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Why Cricket Chips Could Be the Next Big Thing
Yahoo ^ | Apr 23, 2014 | Rachel Tepper

Posted on 04/24/2014 10:18:45 AM PDT by kingattax

The Western palate is certainly set in its ways. Eating insects? It’s still a novelty acceptable mainly on the sets of gross-out reality television shows. This is despite the urging of scientists and researchers who say insects are a tantalizingly sustainable and environmentally friendly source of protein.

Although bugs are prevalent in the cuisines of other cultures, such as chapulines (grasshoppers) in Mexico and caterpillars in the Congo, to many Americans, there remains something, well, icky about chowing down on bugs. But three recent Harvard University graduates say they’ve found a way to change hearts and minds: Chirps, a snack chip made from ground-up crickets.

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To: lefty-lie-spy

I’ve had squid, octopus, eel, whale, horse, pig guts, turtle, and chicken feet.

But you leave me in the dust with ants, grasshoppers, bees, and bee larvae.


21 posted on 04/24/2014 11:41:24 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: kingattax; Revolting cat!

After tulips and bitcoins, why not?


22 posted on 04/24/2014 11:51:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: 9YearLurker

Sautéed grasshoppers are fantastic. It goes great over rice.


23 posted on 04/25/2014 6:09:51 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

I’ve had a number of the delicacies you mentioned in Japan, and I’d be curious as to where you’ve had the grasshoppers over rice.


24 posted on 04/25/2014 6:13:50 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

We can buy canned grasshoppers at many specialty and regular supermarkets here, or order them via internet from the rural makers. Meidiya, and other stores sell them, so do some of the Seiyu supermarkets.


25 posted on 04/25/2014 8:14:53 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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