Mike du Jour by Mike Lester for November 29, 2023

Cricket flour; Pick some up at the Entomophagy World Mart or Trader Joe’s.

A guy goes to the garden supply to ask what he should use to kill the bugs on his marijuana plants. He wants something healthy to kill bugs.

The average person accidentally consumes one to two pound of bugs each year. I believe they are already dead by the time they end up in your salad. Most are high in protein, yum.

I’ve seen wrapped candy bars left in warm room being full of tiny beetles. Started freezing them after that!

This reminds me – I need to check on the Expiration Date on my flour. Last batch I had was in the pantry for a while and had grown Weevils. Weevil eggs come with the wheat when it is harvested. If the flour is not Cooked properly, or in time… the eggs hatch. Kind of puts off the appetite with tiny dark bugs in your bread.

I really don’t want to know…..excuse me….have to go vomit!

Only a few bugs carry diseases that can transmit to humans. The mosquito is one.

An interesting little known fact. People eat up to nine wasps…………..every time I cook for them! (credit to Anthony Jeselnik)