The tasty spider

Australian Geographic ^ | 8/8/16 | Tim Low

[telescope115]

I remember Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, and I remember that episode. I’m about 20% Sardinian, and I have NO DESIRE to to try maggot infested cheese.

[grey_whiskers]

Beat me to it!

Thanks, nully.

[FLT-bird]

I’m not eating bugs. Let Klaus Schwab and co munch down on all the “tasty” bugs they like. I’ll have a steak.

[Jeff Chandler]

Porcupine would be convenient for kabobs

[Jeff Chandler]

Whoever thought it was a good idea was batshit crazy.

(Don't eat bat shit either.)

[Jeff Chandler]

most rabbis would only permit 4 particular species of desert locust

I glanced at that and thought you wrote "rabbit". Which is delicious btw.

[UnwashedPeasant]

[alexander_busek]

“Ever Eaten A spider?”

Many parts are edible!

Regards,

[fortes fortuna juvat]

How do you skin a porcupine? Please don’t say “carefully.”
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It’s a good question, but that event occurred over 50 years ago so I can’t answer it. I do recall that I had to climb up into a pine tree to knock the critter down to the ground where my friend managed to dispatch it with a limb he used as a club. Later in life I regretted we did that, and I became an active supporter of ASPCA.

[cyclotic]

I ate one once, just to gross someone out. I won’t say it tasted good, but when I bit down, there was a quick burst of spice, like hot sauce.

[gitmo]

Thanks

[gitmo]

I'm trying to understand. It looks like crickets have knees higher than their feet. And they definitely jump.

What am I missing?

[OldHarbor]

Several related spiders are considered a delicacy in New Guinea, “plucked by the legs from their webs and lightly roasted over an open fire”

I have a different variety of Orb Weaver that pops up in the garden. I have never thought about eating them though.