Persuasive Writing

             🕷Eating Edible Bugs🕷
                                               By: Matila Fa’apopo

                    I am learning to persuade my audience using persuasive writing.

Did you know that there are hundreds of people around the world that actually eat bugs? Such as spicy critter fritters, ginger cricket cookies and wax worm tacos. What would your favourite bug recipe be? In my opinion I believe that all people should cook with insects. Most people are disgusted at the thought of eating insects in their meals, but it has been proven that people who do try bugs end up loving them. When people look at bugs it creeps them out, but once cooked these bugs don’t crawl and are delicious. When cooking with insects there are many benefits to include them in your diet, they are tasty treats for everyone, bugs are healthy and low in fat and cooking with insects can give you creative meal options from all around the world. Don’t judge a bug by its cover, judge it by its taste.






We all eat crackers, lollies, fruit and all tasty treats but why not taste a bug? Well, eating bugs are actually very tasty and are full of protein, fibre, iron and calcium. Most of you still might be thinking that you are still not eating a bug or you just feel disgusted by eating bugs but did you know that 80% of people from around the world that actually try bugs really like them? My challenge for you today is to eat an insect. You could be creative with so many bug recipes from all around the world so why not eat an insect for a tasty treat? Remember a bug a day keeps the doctor away!





What is high in protein and full of vitamins and minerals? If you guessed meat then you are right but did you also know that bugs are a great source of protein too? Beetles, crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers are some of the healthiest bugs you can eat. Any type of bug generally has the same amount of protein as an egg? But luckily for bugs they are filled with vitamins and essential minerals, also a cricket is sixty five percent protein whereas, beef is about fifty percent. There are so many bugs out there that you can try from around the world that are healthy and are a great source of protein. You could be creative with healthy bug recipes from all around the world.



Ginger cricket sweets, chocolate chirp cookies, and Mealworm fries these are all related to creative cooking. Do you eat tacos or cheesecake? Why not try wax worm tacos or caramel cricket cheesecake? You could give your dish to the next level! So why not try a bug inside your dish. You can cook bugs in many different ways for example you can roast them, fry them, and much more. You could turn chocolate cookies into chocolate chirp cookies and turn fries into mealworm fries. You can be very creative with bugs so always try to give your meal something creative.



In conclusion I think many people should eat insects. There are many reasons why you should eat insects, they are high in protein, low in fat, and are good for our environment. They are also good for a daily snack after school. So whenever you’re feeling hungry, try an insect!