Eating grasshoppers

This thread has inspired me to create an exotic foods thread over in the food forum.
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Joezilla said:
hmm. I like the wood borers. Makes me think of peanut butter and almonds. I have a bottle of fish sauce, I will really need to try that. Can you use it in beef jerky too?
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You are a tougher man than I!:D Or possibly you have more sensitive taste buds? Mine have been burned out a bit by eating pretty much everyplace (but not antarctica).

Hmm. Fish sauce with jerky?? I would use it with the milder ones ... but not with the more strongly flavored ones. I think the tastes would fight, and I'm far too old to put up with a 'knock down, drag out' in my mouth.:)



[I also don't do what folks here call "ghost chiles." They're used as repellent by the natives in places where they naturally grow (I think western India) ... way, way too intense for eating. I love chiles as much as the next chile-head, but them things is just ridiculous.]
 
My wife's grandmother goes out into the fields and collects garbage bags full of grasshoppers (Inago). She cooks them with soy sauce and sugar and sells them at the local market. Here they eat them whole, heads and all. I generally pick the legs off as they get stuck between your teeth.
 
Thanks guys.

Chinpo said:
My wife's grandmother goes out into the fields and collects garbage bags full of grasshoppers (Inago). She cooks them with soy sauce and sugar and sells them at the local market. Here they eat them whole, heads and all. I generally pick the legs off as they get stuck between your teeth.
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I'd be interested in hearing as much detail in the how-to if there's more.

Man, am I starting to collect recipes for these things? :D
 
What is the best way to catch grasshoppers? Because I have seen tons of them, but without something like a net on me they always get away. Say I was in a survival situation and all this protein is just out of my grasp- what should I do?
 
More power to you guys!
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Ferrousknight said:
What is the best way to catch grasshoppers? Because I have seen tons of them, but without something like a net on me they always get away. Say I was in a survival situation and all this protein is just out of my grasp- what should I do?
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I duno. I just snatched them by hand and put them in a bag. I chased them for a few hops and they seemed to slow down. Psesistence, I guess?
 
Ahh, the old 'Stoop, grab, look in hand, repeat' method. It worked for me when I was 4 and the old methods are the good 'uns! :D
 
Carefull! if you try grasshoppers where they have been eating sage, they taste like sage. not bad, but just a heads up.
 
Anyone here ever try termites? I used to be rather partial to them when it came to eating bugs, they were rather sweet tasting, usually.
 
halo2 said:
Thanks guys.



I'd be interested in hearing as much detail in the how-to if there's more.

Man, am I starting to collect recipes for these things? :D
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She catches them by hand too.

Boil the grasshoppers for a few minutes. Pick off the wings and the hind legs. Then mix them with soy sauce and sugar. That's it.
 
I've eaten the odd bug here and there. Apparently bug eating is also eco-friendly as bug farming has a lot less impact on the environment than cow farming etc. So, it looks like your doing your part.
 
Codger_64 said:
According to an article in the recent issue of Backpacker Magazine, a handful of roasted grasshoppers has about the same nutrition as a three ounce patty of lean ground beef (145 calories and 15 grams of protein). 10 large grasshoppers (weighing 3.5 ounces total) have 121 calories and 13 grams of protein. I've never eaten that many in a sitting, but have stuffed myself on white grubs before, and they were not bad at all. Between the grubs and other small critters (snails, minnows, mollusks, snakes) and plants I ate, I was the only one of my group who did not lose weight over the week long course. In fact, IIRC, I gained 1# while most lost 5#. I think a part of that could be attributed to my increased hydration too. Swamp water isn't that bad if you strain it and don't look at it too closely.
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Just be really careful to cook those lil' mollusks thoroughly as a case of brain worms is no fun...Snails and slugs can be infected with a parasite known as A. Cantonensis which can cause a rare form of meningitis called eosinophilic meningitis if ingested.

Read more: http://healthmad.com/nutrition/the-nutritional-power-of-eating-snails/#ixzz10pmZbu1i

just sayin' I have heard of this more than once, and although I have a seasoned palate so to speak, I don't mess with snails and slugs. ;)
 
12 years ago I ate some thirteen year cicadas, raw.Washed them down with a Pabst.
 
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