BugFest bites: Elizabeth Gardner tries some cricket cuisine

Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner preview's BugFest, which is on Sept. 20, and tries out some cricket crispy treats.
Posted 9/19/2025, 5:22:09 PM Updated 9/19/2025, 6:00:10 PM

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE

YOU TO CARRY WELCOME WHATEVER

HERE WITH THE MUSEUM AND KERRY

TALKS TO US ALL THE TIME.

BUT YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

IT HAS BEEN YOU'RE EXCITED

ABOUT FUN FEST. SO YEAH, IT'S A

IT COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR.

LET'S SPECIAL THIS YEAR.

WELL, THIS YEAR IS VERY SPECIAL

BECAUSE WE ARE CELEBRATING

KRILL.

>> THOSE LITTLE TINY

CRUSTACEANS THAT THE GIANT IS

ANIMALS ON THE

PLANET EATS.

>> AND AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS

OF OUR OLD FAVORITES ARE TO

PUMMEL HIM PICKS FUNKY BUG

ANTENNA, CROWDS. WE DO HAVE

SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON

DOWNTOWN. SO OUR FOOTPRINT HAS

SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT. SO WHEN

YOU COME DOWN TO BUG FEST,

YOU'LL NOTICE THINGS ARE JUST A

LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL.

BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE

FANTASTIC. SO WILL PEOPLE BE

ABLE TO EAT A BUNCH? OF COURSE,

IS THE BEST PART ABOUT THAT

OBVIOUSLY THE BEST PART ABOUT

CRAS SAY YES, WE HAVE LOTS OF

CHEFS ARE COMING PREPARING

DELICIOUS BUGGY. FOOD IN

EVERYBODY GETS TO TRY TO ASSERT

CRAZY. AND YOU DO YES,

SOMETHING TO SHARE RIGHT HERE.

I KNEW. YES. SO WE HAVE A RICE

CRISPY.

>> CREEKS. SO SOME CRICKETS IN

IT. SO YOU KNOW, I WASN'T SURE

BECAUSE YOU GET MORE AND NOT

REMEMBER SEEING THIS MANY ON.

OH, YEAH, THERE. AND THERE THEY

WERE JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE.

OKAY. SO YEAH. YEAH. I GOTTA DO

THIS. YOU GOT TO DO IT. SO LET

ME KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW. NOW.

IT'S GOT BIG THINGS. WHATEVER

YOU PUT ON ONE OF THESE SMALLER

A LITTLE GUY HAD. YEAH, WE DO.

YOU DO NEED TO START WITH THE

ADULT CARE THAT THEY HAVE A LOT

OF KITE. AND SO THEY'RE REAL.

THEY'RE REAL. A CRUNCHY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. HERE

DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT TOO BAD.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IT IS RIGHT?

>> I WAS A REALLY GOOD FROM THE

THING ABOUT IT IS AND THE RACE

BETWEEN PRESIDENT ALREADY

PUNCHING. WE DON'T EVEN NOTICE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHEFS ARE

GOING TO BE COOKING YEAH.

SO WE I I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY

SPECIFICALLY THE THINGS THAT WE

HAVE RESORTED TO BUGS EARLIER.

THERE'S A LOT OF SUPER WORMS

INVOLVED.

>> AND A LOT OF CRICKETS

INVOLVED. THE U.S. ARE ACCOUNT

OF A SUPER BRIGHT. YEAH, I

COULD GET TO THAT. I MEAN, IN