gtr wrote:
>
> On 2012-05-28 18:52:22 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:
>
> > On Mon, 28 May 2012 08:56:40 -0700, gtr > wrote:
> >
> >> 5) If an ingredient develops a really foul stench or has obvious
> >> evidence of degradation such as rotting, mold, or live insects--discard
> >> and do not eat.
> >>
> > Could you clarify that please. Insects are protein so wouldn't they
> > add value to the rotting food and make it healthy to eat? Should it
> > be cooked first?
>
> It's not so much the insects that are the problem with rotting food,
> it's that they may be another indicator that the food is in fact
> rotting.

Depends on the insects. They may be an indicator
the food is organic.

> Of course many of these considerations may well need to be abandoned if
> one is starving and as no other recourse.

I ate about two or three thousand fruit flies
yesterday morning. I wasn't starving.