Energy Bars Made out of Crickets

 

Chapul Cricket Bars: Chaco and Thai

Photo by J. Wohletz

Recently, the quote of the day on Mountain West News made me laugh.  

Quote of the Day

"It's About Time." 

- Florence Vaccarello Dunkel, associate professor of entomology at Montana State University, about a Utah company that is marketing an energy bar made with ground up crickets. Salt Lake Tribune, March 5, 2013.

This sounded bizarre, so I clicked on the link and found out it is true.  A Utah based company is selling energy bars made out of crickets!  I don't think I'll be trying these soon. 

Pr. Dunkel also added that "The insects are like mushrooms — they take on the taste of what you put with them." She calls insects "land shrimp," since they’re genetically cousins to ocean shrimp.

Link to story.