Ants are a reality of any picnic, as all hard-core summer picnickers know.Can we beat them? Honestly, no.
So we may as well join them ... or at least, have them join us. Chef Jacques Martine offers a recipe for chocolate covered ants at chefdepot. Strictly for gourmands, his recipe demands real vanilla bean from Madagascar and is full of helpful hints. My favorite tips:
- "avoid red ants -- they're too spicy"
- "Take care not to smash [the ants]. They stay more flavorful and retain extra moisture if intact."
- "these make great dessert garnishes!"
A fraking amazing Battlestar Galactica cake
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Pierogies + cheese + onions + kraut = Parmageddon!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
7-20-2006 @ 2:20PM
guy said...
Why would any civilized person want to eat a disgusting bug when there are much tastier and appetizing foods readily available?
I'm all for ridding the planet of our nemesis--the insects-- but eating them is plain gross! If we lived in a place where it was part of our culture to eat bugs, it would resemble sanity, but we don't. Maybe this chef should join the other lunatics on Fear Factor.
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7-20-2006 @ 2:28PM
MICHELLE said...
HOW RUDE FRENCHY
TO EACH THERE OWN
YOU GO CHEF!!!!!!!
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7-20-2006 @ 2:30PM
Ryan said...
Are we running out of things to eat?
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7-20-2006 @ 2:31PM
shawn said...
OMG...
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7-20-2006 @ 2:35PM
monica said...
Ive tried chocolate covered ants and thier actually really really good...tastes sorta like peanuts
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7-20-2006 @ 2:54PM
o.o said...
ewwwwwwww
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7-20-2006 @ 2:55PM
Tammy said...
Ew...ick & totally gross. I could heave just thinking of this. People are weird. They think it's so cool & bizarre...I think they're sick.
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7-20-2006 @ 2:59PM
mcfcj said...
ew who would eat ants?? blekkk
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7-20-2006 @ 2:59PM
bonnie said...
First of all, I got a laugh from this one this summer and the recipe is even funnier. I don't think the red ants are more spicy.
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7-20-2006 @ 3:00PM
The Foodie Critic said...
I honestly think that ants are delicious. They are full of protien and then with chocolate on them mmmmm... I had to eat plain ants when i was younger for a survival class and you would be surprized what they taste like.. the big black ones with small hairs on their back taste like Sour Patch Kids and the ones with out hair taste like a baked potato with butter. you just have to be carefull when eating them. you have to bite their heads off so they dont pinch you. Try some next time you are outside and see one crawling on the ground. you might be surprised.
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7-20-2006 @ 3:01PM
Sandy said...
Eeewwwww!! Couldn't imagine even trying one. but hey, I'm sure glad we're not all alike. Here's to a strong sotmach.
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7-20-2006 @ 3:06PM
jim said...
This is nothing new. There were chocolate covered ants and roasted grasshoppers 50 yrs ago.
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7-20-2006 @ 3:09PM
Sandy said...
Actually, I did eat ants once. Sweet ants. I grabbed a can of cashews from my cupboard, opened it and began munching as I was talking with my husband. I thought the cashews tasted funny, then noticed a ticlking on my arm. To my surprise I found a trail climbing from the can down my arm. The ant's were bitter sweet and oh so nasty. I'm sure, (and hope) this wouldn't be the kind used for a dessert. YUCK!
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7-20-2006 @ 3:09PM
JASON DAVIS said...
THE FRENCH ARE JUST F***ED UP.STICK WITH YOUR WINES YOU FREAKS.
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7-20-2006 @ 3:12PM
frank said...
hey foodie critic... u should be livin in the bushes with the crickets u dumb ass....
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7-20-2006 @ 3:27PM
ja said...
this is nothing new, they were sold in stores back in the 70's I used to eat them,ants really don't taste like much. Guess it's true everything old is new again????
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7-20-2006 @ 3:29PM
Roze said...
What's on to try list next week Chocolate covered Rats?
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7-20-2006 @ 3:34PM
george said...
get real, are you realy that desperate to a ant geeezs
go get a real at a dollar menu somewere
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7-20-2006 @ 3:39PM
motorhead said...
as soon as someone says "try this..its a delicacy."
RUN!
i will start eating insects when thats all there is
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7-20-2006 @ 3:39PM
Dr. Cerny said...
To the Chef who is covering Ants in chocolate for a culinary experience. Ants are highly intelligent and resourceful creatures, who are capable of feeling pain. Tragic that you are so cruel. Our family has chosen vegetarian because of the inhumane and barbaric treatment of animals in the slaughtering process. By covering ants with chocolate, they suffocate and this is a cruel and inhumane treatment.
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