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From the Independent on Sunday.

Campaign for real grub.

Scientists want us to eat insects- for the sake
of our health and for that of our planet.
Theysay that scoffing spiders and gobbling down
grasshoppers- or entomophagy, to use its proper
name- provides essential nutrients, keeps down
pests and puts much less strain on the planet than
eating conventional meat.
"Insects are the most valuable, underused and
delicious animals in the world" says David George
Gordon, a Seattle based naturalist and author.
"The West is one of the few cultures that doesn't
eat them" he adds. "maybe we are the wierdos"
Culturing insects require preserving forests, not
felling them for agricultural use, experts point out,
adding to that it is perverse to use pesticides to
kill insects that are more nutritious than the crops
they prey on.

Cockcroach Cluster anyone????

oh noooooooooo - this is one time when I truly enjoy my conditioning to respond to market forces

I was just enjoying my piece of maltloaf till I started imagining it made with cockroaches instead of currants

Or how about,

Waiter....there isnt a fly in my soup!!!!

hahaha

hows about this for a recipie;

Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
2 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 12-ounce chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup dry-roasted crickets

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In large bowl, combine butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla; beat until creamy. Beat in eggs. Gradually add flour mixture and insects, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded measuring teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

That sounds yummy Trish,

Maybe Locust in Aspic for the main course.

I just read this (below) and was thinking 'that is terrible cruelty' then thought of battery hens and slaughter houses.......... nuff said


Bali - Dragonfly and damselfly adults are hunted in Bali. Dragonflies are extremely difficult to catch but several interesting techniques have been used successfully. Latex, sticky plant juice, from the jackfruit tree is applied to the end of a slender stick. This stick is tied to a longer, sturdier stick. The stick is lower to a resting dragonfly and with a quick tap, the dragonfly is stuck to the plant juice. Dragonflies are also captured by hand, but one must be very quiet and quick. If latex is used to catch the insects, it is removed with cooking oil before the dragonflies are cooked. Sometimes the dragonflies are placed directly on the grate of a charcoal grilled for cooking. Another method involves boiling them with ginger, garlic, shallots, chili pepper and coconut milk. The wings are removed before cooking unless they are charcoal roasted.

A plate of maguey worms-larvae of a giant butterfly
sell for £12.50 in smart Mexican restaurants.
Sago grubs wrapped in banana leaves are a
delicacy in Papua New Guinea. Large leafcutter ant
are popular in Columbia. And, get this one,
wasps with rice was a fovourite dish of Japan's
Emperor Hirohito.

Dont know whether that was fried rice or maybe
fried lice.

Flied Lice methinks

heres another recepie;

Mealworm Fried Rice
Ingredients:
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. oil
3/4 c. water
1/4 c. chopped onions
4 tsp. soy sauce
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 c. minute rice
1 c. cooked mealworms

Directions:
Scramble egg in a saucepan, stirring to break egg into pieces.
Add water, soy sauce, garlic and onions. Bring to a boil.

Stir in rice. Cover; remove from heat and let stand five minutes.

I really dont know why Im finding these so grotesque cos in so many parts of the world its jusy normal everyday grub ( )

Very good Trish, how about opening
an insect restaurant in Rawtenstal?
Although you might have to throw in
some pigs trotters to pull em in.

Anyone else got any 'grubby' recipes?

Chcolate covered grasshoppers

believe that they are quite good

Dont they deep fry them in Glasgow?

don't know Gra - but they do with everything else so why not