Eat Insects Tonight !

 

2. Where to get them?

Call your local pet shop and ask if they keep live insects. A surprising number do, for feeding snakes and lizards. It's unwise to cook wild insects in case they've become contaminated with insecticides.

3. How to kill them?

It's important to eat your insects fresh. Stick everything but the mealworms in the freezer for an hour or so to slow them down and wash before cooking. Mealworms usually get fried alive. Put them in an equal weight of bran 24 hours before you want to cook them, then wash in several changes of water, discarding any dead ones and pat dry with kitchen towel.

3. How to cook them?

Girlie kitchen bit: many recipes require dry-roasted insects. Heat your oven to 200C/gas mark 7, spread them out on an ungreased baking tray and cook until crisp. Brown crickets and mealworms are ready in 10 mins, black crickets take 15 mins, and locusts may need up to 20 mins.

 

 

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