This is why back then, there were those "pills" design to deter cockroaches... But not really sure if they do their job.
You either used different formulas against different species of bugs, which will be ignored by other bugs, or you used a supposedly more general formula which often didn't work against anything. Insects with larvae or nymphs that actually ate cloth were much more of a concern so people used the formulas for those and tried to keep ants and cockroaches out by just cleaning regularly.
Eh, it's not so bad - cockroaches are actually pretty hygienic and clean themselves regularly. Granted, they do so by licking, but that's no different from cats, so a roach stepping on your towels is no worse than your cat doing so (and unlike a cat, a roach won't shed hair on your towels).
Also, if you're the kind of person who hangs a towel back on the rack to be used multiple time between washings, your towel almost definitely gets dirtier after the first use than it will ever get from anything a cockroach can do to it.
Eh, it's not so bad - cockroaches are actually pretty hygienic and clean themselves regularly. Granted, they do so by licking, but that's no different from cats, so a roach stepping on your towels is no worse than your cat doing so (and unlike a cat, a roach won't shed hair on your towels).
Also, if you're the kind of person who hangs a towel back on the rack to be used multiple time between washings, your towel almost definitely gets dirtier after the first use than it will ever get from anything a cockroach can do to it.
No no no, the problem is that the 'standards' for cleanliness to cockroaches and for humans differ largely.
Cockroaches secrete oil that keeps their body slick and shiny, which also helps them cram into small spaces by lubricating their body. That oil however, smells REALLY bad and when it seeps into fabric, you pretty much need to hand-wash them so it won't 'infect' other piece of clothing.
As for off-topic knowledge, crazy researchers has managed to extract oil from insects to be used as alternative for palm oil. Cockroaches produce most oil (with aforementioned quality of being stinky), crickets produce the least oil (with nutty flavors).
As for off-topic knowledge, crazy researchers has managed to extract oil from insects to be used as alternative for palm oil. Cockroaches produce most oil (with aforementioned quality of being stinky), crickets produce the least oil (with nutty flavors).
There’s been some recent developments and shifts towards using insects for more sustainable farming and foods. From cockroach milk (I’ll choose cows or goat milk/cheese any day), protein powders made from bugs, and other meals derived from insects.
Cricket farms for example, they produce less waste compared to conventional livestock (pigs, chickens, cows, etc…), take up less space (you can cram a ton of crickets in a small space), and they convert feed into protein and nutrition much more efficiently along with taking less feed as well.
Fun story, I remember going to some kind of convention and grabbed a pizza with my sister. Off in the distance, I saw some sorta stall that was called something along the lines of ‘cricket bistro’ (I don’t remember the name). At the time I just thought it was a very poorly named food stall, until the next day at school where some classmates talked about ‘cricket pizza’ and then I realized that yeah, they were serving actual bugs over there.
psychedelic_rabbit said: Fun story, I remember going to some kind of convention and grabbed a pizza with my sister. Off in the distance, I saw some sorta stall that was called something along the lines of ‘cricket bistro’ (I don’t remember the name). At the time I just thought it was a very poorly named food stall, until the next day at school where some classmates talked about ‘cricket pizza’ and then I realized that yeah, they were serving actual bugs over there.
See, the only problem I have with insect protein is that they're dry as sand due to the chitin content being over half of the powder. If those scientists managed to make them as juicy as hamburger patties I'd bet nobody gonna protest---in fact, there's already studiesaboutusing beetles and it's larvae as protein source. It has better fat content and higher meat-to-chitin percentage compared to crickets, which may mean better taste, but takes almost three to four times longer to harvest due to their life cycle differences.
See, the only problem I have with insect protein is that they're dry as sand due to the chitin content being over half of the powder. If those scientists managed to make them as juicy as hamburger patties I'd bet nobody gonna protest---in fact, there's already studiesaboutusing beetles and it's larvae as protein source. It has better fat content and higher meat-to-chitin percentage compared to crickets, which may mean better taste, but takes almost three to four times longer to harvest due to their life cycle differences.
I don't think people will be HAPPY of eating food which came from certain disgusting insects no matter how "delicious" it seems.
I don't think people will be HAPPY of eating food which came from certain disgusting insects no matter how "delicious" it seems.
People has been eating candies and stuff colored with carmine red for about two hundred years without protesting that they're eating bug juice.
It's just about knowing and not knowing what you're putting in your mouth. Will people still eat chicken nuggets if they're told with the average number of workplace incident in the nugget factory, there's always a chance that your nuggets contain pieces of human fingers? Or your food has 'maximum tolerated value of rat feces?'
