Steve Don't Eat That #9

by Deidre Woollard, Posted Oct 6th 2005 @ 10:08AM

Steve over at The Sneeze likes to eat weird stuff and tell the world about it. Most recently he tackled a can of silkworm pupa. The gelatinous little pupa are a Korean snack that are "a great side dish when drinking alcohol." Steve's brilliantly hilarious as usual (I particularly like that he dressed up the pupa with sandwich toothpicks) but don't read this one if you've got a sensitive stomach.

[Thanks, Jen]

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10-06-2005 @4:02PM Finished.Law.School said... I would needs tons of alcohol to even consider eating that...
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10-06-2005 @9:23PM Zach said... Steve is brilliant. I laughed out loud while sitting alone and reading every one of his "Steve Don't Eat It"s. The rest of his site is very good, but I have to say that "Steve Don't Eat It" is by far the best.
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10-07-2005 @10:19AM Gustad Mody said... i did some stuff like this, posted notes along with some pics. hope you guys enjoy...
the giat water bugs were nasty: http://ironcheff.blogspot.com/2005/08/giant-water-bugs.html
the grasshoppers were realy good: http://ironcheff.blogspot.com/2005/08/fried-grasshopper.html

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10-07-2005 @10:46AM Gustad Mody said... i did some stuff like this, posted notes along with some pics. hope you guys enjoy...
the giat water bugs were nasty: http://ironcheff.blogspot.com/2005/08/giant-water-bugs.html
the grasshoppers were realy good: http://ironcheff.blogspot.com/2005/08/fried-grasshopper.html

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10-12-2005 @12:37AM Dulce said... Insect cuisine is a really great idea ... speaking from an eco-friendly perspective, that is. Eating lower on the food chain uses less resources than say, eating beef. Only those eating vegemite can claim to be more eco-friendly than people who eat insects.

Actually, there are many cultures where eating insects is considered quite normal. In Thailand, you can tour the 'insect markets', where you will find large flying insects, whose wings have been carefully, individually, tied. They are piled up waiting to be bought and stir-fried. Everything ranging from tarantulas, meal worms and unwrapped silkworms to tarantulas and grasshoppers...yuk! But then, if you talk to an entomologist, the truth, for those of us who eat lobsters and crab, is that these creatures are only a hop, skip and a jump away from insects.
Pound for pound, dried grasshoppers have as much protein as lean beef. That's pretty impressive. Instructions for cooking your own bug cuisine can be found in the Food Insect Newsletter (http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/finl.html) and a blog written by a food daredevil has an entry about Typhoon, a restaurant in Santa Monica, CA, that serves insects (http://deependdining.blogspot.com/2004/10/bugs-life-cut-short-typhoon-santa.html)

Food for thought.
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