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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Cricket Cuisine: Insects Du Jour

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — They hop. They crawl. They squirm. And they could be coming to a dinner plate near you.

An increasing number of “entopreneurs” are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite for crickets, mealworms and other edible insects.

These upstarts are trying to persuade more Americans to eat bugs, which can be produced with less land, food and water than other sources of animal protein.

The United Nations has been promoting edible insects as a way to improve nutrition, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and create jobs in insect production. At least 2 billion people worldwide already eat insects as part of their diet, according to the 2013 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

“No!” said a young boy when asked to try one.

But more adventurous eaters gave them a try.

“It doesn’t really taste like a bug. It tastes like crunchy spices,” said Leslie Foreman, who works at a medical technology firm, after sampling a chili-lime cricket. “I’m not sure this is going to be my everyday snack, but I think it’s fun and I think it’s cool.”

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, it's cruel to kill animals for meat...

Anonymous said...

Some of the local restaurants serve insects in the food without customers knowing it, until you find one. I work behind the scenes so to speak, I see the kitchens, yuck!

Anonymous said...

12:15 must be talking about Ledo Pizza, I found a roach in the Lazonia once.

Anonymous said...

what is lazonia? sounds like a a ghetto name.

Shiite White Folk said...

Lazonia is a city in the ghetto where no one works; they are just too lazy, and sit on their porches all day.

You've never been there, 7:42? There's one in every ghetto; 3 in Salisbury alone!