Each Stampede I expect to see a lot of typical favorites such as over the top sweet treats and deep fried stuff, but this year the Stampede has added food I don’t think anyone asked for – bugs!

The Calgary Stampede New Midway Food page says “Adventurous, daring, and spicy twists on traditional Stampede favourites, get ready to make some mouthwatering memories”.

Earlier this year the federal government announced it was investing up to $8.5 million into Aspire’s cricket-processing facility in London, Ontario, and it appears that Canada is not wasting any time adding bugs to the menu.

Jumbo Worm Hot Dog at the Calgary Stampede#WEF #Globalism #WorldEconomicForum #EatBugs pic.twitter.com/5GKdoLjMVu

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) July 16, 2022

For adventurous eaters, you will find meal worm hot dogs at the Superbooth stand.  Superbooth says that “Meal Worms are high in protein and safe to eat“, but no mention of how they taste!  It says that they are “All-Beef”, that must mean all-beef – plus worms.

MEAL WORM HOT DOG

All-Beef Meal Worm Hot Dog, made using meal worm protein, whole roasted meal worms, and beef, topped off with your favorite condiments (Meal Worms are high in protein and safe to eat).

If you are not tempted by the meal worm hot dogs you may want to try the cricket hot dogs at The Wurst & Burger Shack.  Crickets are apparently also “high in protein and safe to eat”.

CRICKET HOT DOG

All-Beef Cricket Hot Dog, made using cricket protein, whole roasted crickets and beef, topped off with your favorite condiments (Crickets are high in protein and safe to eat).

So if you are not ready to eat bugs, there are a few other goodies for you to try on this year’s Stampede menu.  You may want to try the Korean Squid Ink Corn Dog at Big Coco’s.  They say it has a taste similar traditional corndogs, but more crunchy and a hint of sweetness.

KOREAN SQUID INK CORN DOG

They taste similar to traditional favourite corndogs, except with more of a crunch and a bit of sweetness. It’s half mozzarella, half hot dog, dipped in a black batter, with one end cut to resemble tentacles!

How about trying crab meat and octopus wontons?  At the Happy Fish stand you will find Octopus Rangoon a crispy wonton with crab, octopus and cream cheese.

OCTOPUS RANGOON

Crispy wonton shell filled with warm crab meat, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese filling, and diced octopus, served with sweet & sour sauce

Ever had eel?  Well now is your chance if you haven’t at the Happy Fish stand you will find their new Unagi Sushi Taco with BBQ unagi eel and crab meat.

UNAGI SUSHI TACO

Tempura nori taco shell with BBQ unagi eel, sushi rice, crab meat mixture, and julienned cucumber, drizzled with signature BBQ eel sauce.

If seafood is not your thing, why not try some cow tongue with pineapple.  At the Avatara Pizza stand you will find the Crazy Tongue Pizza with slow braised AAA Alberta cow tongue.

CRAZY TONGUE PIZZA

Vine-ripened, and naturally sweet crushed tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, slow braised AAA Alberta cow tongue, natural pineapple, caramelized onions, and a Baja chipotle drizzle.

The stampede menu also includes less adventurous, but still daring foods such as cinnamon sugar cookie dough, with mini donuts, bad breath lemonade with garlic & caramelized onions.

Kids might like the cotton candy lemonade served with a cotton candy “bomb”, the cotton candy noodles with a fluffy cloud of pink cotton candy, garnished on top of noodles, or the mac n cheese soft serve ice cream.

For deep fried favorites you may want to try Oreo cookies deep fried inside signature mini donuts, chipotle pickle philly topped with chipotle sauce, and deep fried pickle chips, deep fried strawberries or mochi, jalapeno cheesy cauliflower bites or deep fried donuts with cheese.

Happy Stampeding!

The government says the funding will be used by Aspire to “use the latest smart technology to create the ideal growing conditions for crickets at its facility in London, Ontario” and “allow the company to monitor and grow billions of crickets at a time, producing a nutrient-rich protein for premium health food and pet markets.”

CBC said that this cricket factory for human consumption was a conspiracy theory.

London cricket plant lands first deal to sell insects for human consumption. https://t.co/HL3c2OgDSX

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) September 18, 2022

The government said they choose the company to invest in because “Aspire’s goal to tackle global food scarcity led to its focus on edible insect production, which can provide high volumes of nutritious food with a low environmental footprint.”

“These concerns, together with ethical considerations regarding the welfare and eating of animals, could also boost demand for plant-based proteins and alternative protein sources (e.g. insects, cultured meat).”

The government believes this technology will allow the company to cut its production costs, which would increase its marketability and sales in the domestic and international markets.

The government says “alternative sources of protein such as insects provide an opportunity to more sustainable meet global demand for food by using less water, energy and space and emitting significantly less greenhouse gas emissions during the production stage.”

Some people believe that the Canadian Governments investment in the cricket factory is to align with the World Economic Forum’s climate change agenda “5 reasons why eating insects could reduce climate change” as found on the World Economic Forum website.

You'll eat bugs and you'll be happy.
Trudeau government invests $8.5 million into cricket-processing facility in London, Ontario.#TrudeauMustResign #WorldEconomicForum pic.twitter.com/idxhFHZzHF

— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) July 12, 2022

A supermarket facility in the Netherlands, which was funded by the Bill Gates foundation, and that sold “new age” foods, like his plant-protein meats and other odd “goodies,” has burned to the ground in the middle of the night.

The Counter Signal reported that a large facility in Almelo owned by Picnic, a Bill Gates-funded grocery delivery company that uses electric vehicles, has suddenly caught fire in the dead of night.

BREAKING: A Bill Gates Foundation supermarket in the Netherlands that focuses on new-age foods like plant protein meat has spontaneously caught fire in the middle of the night. https://t.co/363xQ3IVwh pic.twitter.com/IpAgYsrGmA

— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) July 11, 2022

Last year, the company was given a whopping 600 million euros from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and many participating in the ongoing farmers’ protests in Holland have openly stated they believe Gates may be partly responsible for pushing additional climate laws.

BOMBSHELL: Eva Vlaardingerbroek Exposes How Bill Gates May Be Connected to Taking the Farmers Land

"They [farmers] have livestock and they produce beef.
Guess who invested $600 million in Picnic last year? Right Bill Gates, the man who wants you to eat fake meat." pic.twitter.com/bTzOG39JwN

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) July 10, 2022