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Yes, insects are meat. The kernel of a nut is called nut meat, even though it is not made from muscle fibers. I think the line is drawn at poultry and fish som
by thatcat 8y ago
Yes, insects are meat. The kernel of a nut is called nut meat, even though it is not made from muscle fibers.
I think the line is drawn at poultry and fish sometimes because the input costs are so much lower than mammalian meat. CO2 taxes would incentivize this sort of vegetarianism.
- pbhjpbhj 8y ago>The kernel of a nut is called nut meat, // It can be, but it's exceedingly rare IME. I'm trying to remember but can't quite, there are other non-flesh things someone referred to as meat too, after a similar line to your nut example. It's an analogy, you peel back the skin and underneath is the "flesh" (like a peach, or any fruit). You could say, when carving a pumpkin, "get right in to the meat of it", but it's euphemistic in this case. English language is crazy.