Oh HELL no! (gross, but no photos)

[redheadbaker]

They're doing a segment on the local news about a new suggestion for eating healthier: cooking with crickets. 

Guess what! They come all ground up -- it's called cricket flour! 


   

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[pixy0stix]

[meshaliuknits]

Sounds crunchy.

[pixy0stix]

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 20, 2014 16:23:49 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

LOL  (heart)

[pixy0stix]

I know. I'm trying not to laugh out loud at that gif. I keep doing snickering noises.

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 20, 2014 16:25:26 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I know. I'm trying not to laugh out loud at that gif. I keep doing snickering noises.

My people do not appriciate vaccums.

[panicked]

Meh. Honestly, it doesn't bother me. Lots of other cultures use insects in cooking for protein, fiber, and other nutrients. I ate silkworms in Korea (FYI- They taste like they smell, which is...unpleasant) but I have heard crickets are just kind of nutty tasting. I'd eat it.

[litebright]

LOL. I sent my kids to a camp at the local butterfly/bug museum and they got a chance to try some edible bugs (not live ones, dried or whatever). Mealworms and two kinds of crickets. They LOVED them and kept going back for more, according to the camp leaders.

I walked in and the leaders had written a quote from DD2 on the boards that said, "I love these worms!" She wanted to know how she could get some to take home and put in soup, which is her favorite meal.

DD1 ate one right in front of me and explained that she liked the "regular" crickets but not the "sour" crickets.

So yeah. My kids are apparently just fine eating bugs.

[decemberwedding07]

Jun 20, 2014 16:22:56 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

But it's incredibly environmentally friendly!

[sushi]

I'd eat it. Especially in ground up flour form.

[sushi]

Jun 20, 2014 19:24:22 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

Jun 20, 2014 18:56:18 GMT -5 sushi said:

I'd eat it. Especially in ground up flour form.

But...it's Jiminy!

He always annoyed me

[Jermys]

Jun 20, 2014 18:56:18 GMT -5 sushi said:

I'd eat it. Especially in ground up flour form.

You are my kind of people.  This isn't the first time I've thought that.  

[Knight]

Jun 20, 2014 18:56:18 GMT -5 sushi said:

I'd eat it. Especially in ground up flour form.

It simplifies gluten free cooking.

[sparrowsong]

I dislike shrimp and crawfish because to me, it seems like eating bugs. Just wondering if other people draw the same line, or if the people who are all NO WAY to insects like shrimp.

[redheadbaker]

Jun 22, 2014 8:12:01 GMT -5 sparrowsong said:

I dislike shrimp and crawfish because to me, it seems like eating bugs. Just wondering if other people draw the same line, or if the people who are all NO WAY to insects like shrimp.

I like shrimp -- well, most shellfish, actually. I never thought that eating shellfish = eating bugs.

[clo]

A few years ago when we had a double explosion of cicadas, a local ice cream store made cicada ice cream and sold out.

[sunterp]

Jun 20, 2014 17:23:31 GMT -5 litebright said:

LOL. I sent my kids to a camp at the local butterfly/bug museum and they got a chance to try some edible bugs (not live ones, dried or whatever). Mealworms and two kinds of crickets. They LOVED them and kept going back for more, according to the camp leaders.

I walked in and the leaders had written a quote from DD2 on the boards that said, "I love these worms!" She wanted to know how she could get some to take home and put in soup, which is her favorite meal.

DD1 ate one right in front of me and explained that she liked the "regular" crickets but not the "sour" crickets.

So yeah. My kids are apparently just fine eating bugs.

Your kids and my kids can be bug eating friends. My friend freaked out about this and my kids told her, "it is just food."

[Blueper]

My H and BIL have a pact that someday soon they will eat a "bug meal". The ick factor is keeping me from participating, but it is a much more sustainable form of protein than what we currently have going on.

[meshaliuknits]

Jun 23, 2014 14:08:14 GMT -5 clo said:

A few years ago when we had a double explosion of cicadas, a local ice cream store made cicada ice cream and sold out.

I would try it. I'll eat anything once.