Fox News host Tucker Carlson tasted a bug burger while discussing efforts to promote insects as food in a preview for an episode of his “Originals” series. “Leaving politics aside, we’re assuming for this segment this will be inevitable, we’re going to be eating bugs,” Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily Caller News Foundation said to chef Joseph Yoon, who founded the Brooklyn Bugs restaurant in 2017. “Might as well make the best of it, and you have done that.” (RELATED: ‘It Has A Big Impact’: Davos Speaker Calls For ‘A Billion’ People To ‘Stop Eating Meat’)
The European Union approved the use of cricket power in food in January, allowing it to be used in a number of food items, including pasta, bread and meat substitutes. Over the years, media outlets, companies and leaders have pushed the idea of shifting people away from eating meat by substituting insects, including former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Carlson asked Yoon, “So before we get into what you prepared today, I think everyone has the same question in mind: Will cockroaches be on the menu?”
“All the insects that are, that we use are farm to harvested specifically for human consumption and cockroaches may be on that list but I, personally, don’t really think that we’re ready for cockroaches just yet,” Yoon replied.
Carlson tried several of the items, including cricket caramel popcorn and chocolate-covered crickets.
“I would eat chocolate covered crickets all day,” Carlson said, before taking a bite from a cricket burger.
“That’s not bad at all,” Carlson said.
Yoon rejected the idea of forcing people to stop eating meat, which has been a recent trend in efforts to deal with climate change by politicians and academics.
“I think whether people like it or dislike it, it’s important just to give people the option,” Yoon stated.
WATCH:
Tucker Carlson speaks with edible insect ambassador @Brooklynbugs17 about the future of food, and eats a hamburger made out of crickets:
"That's not bad at all." pic.twitter.com/JdhJJrByrW
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 15, 2023
.@TuckerCarlson talks to Edible Insect Chef
TUCKER: "Is there any bug you WON'T prepare as food?"
CHEF: "I only work with bugs that I know are…proven to be edible for human consumption…How can we reimagine edible insects? It's one option we have to consider as a resource." pic.twitter.com/F0vFvFXWTy
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 15, 2023