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  • From: "Bill Russell" <shaman@penn.com>
  • To: <ginda@concentric.net>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] gypsy moth caviar & Weight Watchers
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:09:16 -0500

Ginda, I don't mean to get personal, but.....do boys still want to kiss you
goodnight?

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
To: "Bill Russell" <shaman@penn.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nafex] gypsy moth caviar & Weight Watchers


> I think the list has lost interest in this one. I had some grasshoppers
> years ago. We gathered them, checked them visually for parasites, and
> fried the (apparently) healthy ones in butter. My recollection is that
> they tasted like stuff fried in butter - we compared them to popcorn at
> the time. The taste was quite mild, and not as good as shrimp. There
> may be other species of grasshoppers that are tastier.
>
> The yellow ants had a nice sour tang (from formic acid, I think) but
> were small, and felt less like substantial food. I'd go for the
> 'hoppers if I was hungry. (The grubs in my lawn look a bit like shrimp,
> though. Maybe someday I'll gather the courage to try eating them.)
>
> Ginda Fisher
>
> Bill Russell wrote:
> >
> > I've heard that grasshoppers taste like shrimp, only better. Can anyone
> > confirm this?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
> > To: <nafex@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [nafex] gypsy moth caviar & Weight Watchers
> >
> > > ditto on the grasshoppers- leartned this from our good friend from
> > Camaroon.
> > > Where people think they're a delicacy and a tasty one. However
there
> > are
> > > grashoppers not safe to eat but i cant remember his description. I
> > remember
> > > my father speaking of thhe locust swarms in Kansas (the 30's?)
gathering
> > > gunny sacks for the chickens. The locusts ate even the bark of his
young
> > > fruit trees. minnesota del
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
> > > >Reply-To: nafex@egroups.com
> > > >To: nafex@egroups.com
> > > >Subject: Re: [nafex] gypsy moth caviar & Weight Watchers
> > > >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 20:35:41 -0500
> > > >
> > > >Grasshoppers taste quite good fried in butter. I'm told that
crickets
> > > >and bees (!) are good, too. I'm going to stay away from Japanese
> > > >beetles, though. Let me know how you like them if you try it,
though.
> > > >
> > > >Ginda
> > > >
> > > >Bill Russell wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I wonder if Japanese Beetles would taste better if fried in
butter.
> > I've
> > > > > learned that anything tastes good if it's prepared that way.
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Ginda Fisher" <ginda@concentric.net>
> > > > > To: <nafex@egroups.com>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:58 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [nafex] gypsy moth caviar & Weight Watchers
> > > > >
> > > > > > Gypsy moths might be okay, but don't try eating Japanese
beetles. I
> > > > > > have friends who thought they would be a terrific "natural
food".
> > > >These
> > > > > > are people who ate ants and grasshoppers with relish. They
> > collected
> > > >a
> > > > > > few hundred Jabs from the (unsprayed) rose bushes and popped
them in
> > > >the
> > > > > > oven. Let's just say they never tried that again.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In general, I think beetles are bitter and unpleasant. Maybe
that's
> > > >why
> > > > > > there are so many of them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Lucky Pittman wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > At 04:43 PM 01/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > > > > >That's a great idea! If you have connections to Weight
Watchers,
> > I
> > > >will
> > > > > be
> > > > > > > >happy to ship off to you a case of 500 jars, on consignment,
> > > >tomorrow.
> > > > > > > >Weight Watchers may be the perfect outlet. Everyone who I
have
> > > > > approached
> > > > > > > >with this product has experienced an immediate reduction of
their
> > > > > appetite.
> > > > > > > >We'll find a market if we keep trying.
> > > > > > > Bill,
> > > > > > > Maybe after harvesting the roe from your GMs, you could grind
them
> > > >up
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > market them, too.
> > > > > > > I hear radio ads all day long for 'Chito-slim', 'Chito-san',
and
> > the
> > > > > like -
> > > > > > > extolling the virtues of that 'revolutionary fiber', chitin.
> > > > > > > Why should the folks who are marketing ground-up shrimp & crab
> > > >shells
> > > > > have
> > > > > > > a monopoly? Who's to say the chitinous exoskeleton of gypsy
> > moths,
> > > >or
> > > > > > > Japanese beetles, for that matter, won't "tie up dietary fat,
> > making
> > > >you
> > > > > > > burn your own stored fats"?
> > > > > > > Could be a new & profitable niche for us NAFEXians.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > LOL
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Lucky
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > >
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