I ordered a variety pack from Amazon (that's an affiliate link where if you buy something following it then I get a little change in my pocket). It came with a bag of the sriracha flavored chips and two bags of cheddar cheese ones. I ate the cheese ones first.
I was surprised at the number of carbs in the chips. A single bag was 70 net carbs (That's 80g of carbs less 10g of fiber.) and somehow I thought it would be lower... especially after tasting them.
The cheese ones aren't fantastic. There's not a lot of cheese flavor, or salt... it doesn't taste like the cricket flour did. It tastes more like a chip made from some exotic grain than corn... like chia or spelt or buckwheat or something... without the sweet overtones, those would have.
It's not bad really, just sort of bland and dry. The cheese flavor, like I said, is more an aromatic flavor than an actual taste. If you were expecting something like the cheesy goodness of Ruffles you'd be let down. If you expected the cheesy goodness of say... oatmeal without the water or sugar or milk or butter or any processing at all... they're about that cheesy. I can't recommend them. They're not bad so much as they're nothing.
I *want* to like crickets in food. I really do. I look forward to the time when we have a protein source that's eco-friendly and also delicious. If we're going to go to space on any sort of long-distance trips we're going to need one. Crickets would be good for that... but going to Mars on a diet of crickets right now would be a bad tasting proposition. I'd still do it, but I would doubtless lose weight for reasons other than lower gravity.
I'll try the sriracha ones later tonight while watching Zombie Tidal Wave on SyFy.
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