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Skip the chips, grab the...crickets? Edible crickets are coming to H-E-B (grocery)
kvue ^ | Feb. 15, 2019 | Hank Cavagnaro

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crickets; food; heb
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To: OrangeHoof

"However, if Mohammed needs a logo, why not a cartoon cricket with Buddy Holly glasses on the label? Yeah, well, that’ll be the day."


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


21 posted on 02/17/2019 8:29:21 AM PST by Songcraft
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To: bgill

I got drunk at a sushi bar once and ate a cricket soaked in plum sauce. It was a one time deal.


22 posted on 02/17/2019 8:32:12 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: bgill

1) Sushi is still “revolting”, IMO. I don’t eat bait.
2) And I don’t eat *anything* a filthy raghead is selling.


23 posted on 02/17/2019 8:32:37 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

“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.


24 posted on 02/17/2019 8:36:18 AM PST by caltaxed (ake)
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To: bgill

Maybe if I were starving...


25 posted on 02/17/2019 8:36:21 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: bgill

“”Mohammad Ashour,””

I’m sure going to trust someone with that name having a degree in nutrition.


26 posted on 02/17/2019 8:47:32 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: bgill

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.


27 posted on 02/17/2019 8:51:18 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: bgill

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.


28 posted on 02/17/2019 8:57:54 AM PST by Skepolitic
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To: OrangeHoof

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.

CC


29 posted on 02/17/2019 8:58:03 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: caltaxed

Bingo.


30 posted on 02/17/2019 8:59:24 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: bgill

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”.


31 posted on 02/17/2019 9:06:16 AM PST by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: bgill

So wait does this mean there are crickets that are not edible?


32 posted on 02/17/2019 9:07:35 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: jeffc

Try a jar of Walmart’s Great Value thick & chunky salsa. You may never go back to the expensive stuff.


33 posted on 02/17/2019 9:14:26 AM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: bgill

I get some for my son every Christmas.


34 posted on 02/17/2019 9:22:31 AM PST by lizma2
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To: bgill

Oh boy eating crickets is like camping you pretend your a hibo.


35 posted on 02/17/2019 9:23:42 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: bgill

That seems really weird. Where’s this HEB located?


36 posted on 02/17/2019 9:26:11 AM PST by JimSp
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To: bgill

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”.


37 posted on 02/17/2019 9:30:01 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: JimSp

Order on line for various insects......

https://www.edibleinsects.com/


38 posted on 02/17/2019 9:38:21 AM PST by deport
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To: bgill
As you contemplate your yummy bowl full of crickets, keep in mind Burnt toast bad.
39 posted on 02/17/2019 9:53:39 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: bgill

large edible june bugs, only $5.60

https://www.bizarrefood.com/edible-insects-bugs/edible-june-beetles


40 posted on 02/17/2019 9:54:21 AM PST by Bob434
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