Termite Question

On Tom's termite question:

- I was walking around some stalls where they sell all sorts of random foods: pyramids of tomatoes, bags of onions, miscellaneous leaves for brewing homemade beers, and grubs for eating. As I passed, one of the dudes at the stall offered a termite sample. It felt very much like a sample. I told him I don't eat meat, but that, what the hell... so I popped the bad boy.
- It was crunchy... I would say... like a popcorn kernel. I believe they are prepared by boiling with salt. I imagine that would make it taste downright nasty. All in all though, it was unoffensive.
- As I feel confident that resources were not compromised due to the death of this particular termite (it was not mass-produced and in fact, my eating it probably saved some trees), I don't feel it falls within my moral responsibility.

Incidentally, shout out to Tom for calling me last night. We spoke on the phone for about a half hour. All are encouraged to do same.