Kotipizza a Finnish owned pizza chain with long history, a chain that is still running after most of Finnish pizza industry was taken over by Turkish businesses, spoke to the press the very same day when insects were allowed as food that they will bring a cricket pizza to their menu.
Antti Isokangas, marketing chief from Kotipizza company says that they had made marketing research about insects as food already several years ago and now that law allows insects to be used as food they can bring insect pizza to the available menu almost immediately.
The "creative mind" behind Kotipizza, Risto Mikkola who is also known from Master Chef TV program, says that crickets and shrimps made a good mix on pizza together, they are also coincidentally animal species that share evolutionary history together, like distant cousins.
In Finland people are more receptive to idea of insect food as the people living west of Finland. For example Sweden is largely against the idea.
Allowed: crickets (kotisirkka in Finnish, it is edible but extinct, once native species of Finland, extinct since late 1950s, however the species are now grown indoors as a food with population imported from foreign countries)
mealworm (jauhopukki in Finnish, it is native insect in Finland)
>roaches take over pizza chain >start putting other insects on pizza
Xavier Stewart
People in Helsinki eat even shit, if it helps them to distinct themselves from others.
James Martinez
>hey pekka, send those roaches a message they won't soon forget >you got it boss Those Turks capiche
Sebastian Allen
Kotipizza is Finnish though
Alexander Cooper
Shit I misread the OP >roaches take over finnish pizza industry >kotipizza puts their relatives on pizza as a warning
Michael Morales
I mean, we'll all be eating insects as subtitute for meat in the future, so might as well get used to it.
Jack Perry
I would want to try it. Finns go to that pizzeria and order it. Let us hear how it is.
Michael Bennett
One more reason to shoot myself
Kevin Clark
I'd like to try crickets but I think they can't sell them yet. Seems like a GOAT protein source, and much less wasteful than large animals. Can't wait to make 'em gains
Ayden Green
(old) people in central Japan (far away from sea) still eat insects like grasshoppers I tried them and they taste like shrimps
Jackson Torres
It's not all bad. Grasshoppers and mealworms are said to be extremely tasty.
And you'd probably have a batting chance for real meat once or twice a year anyways, for Thanksgiving or Christmas...
I'd rather put insects than ananas in my pizza to be honest
Evan Martin
>forest >since birth >world >woodworm
... why do they use english words for such basic concepts?
Andrew Brown
why do turks own pizzareas in Funland? are there no other jobs?
Angel Allen
incest does belong in a pizza. IYKWIM
Landon Smith
wtf, the self awarness in this picture is real and deliberate. whoever posed like this is memeing.
Julian Hughes
>off my children's plates. What children? Should I alert local authorities?
Andrew Campbell
And some people STILL doubt that we are an authentic Asian people.
Would white devirs eat insect? No!
Dominic Russell
Not for t*rks at least. I think they also get some entrepreneur bux for it.
Aiden Martin
They come here specifically to be kebab makers and pizza bakers
Michael Smith
Nothing wrong with insects Grasshoppers taste like limes Ant's larvae are unironically uma delicia
Daniel Martin
Bugs are asian food.
Hudson Powell
They don't taste like limes, they might have a citrusy flavor if they were fed that type of fruits but it's still unpalatable for your average Joe not going through the mental gymnastics of pretending something is good for muh heritage.
Yes, I'm sure they can be processed into wonderful animal feed for those of us living in countries with enough resources. Pajeet, Wang and Jamal may want to look into it tho.
Must suck to be only able to speak 1 language and still be bad at it.
Gavin Ramirez
yes, crunchy and actually tasty they just look awful
Andrew James
FUCK OFF SWEDEN AND STOP MEDDLING OUR THINGS FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING KEKBALLS CRICKETS ARE POWER FOOD HIGH AMOUNTS OF PROTEIN WITH LOW PRICES FUCK YOU SWEEDEN FUCK YOU SON OF BITCHES SO FUCKING THE SWEDISH GENOCIDE ISNT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH
Landon Campbell
>complains about reading comprehension >didn't understand my post
Jacob Anderson
lmao quintessentially finnish cuisine, bugs
Cameron Collins
forgot to censor f*nnish, since it is an insult that nobody should ever receive aside from f*nnish >"""""""""people""""""""""
Grayson Bailey
t*rkroaches stay out of finland
Noah Green
t. greek
Jonathan Peterson
I boycott any company that sells that disgusting shit. I will never eat insects.
Ethan Young
I would totally eat bugs but they will 100% be expensive as fuck.
Hunter Gray
finnish people are better than other humans, you wh*te medshit subhuman
Jose James
Makes sense.
Nathan Ross
According to who?
Benjamin Carter
UN is actually planning on feeding us all insects soon. Check this out:
>While you wouldn't find too many of them on menus in Europe or the US, in many countries 'insects' form an important part of people's diets. In fact, it's estimated that 2 billion people -- a third of the planet -- consume insects. Which is why the forestry department of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is examining the potential of insect gathering and rearing for improving food security worldwide. This report from Central Africa.
