Bug stew.

[DWK2]

By the way, the subject of escargot reminded me of a good point about eating nasty stuff: When enough melted butter and garlic is applied, nearly anything becomes edible.

DancesWithKnives

 

[dawsonbob]

When enough melted butter and garlic is applied, nearly anything becomes edible.

DancesWithKnives

I think I would eat old tennis shoes if there were enough garlic and butter. The soles might be a little chewy though.

 

[99f250]

By the way, the subject of escargot reminded me of a good point about eating nasty stuff: When enough melted butter and garlic is applied, nearly anything becomes edible.

DancesWithKnives

Ranch dressing, I've eaten a few bugs while riding my motorcycle.

 

[halo2]

Yes! I'm just not exactly sure what kind.

I was in the Philippines and we went out to eat at a kamayan, a sort of all you can eat buffet meant to be eaten with the hands. Among the goat, chicken, pork and water buffalo was this small dish of bugs, fried in oil.

Once I confirmed that they were actually on the menu, I ate about 4. They tasted exactly like oil-saturated french fries. I was told they were "rice bugs" and came from the rice fields.

 

[Joezilla]

So this is the efforts of last weekend, and trying to open people's minds up to entomophagia, or eating bugs. Bugfest strikes again, hopefully opening people's minds and taste buds! Eat em up boys! It just makes it easier to forage when you are outside....

From an old post

 

[Joezilla]

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[Joezilla]

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Here is a Suri grub from the market in Iquitos

 

[pnizio]

I have eaten fried ants from Columbia. zero flavor and crunchy. I am not apposed to trying insects, I just don't go out looking for them.

 

[OldPhysics]

For a number of years I've been building a decent "survival pack" under my belt so I won't have to eat bugs.

Speaking seriously, I know insect dishes are eaten in parts of Mexico and Central America, among other places. I think that once we get past our societal reluctance to eat bugs, they could be a valuable survival food source.

DancesWithKnives

I've eaten ant, termite, and locust-based dishes down in Central and South America. Actually, fairly tasty stuff.

I've also had to consume some hard-to-identify dishes further over-seas. Part of the job, I'm afraid. So far, no harm.

 

[Brad "the butcher"]

I've eaten ant, termite, and locust-based dishes down in Central and South America. Actually, fairly tasty stuff.

I've also had to consume some hard-to-identify dishes further over-seas. Part of the job, I'm afraid. So far, no harm.

I was watching a show a few years ago with an native mexican scientist was studying and testing harvesting bug eggs, larvae. It was really interesting in they made protein flour from it and lots of other stuff. She was saying that the mexican indians had insects as a staple of their diet long ago. They were working on viable 3rd world food solutions, pretty easy to grow bugs.

I have eaten grasshoppers, worms and snails, and ants... all just personal experimenting except when I was in aircadets and did survival training at an airbase. Thank god I snared a squirrel and a rabbit in those 3 days, helping dad on his trapline sure paid off then, the worms and ants were not cutting it.