If I buy Pet Store crickets can I...?

[Misael Rojas]

...cook them and eat them? I once at some Salt and Vinegar Crickets and they were great, but a bit expensive for my budget. Can i go to the Pet Store and pick me up some crickets can I eat them without dying a horrible diseased death caused by them?

 

[steve w]

No.

Many people just go through their backyard to find bugs to eat. Crickets kept in stores are fed rotting food, which means bacteria spreads very easily.