We Eat Crickets
I ordered some bugs to eat from this UK-based company called Edible Unique. They came shipped in a white envelope, to my office in Shanghai. So many bugs to choose from! We went down to our favorite spot on the Bund, our friend Jeff's dive bar I Love Shanghai [recently moved to new location]. Let him decide which bug to eat. Here's how it went...
Jeff made a blind choice for the crickets. Then, we ate them...
These were "lemongrass giant crickets with Thai spices." Good on salads. Be careful to remove the wings and legs as they're a bit sharp. Nice nutty flavor. Crunchy crickets!
(BTW, Jeff's from Seattle, and his hair isn't normally like that -- it was "wig" night at his bar).
* This source thinks Angelina Jolie's "sexy body" is partly due to her eating crickets.
* If you think eating bugs is weird, you may be in the minority. You Weirdo!
* I'm trying to get more videos posted, but it's a real challenge from China, as Youtube is often blocked or running too slow. Even now, I can't hear the sound from these videos -- leave a comment if you have trouble viewing them.
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posted by Michael @ 12:11 PM
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hm...Michael..you looked much more enjoy than Jeff
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this is my new favorite blog- thanks and keep eating! =)
You have a great blog. I think you should write a book on the anthropology of food at some point. Keep up the good work!
Great stuff. Post new things.
It's probably all things you've eaten or seen before, but food street in Wangfujing, Beijing is a one-stop-shopping spot for exotic things to eat; Tibetan antelope, cicadas, these giant black beetles, fruit drinks with dry ice (?) pouring out of them, tiny clay pots of Buddhist medicinal tonics, centipedes, seahorses, scorpions, bee larvae, monstrous sea creatures, etc... (Also some delicious things!)
Your friend asked you "is that a stinger?" I'm guessing that he was looking at a female's ovipositer, which is used for laying egg cases. Not quite a "stinger" ;) xoxo, Beave
Have you thought about giving adorted fetus a try? I hear it's all the rave in China.
To quote George's evil grandmother in Roald Dahl's George's Marvelous Medicine, '[b]ugs are the best. Theu go crunch.'
why are crickets number one in the Top 5 ???
no way is this worse than balut or drunken shimp [the former I tried when in the philippines..after eating it i begged the local balut-boy to chop off my freakin' head!!]
sort it.
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