https://www.atlasobscura.com/article...g-bugs-america
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Both Native Americans and colonists enjoyed fried cicadas, grasshopper flour, and insect fruitcakes.
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In just over five years, the apostles of insect eating have moved entomophagy in the Unites States and Europe from a Fear Factor sideshow to a regular fixture in food industry trend lists. These entopreneurs, dozens of newly minted bug farmers and cricket-laced protein bar hawkers, built their culinary foothold through compelling arguments about nutrition and sustainability. Crickets, for example, provide leaner protein than animal meats, require minimal feed and water to rear, and produce far fewer greenhouse gas emissions per pound. These claims may be overblown, but they’re effective.
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Quite an article, if you decide to try one of the recipes let me know
how well it turns out and if it is a good as they say it is.
