Some insects are delicious. Tarantulas taste like shrimp or lobster, without all the shell [1]. Ants taste great with flour [2]. You can't tell the difference after cooking and spicing.
The Typhoon restaurant (http://typhoon.biz/) serves insects. They have a whole insect section on their menu. I tried the Taiwanese crickets once. They were quite tasty: crunchy and nutty. I highly recommend giving it a whirl if you're in Santa Monica.
> You would never know the difference between say, a sausage patty, a veggie sausage patty, and an insect sausage patty.
The argument is not "insects can't be tasty", the argument is "insects may indeed be tasty but people can taste that it's not beef/chicken". Given that people can tell the difference between, say, grass fed and grain fed beef, the claim that an insect or vegetable-based alternative will be indistinguishable needs more evidence than "nuh uh!"
I'm pointing some insects can be indistinguishable from other kind of meat, if not sausages. Tarantulas taste like shrimp or lobster, ants with flour taste like pork because it's fried in fat.
And I've eaten those if that's enough evidence, it's available in my country.
Seriously, that response of yours was uncalled for. This is not a pissing contest.
[1] http://www.thedailymeal.com/deep-fried-tarantula
[2] http://flavorsofbrazil.blogspot.com.br/2011/11/recipe-ica-fa...