Eating Crickets!

After reading Step Gently Out written by Helen Frost,  photographs by Rick Lieder, we collected insects, listened to crickets and took magnifying glasses outside to look for insects.  One of the main ideas of the book is:  we share the world with insects-- do we know they are there?


One of the most interesting things we discovered is people eat insects too!

 Each package contains

about 7 or 8 flavoured crickets!

You can buy these for less than $4!

I thought it would be easiest if the winner of the lottery, 

just tipped the cup into the mouth 

instead of picking it up with fingers.  

The crickets were fragile and 

you can see one of the legs broke right off!

 Rachel said it was good! 

Amy came prepared with her water bottle

 ready to wash it down!

Anahat said she was proud of herself for doing it!

Jeremy doesn't look nervous 

but his sister in the hat and pink shirt does!

 "It tastes better than my mom's cooking!" Jeremy exclaimed. 

Others said it crunched like potato chips.

Rose threw back the cricket in one swoop!

"It's crispy!" she said.  

Jenny looks like she is trying to decide if it is delicious or not.

The audience was very appreciative and applauded after 

each "snack".  What an exciting day!

Ms Leko took all of these photographs except the cricket boxes which she found at
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