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 >