well I just got back from a cavers' festival where I learned
some other euphemisms for cave cricket that I though Ralph might like:

Karst cattle
crickets, the other OTHER white meat
pit pork  (as in "sinkhole")

I was told that down in Georgia they get sooooo big that the locals
argue about whether you get more meat off a cricket or a gigged frog  ;)

cheers Mary!

Deb

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Ralph Walter wrote:

> Mary,
>
> Sorry, we thought you'd understood that the cave crickets were being shipped
> from Italy to Frogland as a delicacy.  Advise you NOT repeat NOT eat any
> meatlike substances, or substances purported to include flesh of dead
> animals, smaller than a steak or otherwise identifiable as a complete dead
> animal commonly eaten for food by native-born citizens of the United States
> AND descended from DWEMs, i.e., chicken.  Be sure to verify that it's not
> Chicken ala Chert).  Hope this gets to you in time (as opposed to intime,  as
> the Frogs say).
>
> Bon Appetit.
>
> Ralph
>