On 2012-05-28 23:34:14 +0000, Mark Thorson said:

> 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.

That's true but when one examines at the complete phrase, "a really
foul stench or has obvious evidence of degradation such as rotting,
mold, or live insects€¦" I still feel comfortable providing such
advice. Actually I was thinking of maggots, but wanted to be descreet.
Nevertheless if you're eating rotting food, any kind of insect is
probably not a big concern for you.

>> 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.

Once again I wasn't limiting myself to the one word you've chosen to
burst burst from the phrase and examine separately. But you may feel
freel to eat rotting food too. Or lumbe. Or live rats.

These were only a "general cooking tip", not a critical legal demand.
Bon appetite!