[LEFT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=+1][COLOR=#000000]Insect flavors of the month[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]This article was submitted by Barb Ogg, PhD, Extension Educator, University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County. The article appeared in the Nebline Newsletter. Dates: April 1996 and updated October 1998.[/SIZE][/FONT]
G[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]rasshoppers, termites and grubs are not typical American cuisine, but many cultures eat insects with great relish. What do bugs taste like? Here is a sampling… [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Raw termites taste like pineapple and cooked termites have a delicate, vegetable flavor. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Grubs (which are larvae) of palm weevils taste like beef bone marrow. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Fried agave worms (canned in Mexico) taste like sunflower seeds. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Diving beetles (available in Chinatown in San Francisco) taste something like clams. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Fried grasshoppers taste like sardines. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–French-fried ants (imported from Colombia) taste like beef jerky. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–A praying mantis, fried over an open fire, tastes like shrimp and raw mushrooms. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Fried wax moth larvae taste like corn puffs or potato chips. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Fried spiders taste like nuts. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]–Fried baby bees taste like smoked fish or oysters. [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Unappetizing? Consider that honey, a food that is appropriate in our culture, has been swallowed and regurgitated hundreds of times by honey bees. Source: Invisible Bugs and Other Creepy Creatures That Live With You.[/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-1]and to think i was afraid of a pack of nuts, huh, next time i see a sipder, it betta run cus otherwise its lunch time.
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