Soooo, make crickets a delicacy, get some good pr up and running to make it socially acceptable, and charge health-conscious yuppies $40/lb for em, and it'll sell. It's all about presentation, appearances, and marketing.
I'm part of the paleo community. I'd love to try eating bugs, and I think most of the people I know in the community would agree.
It could then spread out from that and similar groups. This has already happened with such things as eating offal, which is experiencing a resurgence among paleo groups (and probably foodies, but i'm not one).
I can definitely see, with time, other places "adapting".
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Shrimp are pretty disgusting to look at. Live shrimp are pretty "insect like" I'd say. as mentioned elsewhere, lobsters too.
When you take a step back though, lots of our current food practices are pretty "weird" too. Like, milking mammals for their mothers milk, and then letting it turn sour and harden, calling it cheese, and eating it? Just because "it's been done for thousands of years" doesn't mean holistically it isnt a pretty weird thing to do...