tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post3349202947542845554..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Question of the Weekzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-31687391788681714542012-02-20T22:33:38.132+01:002012-02-20T22:33:38.132+01:00I wish you didn't describe things quite so wel...I wish you didn't describe things quite so well.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-66623871340686799602012-02-20T06:09:33.923+01:002012-02-20T06:09:33.923+01:00The grasshoppers I've eaten weren't bad, c...The grasshoppers I've eaten weren't bad, crackly, faintly salty, like mild chips. But the most pointless invertebrate I've ever tried was a kind of transparent mangrove worm. It looks like a thread of jellied glass with a smaller black thread running down the centre and this black thread is mud. You run your fingers along the body first, to squeeze out that mud, and there's always a few grains left behind, so, crunch, you go, crunch. It's like eating a sandwich on the beach without the sandwich.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-37454429799125004242012-02-19T04:01:29.076+01:002012-02-19T04:01:29.076+01:00That Wikipedia article is FASCINATING and also pre...That Wikipedia article is FASCINATING and also pretty disgusting. I think the Sicilian cheese deserves its veyr own blog post.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-61260264541245892172012-02-18T09:05:50.578+01:002012-02-18T09:05:50.578+01:00Apparantly the whole ghastly business even has a p...Apparantly the whole ghastly business even has a proper Latin name and everything: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophagy" rel="nofollow">Entomophagy</a>.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-16665825633618511272012-02-18T04:57:53.855+01:002012-02-18T04:57:53.855+01:00I don't want to put you off, but there are rec...I don't want to put you off, but there are recipes online for grasshopper crispies, some <i>with</i> honey, so you can have both if you like. <br /><br />http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~cbader/ghprecwithinsects.html<br /><br />Another delicacy is fried maggots, which are very tasty with condiments. So I'm told.<br /><br />But that's not quite what you were on about. I'm sure if you stroked an aphid, like ants do when they farm them, you could also have a sweet little treat.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.com