Thursday, February 15, 2018

Crickets And Mealworms: A Sustainable Protein I Would Never...And I Mean NEVER Eat!

I just recently discovered a faaaabulous new market not far from where I live called, Mom's Organic Market, where I enjoy picking up food odds and ends.

Now before I get into this post, I want to let you know that I'm not at all a health fanatic or a person who eats ONLY organic. Nor am I vegan, fat-free, sugar-free, salt-free, or gluten-free. However, I do eat a balanced diet, and food that is well-prepared. I eat anything I want, but in moderation. And that's not something I consciously do to be a healthier person, it's simply the way I've always eaten.

I eat like a true Italian, enjoying my food with a tremendous amount of passion. And I eat without any guilt.

Eating to me is not something I do just to satisfy my hunger, I eat because I enjoy "the experience" of eating. And those of you who also have a passion for food understand what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

Anyway....

Whilst visiting Mom's Market a few weeks ago, I discovered something so hideous that I didn't think it was for real. I thought perhaps it was placed there for shock value, or some kind of ancient museum display showing what people used to eat during the prehistoric days, like around 2350 BC...

Okay, are you ready for this?
Dear god, I hope you don't all throw up.
Here's what I saw sitting on several shelves in a section of the market, at which time I had to stop myself from screaming in horror!...

...they sell mealworms and crickets.
OMG...gag me with a spoon!!!

I felt prompted to take this next photograph, just to show you the mealworms up-close...

Can you believe that people actually put these in their mouths, chew them, and then swallow them?!?!

And I don't care how healthy they are as sustainable protein, I would sooner eat a box of thumbtacks than these wretched-looking things.

Next up we have Chili Lime and Moroccan Crickets....

I. DON'T. THINK. SO!!!!

And get a load of these Aztec Cricket Protein Bars - (crickets covered in dark chocolate, coffee, and cayenne) - in as much as I love dark chocolate and coffee, there is no way in heaven or hell I would eat these bars...

or these...

I took these last two photographs using my cell phone and I took them very quickly so that no one in the aisle (customer or employee) would see me making these faces. Both pictures came out blurry, but it's funny because they came out EXACTLY how I felt when I first spotted the crickets and mealworms - as if I had taken a hit of LSD while watching The Twilight Zone...