What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? Pure chocolate or vanilla, how about some berries? How about some dried brown crickets on top? If your reaction isn’t one of immediate disgust, you might be in luck, because a German ice cream shop has expanded its menu with creepy ice cream: scoops of cricket-flavored ice cream topped with dried brown crickets.
The unusual candy is being sold at Thomas Micolino’s shop in the southern German town of Rothenburg am Neckar, the German news agency reported on Thursday.
Micolino often creates flavors that go far beyond the specific German preferences for strawberry, chocolate, banana and vanilla ice cream.
Previously, it offered liverwurst, gorgonzola ice cream and gold-plated ice cream for €4 ($4.25) a serving.
Mikolino told the dpa news agency: “I am a very curious person and want to try everything. I have eaten many things, including many strange things. I still want to try crickets, as well as ice cream.”
He can now make cricket-flavoured products as EU rules allow the insects to be used in food.
According to the rules, crickets can be frozen, dried or ground into powder. The EU has approved the use of migratory locusts and flour beetle larvae as food additives, dpa reports.
Micolino’s ice cream is made with cricket powder, heavy cream, vanilla extract and honey, and topped with dried crickets. It’s “surprisingly delicious,” or so he wrote on Instagram.
The creative seller said that while some people were upset and displeased that he was serving insect ice cream, curious customers mostly liked the new flavour.
”Those who tried it were very enthusiastic,” Micolino said. “There are customers who come here every day to buy a scoop.”
One of his customers, Konstantin Dik, gave a positive review of the cricket flavour, telling news agency dpa: “Yes, it’s tasty and edible.”
Another customer, Johann Peter Schwarze, praised the ice cream’s creamy texture but added: “You can still taste the crickets in the ice cream.”
Post time: Nov-21-2024