Lots of those bugs are commonly eaten around the world, just generally not in the countries usually frequented by people of this site, haha.

I’ve heard positive things about crickets. They also lend themselves well to being flavored and keeping flavor, which I think speaks to them not being so potent in taste themselves.

What an adventure your Mummy will be going on!!

I ate scorpion and snake while I was in China. Big fan of scorpion. Kinda tastes like bacon. Maybe that’ll help give you what a cricket flavor might be like?

Bas tried them, and he thinks they taste quite bland, like shrimp without the slightly fishy taste. He thinks they need some spices to make them more interesting.
As much as I love to try new foods, I’m hesitant about insects. Not because I don’t like the idea, but because I have coeliac disease. From other animals you’d only eat parts, but insects are eaten whole, stomach contents included. I’d have to know specifically what they feed the insects, and so far I haven’t seen any info about that on labels.

hahahaha scorpion was much harder to eat than the snake. There’s this street in Beijing called the Lantern Street. It’s beautiful, and you can get all sorts of traditional Chinese goods there. The first quarter of the street is all authentic food stands. The scorpion is live on the spic still moving, and they grill it up right in front of you.

I don’t suggest trying the chicken feet. I looked so rude at the Summer Palace spitting it out, but damn was it nasty.