Posted on 07/29/2017 8:03:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Manhattan ice cream shop La Newyorkina has introduced what may be the most unique sundae the city has to offer.
The Greenwich Village Mexican ice cream and paleta shop tops its new Happy-Hoppy Sundae with chili-coated, crunchy grasshoppers.
The interesting insect topping is paired with Mexican vanilla ice cream that has a hint of chili, mezcal infused caramel sauce and a candied orange slice.
The spicy, sweet and salty flavors seem like they would be palatable, if you can get past the fact that you are eating a dead bug.
Mike Chau, a blogger based in New York, tried the sundae and described the flavors as unexpected.
“The ice cream was great, as always at La Newyorkina. The chapulines [grasshoppers] were very crunchy and salty, and also had a really strong tangy flavor,” Chau said.
Chau also said he wouldn’t order the sundae again, but felt like it was worth it and fun to try.
If you are interested in trying the sundae for yourself, the one of a kind treat will cost you $12.
The sundae is available through the end of July, but the shop has added the chili grasshoppers as a permanent topping because it has become so popular.
So if vanilla chili ice cream isn't your thing, you can still try the insects on a different flavor of ice cream.
Though the cricket topping might seem weird, it is actually a popular snack in Mexico, eaten like nuts. The crickets are high-quality and also sustainably sourced, according to the eatery.
Pardon me if I don't eat that. But hey, I am in the Philippines. They eat dinuguan, balut and durian. I don't, but most here do. Yuck.
Rick and Morty had a joke like this in one of their episode.s
they also live on top of each other and travel in smelly underground tubes with thugs and bums.
Next will be sewer rats on a stick.
Several countries serve rodent-like animals on a stick; would anybody in NY notice?
I’d be glad to feed those New Yawkers bugs at no extra charge.
John Rocker, is that you?
Just not by me...
Liberals always tout eating bugs. Apparently they understand real food is reserved for their masters.
The store at the the state park near us sells something like that. I was offered one by a kid who loves them, but I turned him down. My kids weren’t very brave, either.
I’d have to be literally starving.
What could go wrong?
That certainly correlates with voting democrat.
Has to be a Democrat “thing”....
Ice cream topped with insects? I get that for free everytime I take ice cream out to eat on the back patio.
There’s a Oaxacan place in L.A. that serves them. Spicy, crunchy, and pretty addictive. After a couple of beers you’re throwing em back like popcorn. Also good on a taco. I was with a bunch of people who were dubious, but they all tried and liked them.
Some wackos want Americans to eat insects as an answer to the world food crisis. The same people want to destroy this country and reduce it to a third world slum.
“Where do New Yorkers find grasshoppers?”.
The illegals get relatives to send them or bring them with them as they “migrate” to the Big Apple.
Bet them ain’t grasshoppers.
Why not. There’s already and “acceptable” insect, rodent and feces level placed by the Food and Drug Administration on all our food. Don’t forget not so funny George Lopez joking about migrant pickers wiping their butts on grinos’ produce. Then there’s the gunk build up in the ice cream machines along with the employees not washing their hands. A few dehydrated bugs sprinkled on top is the least of our worries.
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