Sorry Jeff - fireplace just won’t cut it. You guys will just have to eat 'em raw now
alternatively a dark frypan in the baking sun and fry them up…
@JeffH I was going to give you your fireplace but then I read @Dan2’s post and realised I wasn’t thinking clear 
I’ll give the fry pan and sun option though
Out of interest, how would you describe the taste?
Hi, the flavor in Wilma’s words: It has a subtle sweet flavor, it is fluffy & pleasant on the palate. The hardest thing is getting your head around the fact that you’re eating grubs, that is both our thoughts.
A nic name for prawns is “grubs”. Most of us relish prawns. Prawns are basically scavengers.
If you are what you eat, bee larvae/pupae is royal jelly, pollen & honey, in a clean pristine environment. It can’t be all that bad. It’s the brood that bears & honey badgers tolerate many stings for, not the honey, as some people might think.
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prawns are also essentially insects - except they have a few too many legs… Still- I’d much rather eat a prawn than a grub.
But it really is all in the mind- our ancestors all would have greatly enjoyed juicy protein rich grubs- just as recent generations enjoyed tripe, liver, brains, tongue, etc. All of which I find disgusting and have zero desire to eat. However I am sure if I was starved for around 7 days: I’d LOVE them all. On that Bear Grylls Island show you see how happy people are to drink foul muddy ditch water after a few days dehydrating in the sun: they LOVE it. Best drink they’ve ever had.
Basically we are spoiled for choice these days.
BTW- your fritters look great: it would be interesting to feed them to various people broken into two groups: one that knows what’s in it - and one that’s told it is prawn meat or similar. Then compare their reactions… It’s probably unethical but…
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Hi @JeffH
when I was cleaning drones out of my Flow frame last spring (don’t ask me about the qx please ) I saved all the juicy grubs for our neighborhood birds. I left them on a plate at the edge of our garden box. They were a hot item while they lasted.
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Hullo Jack,
I’ll bet you could find some Seattlites willing to try. They’re selling cricket flour at our co-op. 
Hasn’t made its way into my pantry yet, but I am impressed with its high protein content and small footprint.
Well done Tracey 
They ARE good value. It’s the brood that bears & honey badgers mainly target. The sweet honey is a side issue. They tolerate a lot of stings in order to reach the protein rich brood.