Would you eat something made with cricket flour?

[Ohiogal]

Loblaws, Canada’s largest grocery chain, is now selling cricket flour. The product itself is not new; many speciality stores have been selling it for a few years now. But Loblaw is the first major Canadian retailer to sell the product under its own private label, President’s Choice.

For Loblaw, with its head office at 1 President’s Choice Circle in Brampton, Ont., this is not a decision made lightly. Loblaw boldly put a picture of a cricket on the same package as its prized President’s Choice brand logo. And given the growing number of consumers looking for protein alternatives beyond the meat trifecta of beef, pork and chicken, selling cricket flour is a sign that the protein wars in Canada are heating up.

Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-canada-wants-you-to-know-eating-crickets-

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. If it tasted good and was good for my body, yes.

[Phentex]

16. ditto this...

I think I would at least try it.

[WhiteTara]

17. And no one told me what it was.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. LOL. I'm not quite that squimish. nt

[WhiteTara]

19. I have insect phobias

which is crazy for a gardener!

[irisblue]

2. Hard pass on that.🙊😨

[Arkansas Granny]

3. No. I do not knowingly eat insects.

[Ohiogal]

5. My husband and I disagree on this

He read about how good it is for you and full of protein, and said, hey I'd try it!

Me, all I can think of is eating bugs. I told him no way.

[unblock]

8. Everybody eats insects. Can't be avoided.

Especially if you ride a motorcycle or a bike without a mouth cover lol

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Which is why I included "knowingly".

😊

[dhol82]

4. Well, as long as the crickets are finely ground

and you don’t see little antennae wandering through the mix, I don’t have a problem.

[unblock]

6. Having eaten actual crickets, sure, no problem.

I've had cricket tacos in Mexico. Didn't even taste weird, just a little crunchy.

Oddly enough I won't eat the usual land meats. We generally describe ourselves as pescatarians as we eat seafood. The objections I have to eating land meat (health, ethics, big business lack of concern for customers) don't really apply to insects.

So I'd sooner eat cricket than beef, lol!

Haven't tried cricket flour but why not?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Not if I knew what it was.

That might be an irrational attitude but it would gross me out.

[handmade34]

9. certainly

...if I weren't a vegetarian

[hlthe2b]

10. depends on how they are processed (to eliminate bacterial pathogens)

[Runningdawg]

11. Yes

Back in the 70's, in the midst of the meat shortage a family at our church became worm farmers. It wasn't long until foods, using flour made from them, started popping up at potlucks. The texture was sometimes a bit off, but there was very little difference in taste.

[lunasun]

13. I would prefer unprocessed whole cricket. I have eaten crickets .

[janterry]

14. No

vegetarian

[TygrBright]

15. What thing?

Some things no under most circumstances.

Some things yes under most circumstances.

Answers to super-broad questions usually yield little information that is either accurate or valuable.

If what's really desired is the information "How many people on DU who regularly read in the C&B group are instantly/instinctively squicked at the notion of eating cricket flour," you may get some sense of it.

wearily,
Bright