Would you eat crickets" Not whole crickets (because that would be weird) but rather, crickets that came in the form of protein bars, crackers, and powdered smoothie mix" What if they were certified organic Canadian farmed crickets"
Would you do it" Would the fact that it would help save the environment make the idea of eating bugs any more palatable"
As someone who has never been able to eat raw sushi or even an oyster, I?m not what one would call an adventurous eater (though I?ve been known to finish yogurt after the best before date). My friend Kirsten however, is. So, when I told her about an opportunity to try a range of cricket-as-food products, Kirsten was an unequivocal yes. And then our kids jumped on board. (I was a hard no.) Before I knew it, the cricket delicacies were on their way.
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Despite the yuck factor, eating crickets makes sense. According to Crickstart, a Canadian insect-based food company (yes, you read that right), crickets offer twice the protein of beef, twice the iron of spinach, twice the calcium of milk, seven times more vitamin B12 than salmon, and three times more potassium than bananas. They are basically the ...