Posted on 02/17/2019 7:54:52 AM PST by bgill
When you want a quick snack, something crunchy and salty usually hits the spot. So, how about you grab some...crickets? An Austin company that's launching in H-E-B stores next week is hoping you'll keep an open mind. Mohammad Ashour, the founder and CEO of EXO Protein, said the sustainability and high protein content of crickets make them a perfect snack. "It doesn't give you the feel of the fat and the carbs that you get from chips...but it certainly is quite tasty, and a lot of people use them as a substitute for popcorn or other type munchies," Ashour said. EXO protein sells whole-roasted crickets and also puts them into a protein powder to use in bars and bites. Ashour said he gets it if you think that's a little weird. "Absolutely. I mean most of the food that we eat at once one point was very strange," Ashour said. "I mean, think of sushi. Raw fish to most Americans 30 years ago was more than strange. It was revolting."
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And maybe you can even mail a box of those crunchy creatures to some special person in your life who is far away, (as alluded to in this youtube song)...
 "Send Me Some Loving" - Buddy Holly And The Chirping Crickets |
I got drunk at a sushi bar once and ate a cricket soaked in plum sauce. It was a one time deal.
1) Sushi is still “revolting”, IMO. I don’t eat bait.
2) And I don’t eat *anything* a filthy raghead is selling.
“Sushi is still “revolting”, IMO. I don’t eat bait.”
Sushi is a source of parasites. Fish needs to be well cooked to kill any parasites.
Maybe if I were starving...
“”Mohammad Ashour,””
I’m sure going to trust someone with that name having a degree in nutrition.
Crickets are amazing in that when you feed them protein, you end up with a net protein GAIN from what you invested. One of few living beings with which this is true.
I don’t know how the HEB crickets are prepared, but I might try them. I had crickets in China a few years back, 1/2” long crickets deep-fried and dusted with confectioners sugar, and they tasted pretty good.
Sounds like the fish fly infestation we get every year in SE Michigan near the St. Clair river. They get so thick on the roadways that your car will slide as if on snow when you try to stop. I once nearly put a golf cart into a marina down there doing just that. BTW, tried roasted crickets once during survival school. Not bad if seasoned, kinda greasy. The exoskeletons make them crunchy.
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Bingo.
I’m sorry, but we as Americans are too far up the economic ladder to have to eat bugs, even for a snack.
And when I saw the name of the CEO of the company, I said to myself, “It figures”.
So wait does this mean there are crickets that are not edible?
Try a jar of Walmart’s Great Value thick & chunky salsa. You may never go back to the expensive stuff.
I get some for my son every Christmas.
Oh boy eating crickets is like camping you pretend your a hibo.
That seems really weird. Where’s this HEB located?
I thought the “scientists” said we are doomed because insects are going extinct. Now we’re going to start eating them? Doesn’t sound very bright to me. Like gun grabber Mark Kelly might say, you hear crickets in “outer space”.
large edible june bugs, only $5.60
https://www.bizarrefood.com/edible-insects-bugs/edible-june-beetles
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