Thomas Micolino, owner of Eiscafé Rino, showed off ice cream made partly from cricket powder and topped with dried cricket. Photo: Marijane Murat/dpa (Photo: Marijane Murat/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
BERLIN – A German ice cream shop has expanded its menu to include a spooky flavor: cricket-flavored ice cream topped with dried brown crickets.
The unusual candies are on sale at Thomas Micolino’s shop in the southern German town of Rothenburg am Neckar, German news agency dpa reported on Thursday.
Micolino has a habit of creating flavors that go far beyond the typical German preferences for strawberry, chocolate, banana and vanilla ice cream.
Previously, it offered liverwurst and gorgonzola ice cream, as well as gold-plated ice cream, for €4 ($4.25) a scoop.
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 have always wanted to try crickets and ice cream.”
Thomas Micolino, owner of Eiscafé Rino, serves ice cream from a bowl. The “Cricket” ice cream is made from cricket powder and topped with dried crickets. Photo: Marijane Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijane Murat/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
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.
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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 retailer said that while some people were outraged or even unhappy that he was offering insect ice cream, curious shoppers were generally pleased with the new flavour.
”Those who tried it were very enthusiastic,” Micolino said. “Some customers 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 is really tasty and edible.”
Another customer, Johann Peter Schwarze, also praised the ice cream’s creamy texture, but added that “there’s still a hint of cricket in the ice cream.”
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Post time: Dec-24-2024