Entries Tagged as 'giant water bug'

House Fly Pupae: Surprisingly Good

March 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · cooking methods, exotics, flour, fly, giant water bug

About two weeks ago I offered four folks from RISD a special banquet. This was in a private home and the participants had a great time. I offered about a dozen varieties of insects, some of which I’d never served before. There was the impressive-yet-usual:

Giant Water Bugs [Lethocerus indicus, which for [...]

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Thailand II

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments · cooking methods, exotics, giant water bug, grasshopper, travel

The first insects I had eaten were in the evening market on Sunday, the first day I’d gotten into CM. The mixed bag was about 60 cents U.S. and contained six kinds of insect. They were all pretty good, but a few kinds were delicious.
I’d bought them at this table; there was only one such [...]

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Food for Thought: An impressive success

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments · cooking methods, cricket, events, giant water bug

This was a big event for SLS. I was in the company of some of the best-known restaurants in Providence – a town where people like their restaurants. The setting (the newly-expanded Botanical Gardens at Roger Williams Park) was lovely, and the guests seemingly better-heeled than myself. I still hope to get some pictures of [...]

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