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crimpman
Jan 27, 2004, 8:19 PM
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Around mid July, it's like grasshopper mating season or something, because there are THOUSANDS of them hopping around. I dared my friend to eat one, a big one, and he did. (way to go Calypsobob) He said it tasted like burnt chicken, but really not that bad. Also there can be some massive black ants, I tried one of those and they tasted like a citrus kinda thing. So come on I dare you to try one too. I didn't have the guts to eat a grasshopper, but supposedly they're not that bad. But they kick!
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juanjo
Jan 27, 2004, 8:21 PM
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Grilles grasshoppers are delicious! try them with tortilla and beans!!
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coldclimb
Jan 27, 2004, 8:23 PM
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coldclimb moved this thread from Regional Discussions to Community.
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coldclimb
Jan 27, 2004, 8:23 PM
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Never have, myself. Not many of them up here to eat. ;)
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dief
Jan 27, 2004, 8:23 PM
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When you are eating live grasshoppers always pop them in your mouth tail end first so they don't jump partway down your throat and cause you to choke. Some red ants have a toxin that causes your chest to feel like some parked a truck on it. Goes away in a coupel of hours.
Things I learned the hard way!
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crimpman
Jan 27, 2004, 8:27 PM
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(calypsobob) also ate a red ant, I was there egging him on and he popped it in and was like hmmm.. OWWWW OWWWW AHHH!!! cause it bit the hell outta him. Said they were good after that though :D
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wishiwaswest
Jan 27, 2004, 8:33 PM
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I spent a couple of months in Australia waaaaaaaay back when and met this guy who offered to cook me an authentic Australian meal - whatever the heck that was. Well, we did have the proverbial "shrimps on the bar'b", but he also served those humungous white grubs, some leggy insect things, and chocolate-covered bumblebees for dessert. I was much more "game" back then and tried them all - washing them back with copious quantities of anything alcoholic - have to admit, the taste wasn't too bad - but the texture - UGH! To this day, I can't even stomach oatmeal!
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tgreene
Jan 27, 2004, 8:35 PM
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Between detasseling corn in the summers as a kid, and riding motorcycles for years, I've eaten just about every type of flying or jumping bug... :?
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philbox
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Jan 27, 2004, 8:56 PM
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That would be witchetty Grubs wishiwaswest and it is not shrimp on the barbey but rather prawns on the barbey. We call shrimp Prawns. Prawns can also be a pejorative as in "Ah ya silly Prawn".
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farasnyl10
Jan 27, 2004, 9:04 PM
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a co-worker of mine ate one of these: (the blue larva, aproximately the size of a thumb)
http://zebra.biol.sc.edu/moth/manduca2.gif
on a dare, he stuck one in the microwave, as we all huddled around to watch the innards spew out in a glorious yellow puddle, leaving nothing but a white, slightly chewy worm. apparently, it also tastes vaguely of asparagus.
quite a colorful little fellow. lol
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wishiwaswest
Jan 27, 2004, 9:42 PM
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In reply to: That would be witchetty Grubs wishiwaswest and it is not shrimp on the barbey but rather prawns on the barbey. We call shrimp Prawns. Prawns can also be a pejorative as in "Ah ya silly Prawn".
You're right - I was just using the Paul Hogan (?)- Crocodile Dundee - version from those North american commercials. Witchetty grubs? Man, they were HUGE!
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socialclimber
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Jan 27, 2004, 9:48 PM
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I ate a Hu-hu grub. Tasted very much like peanutbutter. boiled it too long though and burnt my mouth when I bit into it cause it was all boiling juice inside.
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dirtineye
Jan 27, 2004, 9:52 PM
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You people are disgusting. Shouldn't this be moved to the cooking forum? Stupid mods and admins.... grrrr..... ESPECIALLY those weirdo upside down ones taht have a different word for everythign in the english language, right mate?
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Yep. Sucked down a grasshopper at band camp in High School. Did it on a dare to get a rootbeer. Kinda had a peppermint flavor. It washed down pretty good with that A&W.
Ed
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frantik
Jan 27, 2004, 10:51 PM
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pinnaclechick
Jan 28, 2004, 3:40 AM
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We eat plenty of bugs everyday without needing to run around in a field with a bug net. It gets into (or rather, doesn't get out of) our food through processing, and winds up on our table. Peanut butter is a good example. Beer is another. Jillions of aphids are on the hops when they are harvested, and there's just no way to get them all off. I heard on the radio once the number of bug parts in a bottle of beer, can't remember now what it was, but it was a lot.
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tradman
Jan 28, 2004, 3:43 AM
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Had barbecued locust in ethiopia. Very nasty.
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josephine
Jan 28, 2004, 3:59 AM
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Nope never but i had tasted..spiders,beetles and lots of little bugs
but now that i grow up a bit...i changed my diet...i really don't like that stuff..
ewwwwwwww...yuck yuck :shock:
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j_ung
Jan 28, 2004, 6:05 AM
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A Japanese friend's parents came to visit and brought grasshoppers that were sauteed in soy sauce and sugar. I gotta say, they were quite tasty and had a satisfying crunch. I ate several and would eat more given the chance.
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