# I ate a cricket
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 13, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755 "2015-01-13T22:49:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/1 "2015-01-13T22:49:02Z")
More than one, actually.
[Crick-Ettes Salt N Vinegar crickets](http://smile.amazon.com/Hotlix-Crick-ettes--Salt-N-Vinegar/dp/B0017D070M).
Rather expensive for what you get, but now I can say I’ve eaten a cricket. They taste a bit like sunflower or pumpkin seeds.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/2 "2015-01-13T23:00:39Z")
Let us know if you have any urges to rub your legs together as a mating call.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/3 "2015-01-13T23:02:17Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Let us know if you have any urges to rub your legs together as a mating call.
Why did I suddenly get an image of the guy with two penises?
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### Author:  [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/4 "2015-01-13T23:11:07Z")
For gods sake man, the test was to start a fire by rubbing two STICKS together.:eek:
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/5 "2015-01-13T23:13:47Z")
No.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/6 "2015-01-13T23:45:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> More than one, actually.
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> [Crick-Ettes Salt N Vinegar crickets](http://smile.amazon.com/Hotlix-Crick-ettes--Salt-N-Vinegar/dp/B0017D070M).
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> Rather expensive for what you get, but now I can say I’ve eaten a cricket. They taste a bit like sunflower or pumpkin seeds.
During cicada season, we caught and boiled up a cicada, and I would describe the flavor similarly: nutty, although with a bit of a grassy and canned asparagus note to it. Pretty tasty, actually. Would be interested what they’d be like fried up.
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### Author:  [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/7 "2015-01-13T23:46:03Z")
Ick. I went to Purdue, which has the Bug Bowl every spring. Events include the famous Cricket Spitting Contest, the winner of which used to get to be on Letterman.
So I have spat crickets (not very far), and eaten them. And ants. And mealworms.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/8 "2015-01-13T23:53:22Z")
You didn’t need a conscience, anyway.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/9 "2015-01-14T01:01:51Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#):
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> You didn’t need a conscience, anyway.
♬ _I’m no fool
No, siree!
I’m gonna live to be…_ ♬
AAAAAHHHH! AAAAAAHHHH! THE OIL! I’M BURNING!
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/10 "2015-01-14T01:48:16Z")
I’ve had grasshoppers (taste like nuts), baby bees, chocolate-covered ants, rattle snake, crocodile steaks, and an assortment of other delicacies. Loved them all.
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/11 "2015-01-14T01:48:34Z")
My dad used to catch grasshoppers and stick 'em on the tines of the barbed wire fence, so they’d get nice and toasty in the sunlight.
I never had the nerve to try it…
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### Author:  [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/12 "2015-01-14T01:50:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> More than one, actually.
>
> [Crick-Ettes Salt N Vinegar crickets](http://smile.amazon.com/Hotlix-Crick-ettes--Salt-N-Vinegar/dp/B0017D070M).
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> Rather expensive for what you get, but now I can say I’ve eaten a cricket. They taste a bit like sunflower or pumpkin seeds.
THey didn’t taste “Just like Chicken?”
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### Author:  [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/13 "2015-01-14T14:16:19Z")
The Salt & Vinegar are pretty good, but stay away from the [sour cream and onion](http://www.amazon.com/Crick-ettes-Snax-Cream-Onion-Crickets/dp/B00NRBTZ8C/ref=sr_1_4?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1421244954&sr=1-4&keywords=crick+ettes+sour&pebp=1421244960202&peasin=B00NRBTZ8C).
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/14 "2015-01-14T15:37:25Z")
You can get a pound of them for about five bucks on just about any street in southern Mexico. They cook them with garlic and lime, they’re awesome.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/15 "2015-01-14T15:45:37Z")
I ate some pumpkin seeds last week. I’m told they taste like crickets. So now I don’t have to eat bugs to experience that flavor.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/16 "2015-01-14T16:26:31Z")
Where’s **Mangetout**? He should be in this thread.
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### Author:  [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/17 "2015-01-14T16:30:55Z")
Yes you do. Suppose **JohnnyLA** was fibbing? There really is only one way to know for sure…😃
Fried grasshoppers taste sort of like crunchy peanut butter, ants are tangy (probably from the formic acid).
I really want to try [escamole](http://www.alwaysfoodie.com/adventurous-food-escamole-mexican-delicacy-giant-black-ant-eggs.html), but that’ll have to wait until my next Mexico trip.
I’m still not sure if I’m brave enough to try live [mopane](http://thebestofzambia.com/2013/10/mopane-worm-popular-african-delicacy/) worms though.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/18 "2015-01-14T16:44:36Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> You can get a pound of them for about five bucks on just about any street in southern Mexico. They cook them with garlic and lime, they’re awesome.
Is there anything Mexicans won’t cook with garlic and lime? Not complainin’; just sayin’. 🙂
When talking about eating bugs like crickets, I always imagine getting the legs stuck between my teeth.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/19 "2015-01-14T16:50:21Z")
I first saw this on tv on some kind of nature show, I think it was - [gnat swarm burgers!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQeyjgSUlrk) This African place gets immense swarms of gnats every year, so they do what humans always do - they eat them. 🙂 They’re an excellent source of protein, apparently.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-cricket/709755/20 "2015-01-14T16:50:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Why did I suddenly get an image of the guy with two penises?
That’s snakes, not crickets.
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