Posted on 04/08/2024 3:01:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new restaurant in Finsbury Park boasts burratas, rarebit and tacos – all made with crickets. But is insect protein really the future?
With jaunty yellow branding, moody lighting and the promise of ‘small plates’, Yum Bug, a new restaurant in Finsbury Park, north London, might be any trendy rollout. In fact, it is one of a kind. Yum Bug advertises itself as ‘Britain’s first permanent edible insect restaurant’. Rather than lamb, tofu or fish, Yum Bug uses crickets for its protein. Inside, brave pioneers eat dishes including Welsh rarebit made with minced cricket, burrata with whole roasted crickets, even pulled cricket tacos. For pudding there might be cricket with ice cream.
‘The message is that this is just good food,’ says Leo Taylor, one of Yum Bug’s founders. ‘We want people to have a good time over a few drinks and delicious food. The more we can get people doing that, the more we can get people walking away thinking, “Actually, I can have that for tea. I can’t perceive any difference.”’
Taylor, whose co-founder is Aaron Thomas, an entomologist, says he got the idea from his childhood, which he spent in 12 different countries, many of them in Asia, following his father’s work in international aid. Long term, they want to show that crickets can be a sustainable source of protein. They hope to sell the cricket meat wholesale, as a competitor to meat alternatives such as Beyond Meat. Unlike many meat alternatives, crickets are not processed: they only add seasoning and a bit of flour.
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“guinea pigs or rabbits for food at home before they eat BUGS”
Rabbit and Cuy are both good eating. Nutria can be made edible by a Cajun Queen if she likes you.
The Peruvians get down on Cuy. It’s quite good. Ask the French to help out with the rabbit I like mine rabbit a l’orange there is a French bistro in downtown Houston that makes a epic win of a version it’s almost as good as La Diplomat’s in D.C. But nothing compared to it in Paris.
https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/18ql4dh/i_ate_roasted_cuy_guinea_pig_served_with_pasta/
If famine comes and crickets are the only thing I can get for food, I’ll be glad not to starve. Otherwise, I strongly prefer the forces of the free market to determine what’s on the menu.
But on the plus side of crickets, I’m thinking this might be the thing that finally helps me get rid of the excess weight and keep it off. So, there’s that.
She was concentrating on washing the dishes instead of me. When she turned around to reply to my questioning she damn near jumped through ceiling and gave out the loudest scream I ever heard.
I can still see the horror in her face, it was awesome. Good thing dad was at work when it happened. He might of skinned my hide for that stunt.
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