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Dear Peter et al.
I think the canonical site for insect-eating is http://www.eatbug.com
(which, BTW, mentions eating *raw* mealworms in the "Recipes" section), but
there is a lot of other insectivory info available on the weird and
wonderful Web. Try this link:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Home/Cooking/Wild_Foods/Insects/
Or this one:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Shopping/Food/Specialty_and_Gourmet/Insects/
Eatbug.com has more entomophagy links at
http://www.eatbug.com/links_etc.htm, which also lists some suppliers of
insects in bulk.
Some years ago I had stir-fried crickets and Manchurian ants at a restaurant
in Santa Monica, California, called Typhoon. Both dishes were quite good.
The crickets had a mild peanut/cashew-like flavor, as I recall, and the ants
tasted like very strong tea. I see from Typhoon's Web page
<http://www.typhoon-restaurant.com/home.html> that they've expanded their
insect items since I was last there, as shown in the following selections
from their dinner menu (asterisk (*) means "hot and spicy").
---begin quote (capital letters in original text)---
INSECTS
SCORPIONS on SHRIMP TOAST* 6.00
WATERBUGS STUFFED WITH CHICKEN
Thai style deep fried 6.00
CRICKETS* 6.25
Taiwanese stir fried style with raw garlic, chili peppers and asian basil
CHAMBAI ANTS 6.95
Manchurian Ants sprinkled on potato strings
WHITE SEA WORMS* 7.95
Thai style crispy fried on spinach leaf with ginger, chili pepper, peanut,
lime with Tamarind dipping sauce
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Hope this helps! (Now I've gotta go back to Typhoon to try those sea worms!)
Mary
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Mary M. Llewellyn
Opinions expressed herein are my own, and are not to be taken as official
policy of either Logicon, Inc., or the United States Air Force.
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