This past week we had the amazing opportunity to meet with the staff of the Oregonian based in Portland, Oregon. We got in touch with the announcement of our current Kickstarter for a new Cricket Salt (check out the Kickstarter here). We love talking to people about how to eat insects or explaining about the sustainability potential behind using insects as a source of protein. However, we love it even more when they get a chance or are brave enough to try some for themselves!
When eating crickets or using edible insects in recipes, the main hurdle is always having someone approach the idea with an open mind. Growing up, not many people try cricket flour or make recipes using cricket protein. Yet eating sushi or trying crawfish does not seem so foreign…but that is usually a case of them not being exposed to crickets as an option. So we love sharing new recipes or having people try our Cricket Bites with their assorted flavors or even the Cricket Brownie Mix to help them dip their toes in the waters of entomophagy.
3 Perfect Recipes to Incorporate Edible Insects This week our team arrived in Europe for a business trip for a few weeks. Specifically we will be traveling throughout Poland and Germany, and already the history and culture is amazing. Each town is steeped in stories as buildings and churches, older than our own country, are a normal part of their everyday lives. However, eating edible insects and products that contain cricket flour or cricket powder are not so normal. But that is…
What Do Elephants and Crickets Have in Common? Technically, not a whole lot. But I just realized that it has been just over 2-years since we took a chance to travel over to Thailand to learn about the culture and raising of edible insects to help grow www.CricketFlours.com. We had been working on building the business throughout 2014, and had the opportunity to travel to Thailand. We jumped at the chance! I had been developing different cricket flour products and ideas based on…
Shark Tank Chapul Cricket Protein Bar At some of our events we get a lot of questions about our products, inspiration, and who first thought about this "crazy" idea about using insects as a sustainable food and protein source? We love those types of questions, and they are good ones. Not a lot of people have tried crickets, or our milled cricket flour or cricket powder, so of course there would be questions. However, we always like to remind people that…
OMSI Cricket Flours New Oregon Cricket Flours Event with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) We are very excited to announce our new event today hosted by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), located in Portland, Oregon. OMSI is known for their great events, presentations, and science education, and we are proud to be a part of their Bitesize Science programming. Cricket Flours will be located outside of the Theory Eatery and is free…
