Feeling peckish? In the mood for a little Scooby snack?
How about a salt and vinegar cricket? No? Scorpion lollipop? A nice juicy Mexican spice mealworm?
What’s wrong with you? Holding out for the chocolate-covered bugs, huh? Well, just try the roast locust first.
If the thought of eating insects, or entomophagy, to give it its Sunday name, is making your mouth water, then head along to the Donald Dewar statue on Buchanan Street on Wednesday 27th August.
Pop-up Pestaurant
Rentokil will be hosting one of their Pop-Up Pestaurants there from 11am. All of those delicious insects will be available for the public to nibble on.
As well as the bugs, the Pestaurant chefs will be dishing up sweet chilli pigeon burgers which will almost certainly be delicious if rather less exotic.
The inaugural Pestaurant in London attracted more than 3,000 hungry visitors. Rentokil expects similar crowds next week for Glasgow’s first Pestaurant event.
All the food is free, and local Rentokil experts will be on hand to answer any pest related questions from the public, pass on their top tips for pest prevention and discuss the unique cuisine being served.
Viable food source
The event in Glasgow is being held to raise awareness of the problems that pests can cause for homeowners and businesses alike as well as supporting the UN’s promotion of insects as a viable food source.
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, over 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diet with insects
Many insects are rich in protein, zinc, calcium and iron whilst also being low in fat. They also have a high ‘feed conversion rate’, meaning that they can be farmed using relatively little land, water and energy compared to livestock.