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Tacos De Grillo (Cricket Tacos) at La Hacienda Restaurant

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Sandra Arciniega, owner and chef at La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant in Peterborough, met up with Next Millennium Farms‘ own Ento-Chef, Caryn Goldin, to discuss the possibilities of creating a signature dish that would showcase the crispy, flavourful crickets of Next Millennium Farms. Insects are infused into many different dishes in Mexico, and Sandra came up with the perfect one.

Eating Tacos De Grillos A.K.A. Cricket Tacos

Sandra experimented with the crispy crickets, and created her masterpiece dish; Tacos De Grillo, A.K.A. Cricket Tacos.

The Tacos De Grillo look mouth-watering when paired with this tangy margarita.

Cricket Tacos with a Margarita

And when you take a closer look into the warm folds of the corn tortilla, you see a melange of flavours so intense, so beckoning, that you will actually start salivating if you stare long enough.

Oozing with scrumptious ingredients

If you are in the Peterborough, Ontario neighbourhood, check out these cricket tacos, the Tacos De Grillo at La Hacienda, or if you are an adventurous foodie, you can buy the crickets from Next Millennium Farms, and make your own at home!

 

Eating insects on “The Doctors”

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Insects offer a sustainable source of nutrients

Believe it or not, one of the segments on today’s episode of The Doctors, featured Peter, a scientist in England. Peter eats a bug-based diet, including recipes that contain locusts and waxworms in order to try to maintain a healthy weight and prevent heart disease.

While a couple of the hosts/panelists seemed squeamish by the thought of ingesting insects, (which I totally understand, believe me, as I, too, had to do a little bit of mental aerobics before having my first chocolate covered cricket, and crackers with brie and waxworms), a couple of them sent them right down the hatch to a chorus of “ews” and “ughs”.

Now, mark my words my friends. Today is April 23rd, 2014. Ever since Next Millennium Farms began their journey just a few short months ago, I have been living and breathing everything insect protein related, and I can tell you that the information, hype and excitement around eating insects not only for the sake of your own personal health, but for the health of the globe is tumbling out of every pore of the media.

Last night one of my friends sent me a quick BBM telling me to turn the channel to Top Chef Canada because crickets were one of the ingredients being used. Half an hour ago I got an email from one of my oldest friends (years known, not chronological age) with this as the subject line, “Buggy Bites: Your guide to the NYC restaurants serving insect-spiked dishes”.

The writing is on the wall, people.

Join The Protein Revolution. Get over it, and get yourself some crunchy bugs.

 

 

Cred to Stage 29 and CBS Television Distribution for The Doctors