Last week I came across a box of Crickettes at a friend’s house. “Crickettes? Are these really…. EWWWW!” Indeed, he had a box of Salt and Vinegar flavored crickets on his table. Salt and vinegar crickets. AND HALF THE BOX WAS GONE.
I sat and stared at them. I flipped over the box and read the back:
Drumstick? Flank? Wings? Would I ever? Could I ever?
This summer has been my Summer of Daring. Swimming with jellyfish, paddling with biting crab larvae and going down the speed slide at 44. So why not eat a cricket?
I bundled up two and carefully brought them home.
Anthony Bourdain eats bugs. Andrew Zimmern eats bugs. I knew my oldest son would eat bugs. But could I actually eat bugs? Could I take a cricket, put it in my mouth and CHEW?
Watch and see.
Eating a Cricket from shootmenowblog on Vimeo.
Eating crickets might not be the most impressive thing one can do. But that wasn’t the point. The point is that I challenged myself to do something completely out of my comfort zone. I took a normal, boring day and turned it in to a challenge. A challenge that I rose to, met and exceeded. Yes, it was only a cricket. But to me, it was a mountain. A mountain that proved to have an amazing view from the peak.
