A couple days ago I drove about an hour and bought nine bags of African grasshoppers.
I’d learned in October that a Ugandan community gets a shipment of grasshoppers in December. I knew that I’d want some of them, but I didn’t want to drive all that way for nothing. Since I’d lost the business card [...]
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Cool new acquisition: Nsenene!
December 19th, 2008 · No Comments · cooking methods, exotics, grasshopper, katydids
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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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Chapulines On The Menu!!
August 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Mexican, exotics, grasshopper
Wow. What a great way to start the month.
Today I dropped off a half-pound of the tiny chapulines at TWO popular restaurants here in Providence. I won’t say which ones just yet, other than one of them is a Mexican place and one serves hipsters and artist-types. In a little while I’ll ask them if [...]
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