Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A larva of any of various darkling beetles, especially Tenebrio molitor, which infests flour and other grain products and is often used as food for birds and reptiles and as fish bait.
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- noun The
larval stage of themealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
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- noun the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
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Examples
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Martinez, who is also an artist dedicated to micro architectural structures i.e. small farms, created a home mealworm farm called Wurmhaus as a nod to the Bauhaus humanist approach and a reaction to "contemporary agriculture and the practices of large-scale factory farms".
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Martinez is doubtful that home mealworm farms will catch on in a big way, but she is hopeful that there will be a shift in attitude in the near future and Americans and other Westerners might at least consider ordering a serving of crickets or wax moth larvae as the basis of a home-cooked meal.
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Martinez is doubtful that home mealworm farms will catch on in a big way, but she is hopeful that there will be a shift in attitude in the near future and Americans and other Westerners might at least consider ordering a serving of crickets or wax moth larvae as the basis of a home-cooked meal.
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Monica Martinez thinks Americans are ready to embrace entomophagy (bug-eating) and she's launched an edible bug food cart (Don Bugito) as well as a home mealworm farm (Wurmhaus) to prove her point.
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Monica Martinez thinks Americans are ready to embrace entomophagy (bug-eating) and she's launched an edible bug food cart (Don Bugito) as well as a home mealworm farm (Wurmhaus) to prove her point.
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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Martinez, who is also an artist dedicated to micro architectural structures i.e. small farms, created a home mealworm farm called Wurmhaus as a nod to the Bauhaus humanist approach and a reaction to "contemporary agriculture and the practices of large-scale factory farms".
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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I did get excited for cricket and mealworm tacos when I first heard “Oaxaca” though.
Free Burrito Alert? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2010
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These include cookies made out of dry mealworm bodies and a pie filled with raw chicken hearts.
VIDEO: Lisa Makes Bug Cookies, Chicken-Heart Pie on Hoarders 2011
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It also can be mixed into prepared foods to boost their nutritional value—like putting mealworm paste into a quiche.
The Six-Legged Meat of the Future Marcel Dicke 2011
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Martinez is doubtful that home mealworm farms will catch on in a big way, but she is hopeful that there will be a shift in attitude in the near future and Americans and other Westerners might at least consider ordering a serving of crickets or wax moth larvae as the basis of a home-cooked meal.
Kirsten Dirksen: Are Edible Bugs the New Sushi? (Video) Kirsten Dirksen 2011
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