started watering and I was screaming in my mind. It looked chunky and purple and with some black stuff poking out. Yuck! I put the most disgusting food in my mouth just like that I gulped it down. Chewing the un-flavoured dal chunky pieces was like chewing mushy worms.

That was it. If I see a dal and rice I would do run for my life.

Up We Go

Beep! Beep! Beep! I was up in the air going up and up.

“Don’t look down, don’t look down!” I said to myself. We were in a Skyline Gondola ride. My family and I were all having so much fun (after we got used to the up and down feeling). Under us there were so many trees and a beautiful view. It was stunning. Oh, my gosh, I forgot to mention there were also deer's under us, even a baby one. Awww!