Mmm...bugs

[Scythe13]

Hi everyone.

Completely got distracted and forgot to write this up.

First off, don't eat bugs. There, that's my legal disclosure.

Okay, now, how I ate the crickets.

First stop on my meal plan...Pets at Home = 1st stop for the bugs.

First reaction to the crickets....? They turned my stomach! They absolutely stink. They literally smell like poo. Minging!!! I ain't eating that!

Get home with my poo stink crickets. Not eating them after they've been wallowing and eating their own excriment! So I put them into a small plastic container with some carrot, to clear them out from their last meal. Left them over night and hoped the wife didn't find them.

Next up was trying to decide how to cook them. I decided on a protein bar and on a stir fry. Not at the same time, of course. Protein bar stir fry....mmm....we could be on to something here!!! Haha

Okay, so, now that I have recipes and cold clean crickets, what next? Kill the crickets. To do this I got a hammer.....haha, I'm kidding. Popped them into the freezer for the next 24 hours. Some crickets can defrost, but not the normal black crickets, so that did it for me. Dead.

After that, roasted the ones for the protein bars. Smashed them up, then just mixed them in. Really nice! Chocolatey, like the protein powder.

Stir fry was even simpler. Just threw in some frozen crickets and cooked them as if they were chicken. Simple as that!

The texture isn't anything magical. Crunchy outside, and warmer internal sauce. Might roast them next time before I stir fry them.

Flavour...a bit nutty, which I found odd.

One word of warning, the shells contain Chitin (I think that's the stuff) the same as shell fish. This is what people allergic to shell fish react to. So if you're allergic to shell fish, avoid crickets.

All in all, a good experience and lesson in culinary diversity.

Will I be doing it again? HELL NO!!! For a meal it costs a load more than it should! Would have gotten 4 chicken breasts for the price of 1 pack of crickets! Unimpressed!

If I were to breed them, then it may be reliable, and sustainable. But at current live costs, not worth the expenditure.