While splitting firewood at the cabin, I found an obese cricket in the stack of rounds. At least, it looked a bit chunky to me. I am not sure how a mountain cricket could get so obese. As omnivores, crickets will eat most anything, but they especially like being served a nice vegetable tray. A cricket with a carrot is a happy cricket.
Interestingly
enough, as omnivores, humans can eat crickets, and eating them offers numerous
benefits. Crickets provide a rich source of protein, vitamins, minerals, and
fiber, while having a lower environmental impact compared to traditional
livestock. Insofar as how they taste, crickets are often described as having a
mild, nutty flavor with a slightly earthy taste, sometimes compared to toasted
sunflower seeds or mushrooms.
I am
going to leave eating crickets to the experts, but I will share a photograph of
the cricket I found. While normally quite jumpy and camera-shy, this particular
one seemed entirely unbothered by my presence.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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