every resort town in the US has a candy
store but one store in his mo Beach
California goes beyond the usual taffy
and caramel apples if hot licks has its
way Americans will be snacking on
everything from caterpillars and
cockroaches to mealworm covered apples
Larry Peterman is a candy man on a
mission
for more than a decade he’s been
promoting a valuable food source that
most Americans find revolting in a land
of plenty people resist Larry knows why
from an early age parents teach children
to avoid insects in our culture from the
time that we’re really small we’re
taught to avoid insects they might bite
you like a mosquito I’ve got a good
that’s got a good cricket in it but kids
aren’t the only ones munching on bugs
around the world more than 1,400 insect
species show up on menus insect eating
or entomophagy is part of healthy diets
in Asia Africa Australia and Latin
America this trend is anything but new
archeologists have found evidence of it
dating to the earliest humans advocates
of insect eating like to note that it’s
environmentally sound producing a pound
of Caterpillar takes 1/10 of the
resources needed to produce a pound of
beef
and insects brim with vitamins and
minerals but despite all the benefits
most Americans can’t stomach bugs
welcome welcome welcome ever seen unlike
Larry Peterman who celebrates them at
his dinner party gentlemen are the
evening begins with Larry’s version of
the classic shrimp cocktail
we’re just finished preparing a cricket
cocktail it’s a lot like a shrimp
cocktail Holi instead of shrimp we use
crickets okay folks here’s the first
course now enjoy
it’s rising while you’re enjoying this
I’m going down and get your next course
the main course is a stir fry a special
garnish there we go
dinner is served by Cuban get ready okay
go straight go several courses later
Larry presents his piece de resistance
here it is what you’ve been waiting for
now go there anybody dive in until
everyone sir please
we call them a Pismo surfer what it is
is a banana with whipped cream and a
really good cockroach on it you don’t
have to eat the wings you don’t have to
eat the head unless you want to you know
you know where this car has just been we
could do another one next week if you
like Larry predicts he’ll eventually win
people over as we become more and more
insect food oriented our tastes go Jade
and so I see a niche for somebody that
does gourmet insects could have some
style appeal like people taste wise I
mean let’s do it like this bug is good
store but one store in his mo Beach
California goes beyond the usual taffy
and caramel apples if hot licks has its
way Americans will be snacking on
everything from caterpillars and
cockroaches to mealworm covered apples
Larry Peterman is a candy man on a
mission
for more than a decade he’s been
promoting a valuable food source that
most Americans find revolting in a land
of plenty people resist Larry knows why
from an early age parents teach children
to avoid insects in our culture from the
time that we’re really small we’re
taught to avoid insects they might bite
you like a mosquito I’ve got a good
that’s got a good cricket in it but kids
aren’t the only ones munching on bugs
around the world more than 1,400 insect
species show up on menus insect eating
or entomophagy is part of healthy diets
in Asia Africa Australia and Latin
America this trend is anything but new
archeologists have found evidence of it
dating to the earliest humans advocates
of insect eating like to note that it’s
environmentally sound producing a pound
of Caterpillar takes 1/10 of the
resources needed to produce a pound of
beef
and insects brim with vitamins and
minerals but despite all the benefits
most Americans can’t stomach bugs
welcome welcome welcome ever seen unlike
Larry Peterman who celebrates them at
his dinner party gentlemen are the
evening begins with Larry’s version of
the classic shrimp cocktail
we’re just finished preparing a cricket
cocktail it’s a lot like a shrimp
cocktail Holi instead of shrimp we use
crickets okay folks here’s the first
course now enjoy
it’s rising while you’re enjoying this
I’m going down and get your next course
the main course is a stir fry a special
garnish there we go
dinner is served by Cuban get ready okay
go straight go several courses later
Larry presents his piece de resistance
here it is what you’ve been waiting for
now go there anybody dive in until
everyone sir please
we call them a Pismo surfer what it is
is a banana with whipped cream and a
really good cockroach on it you don’t
have to eat the wings you don’t have to
eat the head unless you want to you know
you know where this car has just been we
could do another one next week if you
like Larry predicts he’ll eventually win
people over as we become more and more
insect food oriented our tastes go Jade
and so I see a niche for somebody that
does gourmet insects could have some
style appeal like people taste wise I
mean let’s do it like this bug is good
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