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it just never seems to have caught on with the mainstream American public.
... there is a huge ick factor involved. I don't care if it looks like a tortilla chip, if it's made from ground crickets, no way. Unless I'm starving to death in a survival situation somewhere, desperate for food, I'll forever have that gag factor with eating bugs.
^^^ here is your answer... I think most people share your views...
While most Americans think eating insects is a bit gross many do not have any problem with the closely related crabs, crayfish and lobsters. Maybe it is just a matter of size.
FWIW - I do not care for the taste of lobster enough to pay the premium for the beasties. I prefer fish.
I have a vague recollection of being in a delicatessen as a child - a rather posh one - and seeing candied grasshoppers and chocolate covered ants. This must be 50 years ago. They were in cans.
Has anyone heard of these? I have to GOOGLE it. It almost seems like a dream...
I can remember eating at a restaurant at Santa Monica airport called the Typhoon, it was a fun place to eat and watch the planes come and go. One little area of their menu served insects, crickets being one. I remember ordering a dish of one insect and forget which one but they were tasty. The restaurant is closed, Santa Monica airport is kinda fading away in recent years. I like to adventure into the unknown when it comes to foods.
Insects are high protein and a staple in other parts of the world.
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