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- I head to the 3 Cricketeers 
commercial kitchen

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to join as they test recipe 
for cricket flour pasta.

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Okay, now we are gonna 
put it right here to cut.

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With cricket pesto.

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Cricket pasta, cricket-

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- [Both] Pesto.

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(both laughing)

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- So, water is boiling, why 
don't you throw in some pasta?

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Why pasta?

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- Pasta makes it 
easy to eat crickets.

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It's not as scary that way.

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- I think it's bringing 
crickets into everyday meals.

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You're the perfect 
person to let us know

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if we're on the right track.

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- [Lidia] So I think it's done.

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- Originally we 
thought we'd be able

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to sell frozen crickets 
next to the frozen shrimp

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at the grocery store,

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and people weren't really 
ready for that yet.

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But we did realize, and our 
business kind of changed

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that we had to do the education

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and we had to make the products 
show people how easy it is

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to work with crickets and 
see how delicious it is.

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And it's just like any other 
protein or grain that you eat.

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- [Lidia] So we made the pasta.

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- [Claire] Yes.

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- The cricket pasta,

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and now you want to 
come up with the sauce.

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- That's right.

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- To dress your cricket pasta.

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Pesto.

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- Pesto.

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- Pesto and pasta 
made in heaven.

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You have basil here, 
you have arugula here.

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- I was an environmental 
lawyer before this,

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and I was always interested 
in doing as much as I could

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to improve our environment, 
protect the planet,

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save the planet, really, 
if I can even do that.

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When Chase came home 
with a cricket cookie,

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it really hit me that we can eat

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an efficient form of protein 
and really do our bodies

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a favor and the planet a favor.

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And I looked into it and 
sure enough, just a few years

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before that, the United 
Nations had issued a report

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on food insecurity and insects 
were at the top of the list.

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I just jumped into it, built 
a terrarium in the basement,

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started growing crickets.

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They hatched.

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- So when we were 
able to grow them,

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I started sneaking it into the 
boys' food and they loved it.

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When I started looking into 
the benefits of the crickets,

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it actually is an 
anti-inflammatory.

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It heals your gut with 
prebiotic fiber, high protein,

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and more and more research 
that's coming out right now,

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we're realizing that 
it's the missing link

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to our gut health.

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- [Lidia] These little guys-

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- [Claire] Yep.

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- [Lidia] So what do you think 
they will add to this Pesto?

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- [Claire] They 
have a nutty flavor.

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- My reputation is at 
stake here, ya know?

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But yours is building, good.

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Let me taste this.

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Hmm, very good.

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I like the crunch.

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Okay, put the garlic 
right in there.

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Pistachios, toasted 
pistachio, salt.

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Okay and now this little 
crickets go in there.

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How much do we put in, okay?

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- [Chad] Virtually all the bowl.

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- [Lidia] The whole 
bowl you want?

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- [Chad] Sure, why not?

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- [Lidia] That's a lot.

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Okay.

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- [Chad] That's a lot.

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- Let's put that on 
and let's get going.

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Let's put some oil in there.

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- The way this all fits into 
feed security and stability

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is cricket powder has a 
really long shelf life.

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It's a complete protein,

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so it has all the 
essential amino acids.

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It has B12, it's 
a prebiotic fiber,

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has more iron than spinach, 
more calcium than milk.

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So really, it's a 
super food that-

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- It's vitamins in a bag.

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- It's vi. (laughing)

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- [Lidia] Put it on.

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Maybe another.

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- Mmm, it smells good.

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- This looks pretty good.

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Do you want cheese?

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- Sure.

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- Okay.

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- Thanks.

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- What are you gonna 
put on top of that?

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- A little bit of 
cheese, please.

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- Yeah?

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And?

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- Maybe a few crickets.

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- Oh, you do your cricket 
thing, I have it here.

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- I want crickets too.

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- [Lidia] You're okay?

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- [Chad] Yeah.

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- All right.

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Let me taste first.

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- Okay.

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- And I will tell 
you my opinion.

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- Okay.

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- Then you can go.

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Delicioso!

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Taste it.

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It's really good.

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Pesto, you talk about, you 
know, basil, little garlic,

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parsley, and pine nuts, 
crickets and pine nuts.

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Crickets have that kind of 
nuttiness when they're dry.

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And they also certainly 
have the crunchiness

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so they're parallel.

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We could make a great 
pesto with some crickets.

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Call me next time 
you're testing.

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Okay?

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