Sainsbury's Selling Bug Grub

[naomi24]

//Crickets are set to hit the shelves as Sainsbury’s becomes the first supermarket to sell edible bugs.

Customers will be able to fill their shopping baskets with Eat Grub’s Smoky BBQ Crunchy Roasted Crickets in 250 of the supermarket giant’s stores from Sunday.

The house crickets, also known as acheta domesticus, are farmed in Europe will come in packets of about 50 and sell for £1.50 per bag.

Anyone brave enough to try the snack is promised to get a “crunchy texture with a rich, smoky flavour”......The global edible insect market is set to exceed $500m by 2023.//

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sainsburys-first-uk-supermarket-sell-edible-bugs-insects-crickets-a8638581.html

Well? Would you?

[alavahalf]

If they are dairy free, I'll try a bag .. fed up eating fruit as my morning snack !

[SparklyKid]

Probably. I love cockles and mussels. Not quite the same thing but I know lots of people who hate them. I suppose it is the notion of eating something you would normally not consider.

[pastafreak]

Actually, I think I would. But crickets are about the only insect/creepy crawly I'd try. Nothing that's been slimey or soft would be on the menu.

[hereIam]

Definitely NOT for me !

[rowanwitch]

Accidentally tried one of the birds dried mealworms, so no, but it was nice and crunchy

[hereIam]

How did you try it 'accidentally' ?

[hc4361]

I'd eat insects but not that flavoured, processed snack - it's over a quarter fat, high in sugar and salt.

[ummmm]

My OH ate some in Thailand. I wasn't brave enough.

[sandyRoe]

No.
Having said that when you eat shrimps you break the head off along with the shell and legs. Not a lot of difference.

[retrocop]

I tried eating some on a plate once but not quick enough

[Mamyalynne]

Not something I'd choose to eat.

[hellywelly4]

I lived in Nairobi for a while and the locals caught and ate locusts and crickets alive!!

[Baldric]

Slippery little beggers ^^^ ain't they Retro?

[Canary42]

Well bug er me ;-)

[rowanwitch]

It was stuck to a sweet

[gingejbee]

Notice the clever timing of this? ( I'm A Celeb)

[Lie-in King]

Yes, I'd try them.

[ethandron]

I would, give most things a go.

[bainbrig]

Why not? And while you’re about it, chuck in some barbecued monkeys, toasted whales, grilled cats, stewed dogs.

Why not?

Ours is the god-given right of dominion over all the beastly beasts of the field and ocean.

Scoff the lot! Who cares?

And when you’ve run out of all the other living creatures?

That’s right, eat each other.