Blast in the East: Eating things in China

In my experience, crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions and the beetles I've tried are suprisingly good. The "worm" type creatures are a much more acquired taste. I haven't tried spiders, moths, termites or grubs yet.

There are a couple of websites I use as references but I'm too lazy right now to look them up. Google "eating bugs" and you'll get all sorts of links.

-Blast

Fixed it for you, Blast.

My sentiments exactly. It took me a lot of Mezcal to eat the worm at the bottom of that bottle, so I'm not sure about this....

That's a delightful picture of Miniwether in the blog entry, Blast. Her shining face really tempers the shuddering I'm doing right now.

I used to cook bugs with a magnifying glass when I was a kid, but I never ate any. Our dog, however, found them quite tasty.

Tim

DW wouldn't let me put up the picture of Miniwether showing off her mouthful of partially-chewed beetles. She was afraid we'd end up arrested by Child Protective Services.

It was a really good picture.

-Blast (Note to self, next time I go to Minnesota bring lots of tequila)

So, I know that bugs have more protein than beef. Which begs the question: How many ounces of june bugs do you have to eat to get as much protein as you have in a 6 ounce steak?

Also, my wife, ever the detail hound, questions whether you could call it "meat". She also gets irritated when I call the edible part of a nut the "nut meat".

Feel free to email me the pic of Miniwether's munched bugs. I promise it will go no further.

So does peanut butter and it’s a lot more appealing then bugs…


And probably taste better.

Hey Clark, it's about time you showed up here, welcome to the fire! People, let me introduce you to my partner in adventure, Clark! This guy actually enjoys hanging out with me in the woods, on the water, and in creepy old deserted buildings. Damn good reflexes on him, too.

To answer your question, according to this website 100g of june bugs have 13.4g of protein, 1.4 g of fat, 2.9g of carbs, 22.6mg of calcium and 3mg of iron. 100g of lean ground beef has 27.4g of protein, so you'd need about 10-12oz of june bugs to get the protein of your steak.

Tell K that "meat" is the proper term. Think, it's called lobster meat and crawfish meat. They are bugs, too.

-Blast

p.s. I'll e-mail the shot of Miniwether. I think the princess tiara she's wearing in the picture goes exceptionally well the tonuge covered in beetle goo.

Hi Clark, welcome to the fire!

There is no right wine for anything...