My first thoughts on eating crickets is simple: they are boring. While I have not been able to find crickets, or cricket powder in a sustainable price range (yet), I have started eating cricket based bars. These bars are bland, and one flavour contains honey (another hit on the vegan gains). Overall, I am not impressed.
However I am excited to get my hands on some actual crickets and/or cricket flour so I can start cooking up some baked and pan-fried goods.
It has been very interesting speaking with people about this topic. They are disgusted about the idea of eating crickets. I feel it is important to understand there are many people around the world that eat bugs. I feel there is a lot to learn on the topic of entomophagy.
I view eating crickets as another experiment of nutrition as well as cultural habits. I learned a lot of new concepts and ideas from adapting to a vegan diet. I wonder what I will learn from this new endeavour.
We can be very quick to decide eating a cricket is gross. Do we ever consider what another culture would consider gross that is on our plate?
I am not suggesting eating bugs is the way of the future, or the most optimal way to get nutrients. However, I am experimenting nonetheless.
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