{"id":58612,"date":"2015-11-17T00:09:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T08:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=58612"},"modified":"2015-11-17T00:09:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T08:09:37","slug":"cricket-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/58612","title":{"rendered":"Cricket, anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tYou know that when you send your kids off to college, they’ll get the chance to broaden their horizons in many ways.<\/p>\n

Self-discipline? Check.<\/p>\n

Social experiences? Check.<\/p>\n

New ideas and philosophies? Check.<\/p>\n

Sports and recreation? Check.<\/p>\n

Gastronomic adventures? Check, check!<\/p>\n

Especially if they’re attending the University of Connecticut, where\u00a0one innovative purple food truck is serving up\u00a0everything from Asian tacos to …<\/p>\n

crickets!<\/p>\n

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photo, U Conn’s DailyCampus.com<\/p><\/div>\n

The aptly named “Food for Thought” truck is serving “organic, GMO free, and earth-friendly” roasted crickets as a topping for their popular Asian Tacos\u2014or for an adventurous few, as a crunchy snack. After a week of offering free samples to anyone\u00a0willing to try them, UConn’s Dining Services reports that they’re selling two to three containers of the crispy critters a day.<\/p>\n

The crickets are sourced from Next Millennium Farms<\/a>, who strive to lead a new “protein revolution” and “raise” an estimated 30 million crickets at any given time. Now that’s a lot of chirping!<\/p>\n

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You know that when you send your kids off to college, they’ll get the chance to broaden their horizons in many ways. Self-discipline? Check. Social experiences? Check. New ideas and philosophies? Check. Sports and recreation? Check. Gastronomic adventures? Check, check! … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}