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Last Friday (5th December) the London Lite newspaper wrote an article on a new range of snacks being sold at Selfridges, including some quotes from people tasting them:

“If someone gave that to me for Christmas I’d run out of the room.”

“It’s not as bad as it looks, once you get past the thought of it and the funny texture.”

What were they talking about?

A range of invertebrate snacks! You get to choose from*:

Barbeque-flavoured Worm Crisps, £2.75 (Tenebrio molitor!)
Chocolate Covered Giant Ants, £4.95 (Atta laevigata)
Mopani Worms, £11.95 (Imbrasia belina)
Oven-baked Tarantula, £15.99 (Haplopelma sp.)
Scorpion Vodka, £12.95 (Buthus martensii)
Thai Green Curry Crickets, £2.55 (Acheta domestica)

I think I’ll be making a trip with my girlfriend to Selfridges over Christmas to try some. Would you try any?

I think entomophagy is quite an interesting concept/topic because I remember reading (sorry, no citation at the moment) that the energy/protein conversion of insects is fairly good compared to most farmed animals. Are they tasty enough to eat as a regular dietary component? I shall report back…

*I found another site that listed more details about what I think are the same products as I couldn’t find them on the Selfridges website.