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by wowokay 1364 days ago
That is true, I’d be more curious about the food source evolution. Even in this article the writer pointed out that it was a tradition and that sourcing the wasps was getting harder each year due to pesticides. Does this mean culturally they have moved past eating wasps and moved on to more “normal” food sources? I’ve never thought of eating insects as a primary source of food for a culture unless they were poor and couldn’t afford better foods.
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When I look at the history of the Netherlands there's always been a ton of good farming land available (no mountains!) and the North sea is teeming with fish. Starvation was a rare occasion but in times of war or flooding people ate anything that moved.
You can't really say it's "more normal" to not eat insects. That's cultural relativism bias. "unless poor or couldn't afford better" again cultural relatvisim bias. Stop that, it's jarring.