Vincent M. Holt
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Vincent M. Holt was the author of an 1885 manifesto, titled Why Not Eat Insects? that laid out the arguments in favor of eating insects.
He argued against eating lobsters. "The lobster, a creature consumed in incredible quantities at all the highest tables in the land, such a foul feeder that, for its sure capture, the experienced fisherman will bait his lobster-pot with putrid flesh or fish which is too far gone even to attract a crab."
He argued against eating lobsters. "The lobster, a creature consumed in incredible quantities at all the highest tables in the land, such a foul feeder that, for its sure capture, the experienced fisherman will bait his lobster-pot with putrid flesh or fish which is too far gone even to attract a crab."
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- Why Not Eat Insects? (Field & Tuer, Leadenhall PressLeadenhall PressThe Leadenhall Press was founded by Andrew White Tuer as the publishing division of the London partnership of Field & Tuer, following a move to 50 Leadenhall Street in 1868. The firm began as job printers, stationers, and manufacturers in 1862, when Tuer joined with Abraham Field , an established...
, 1885) (Scan of 1885 book) - Why Not Eat Insects?