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[Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>]

Many of Bills anecdotes are from mid 20th century to early '80s and much has
changed in the world these past few decades, and he's an absolute gold-mine
of bizarre trivia.
I have come across a reference to the eggs being an expensive restaurant
delicacy known as Mexican 'caviar' but apparently very rare now as their
habitats have been polluted, though last century they were a common item in
many Mexican market places.
http://insectspedia.blogspot.com/2010/09/insect-as-food.html
Perhaps they once were exported as a novelty food, though knowing Bills
propensity for exaggeration I doubt it would have been by the 'boatload'.

Robyn

On 24/02/11 12:44 PM, "wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk" <wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> While I was listening to Bill Mollison's Aquaculture lectures, I heard him
> talk about water boatmen (Corixidae) being farmed in South America and being
> shipped by the boatload to England.  When I go to find out more on this on 
> the
> internet, I come up pretty much empty handed.
> Has anybody else heard of this, and can expand on Bill's comments?
> 
> Chris
> 
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