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Would you eat cricket protein?

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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    When I was teaching TKD, my Master invited me to his wedding. Korean wedding. After the wedding, the men all retired to a Korean Bar around the corner. It was very dark and the drinks just kept coming. And they kept bringing these very crunchy snacks. Turned out to be assorted bugs. Crickets included.
  • nathalier71
    nathalier71 Posts: 570 Member
    It's actually not that bad - I bought a bag of cricket powder at the grocery store -for the days I don't get enough protein - I sometimes will put in with my cereal -you don't taste it when you mix it with something.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    I just rewatched the Top Chef Masters episode where the quickfire competition was bug-based. Cricket was one of the dishes (and far from the most unappealing).
  • RealWorldStrengthLLC
    RealWorldStrengthLLC Posts: 552 Member
    Yup
  • Keep_on_cardio
    Keep_on_cardio Posts: 4,166 Member
    I’m envisioning how I scream, when I see a cockroach and so my mind is telling me,,,,,, I WOULD NOT 😱😱😱🤢 Eww
  • Safari_Gal
    Safari_Gal Posts: 888 Member
    edited December 2018
    I’m now seeing cricket protein everywhere .....I’m surprised more people haven’t chimed in on MFP to say that they have tried it. I saw cricket fuel today. High in vitamin b12. 🤔
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Nope I could not! 🤮
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Not knowingly
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
  • Fatty_Nuff
    Fatty_Nuff Posts: 273 Member
    I'm thinking of keto rice. Stir fried maggots instead of that nasty carby rice.
  • Safari_Gal
    Safari_Gal Posts: 888 Member
    Fatty_Nuff wrote: »
    I'm thinking of keto rice. Stir fried maggots instead of that nasty carby rice.

    You might like Sardinian casu marzu - basically maggot cheese.

  • Luciicul
    Luciicul Posts: 415 Member
    If it’s healthy, ground fine so looks and feels like any other protein powder or “flour”, is easy to use, tastes no worse than alternatives, and is no more expensive, then yes.

    Btw we already eat some insects accidentally: all ground products have an allowable % margin of insects built into our food safety standards as it is inevitable that our food supply chain cannot be 100% insect free.

    I think we will have more insect options in the future; is potentially a more sustainable form of protein than most our current options.
  • Stockholm_Andy
    Stockholm_Andy Posts: 803 Member
    Sure why not.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    At which point before, during or after the apocalypse?
  • StargazerB
    StargazerB Posts: 425 Member
    I'd give it a try.
  • InsertFunnyUsernameHere
    InsertFunnyUsernameHere Posts: 271 Member
    Nope.

    I'm not a shape shifting reptilian.

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  • SDR1970
    SDR1970 Posts: 9 Member
    Chapulines (grasshoppers) are quite common here in Mexico and feature heavily in Oaxaca cuisine. They're often served up as a bar snack, dry fried with chilies and peanuts and they're fine in a quesadilla. It's best if you've got a toothpick handy for afterwards, it's embarrassing having spinach stuck in your teeth, insect legs is a whole other level.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    SDR1970 wrote: »
    Chapulines (grasshoppers) are quite common here in Mexico and feature heavily in Oaxaca cuisine. They're often served up as a bar snack, dry fried with chilies and peanuts and they're fine in a quesadilla. It's best if you've got a toothpick handy for afterwards, it's embarrassing having spinach stuck in your teeth, insect legs is a whole other level.

    :laugh:

    Reminds me of my last dental hygienist appointment. "Oh, you had spinach for lunch!"

    The dangers of having an appointment right after lunch :tongue:
  • magnusthenerd
    magnusthenerd Posts: 1,207 Member
    I have eaten cricket. It seemed to taste mostly of the salt seasoning on it.

    When vegetarians say they would not for ethical reasons, I wonder what those ethical reasons are.
  • Phirrgus
    Phirrgus Posts: 1,894 Member
    edited February 2019
    I've eaten a few rice stuffed bugs and others while overseas, so I'm not against it at all. But..what I use now is working fine for me..so if any info indicated that cricket protein would work better for me, then absolutely.

    edited for grammer correction
  • LCASU96
    LCASU96 Posts: 7 Member
    I’m a vegetarian but I don’t have a moral issue with eating insects. Plus if you compare insects to the meat industry it’s far more sustainable for the environment while still providing great protein. I am all for it!
  • ouryve
    ouryve Posts: 572 Member
    I've eaten chocolate covered crickets.

    Like soggy kitkat.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    Yup... if I was hungry enough..
  • rosiorama
    rosiorama Posts: 300 Member
    lalalacroix wrote: »
    I actually find living crickets to be disgusting and can't stand being around them. So the idea of actually eating one, whole or ground, sounds repugnant.

    And although I am generally an adventurous eater, I'm not sure I could purposely eat any bug unless I needed to for survival.

    By that arguement: I’ve worked with pigs and I hate them. Pot-bellied pigs as pets? Gross. But I LOVE bacon and porkchops.

    And in answer to OP, I probably would. I eat mussels and oysters and have eaten escargot, all of which are (sort of) similar - and gross if I think about them too long. Yummy.

  • rosiorama
    rosiorama Posts: 300 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    These are really popular at my grocery store.. r4iw1c2wo6x2.png


    Would definitely try unless they are selling at ridiculous boutique prices.

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