PorkBridge

Hmmmm . . . note to self . . . consider getting in on the ground floor of the insect cookbook market.

 

Well, I don't know if it's your thing, exactly, but pet shops sell live crickets as food for pet geckos and similar creatures that prefer to catch live insects to eat. I don't think anyone would mind if you bought some to divert to the frying pan. And I know some apartment buildings that could keep you in cockroaches for life!

 

Thanks Johann. That is definitely a possibility; I have seen novelty 5 pack of crickets for $5 on the counters at gas stations but it always made me wonder why they don't just offer an actual alternative, not something that is mostly a gag gift. I have seen some cricket/insect protein sources on Shark Tank before, might have to look that company up.

 

When I was a kid I ate a chocolate covered bee on a dare. No surprise that it just tasted like chocolate. A little crunchy.

 

Insect cookbook? Like...a little teeeny book written in cockroach??

 

I think the pet shops are charging something under $1 a dozen or maybe 10 cents each for the live ones my son's geckos get. I was house-sitting there once and had to buy some. Hate the darn things! Nothing wasted, anyway. One cricket got loose; the cat ate him and was looking around, hoping to find the gecko - no luck, he was safe in his terrarium! I think the Shark Tank lead would be useful. Hopefully, the company is still in business and Kevin O'Leary got a return on his money.

 

I feel like I need to apologize for making a mistake, an oversight of sorts. While I was happy to introduce you to PorkBridge, I neglected to introduce you to SowBridge

https://www.ksre.k-state.edu/news/stories/2017/01/sowbridge-porkbridge-2017.html

https://www.ipic.iastate.edu/sowbridge.html

 

maybe it's no big surprise that almost exactly one year later I can offer you the next opportunity to register for Sowbridge

https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/agenda/registration-now-open-2020-2021-sowbridge-series