Posted on 06/18/2008 5:12:36 AM PDT by Zakeet
In the mid-1950s, there was a fad, for awhile, of serving french-fried grasshoppers and chocolate-covered ants at cocktail parties. A friend of mine served some left over from a party her parents had. Actually, they weren’t bad until you found out what they were. The grasshoppers tasted like french fried onions and the ants tasted like chocolate-covered raisins. It was the yuck factor that made us wince.
I used to do this when I was two years old ... usually had some dirt for dessert.
Ummm... No thanks. I’m a vegetarian.
When you can fillet an ant I am in. Until then I will stick with cows and chickens.
Crawfish etouffé?
Boiled in a spicy liquid.
Suck the head, pinch the tail.
I've eaten a few while in Southeast Asia.
They're not that bad but there are few that are good.
Just because Americans don't typically eat bugs doesn't mean they aren't a good source of food.
"Slimy, yet satisfying."
In Central America, the guide had us try tiny termites which tasted just like they said he would -- like carrot. They were really pretty good.
Enviro-wackos don’t just want us to eat bugs, they want to change our whole way of life. They would like all of us to live in huge cities inside little boxes. No cars, no motocycles, no lawnmowers (because you’d have no lawn to mow inside your little 12x12 cubicle) or other internal combustion engines. In short they would like to warehouse us all in strictly controlled conditions. Because at heart most of them are fascists.
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