Bugs on a Log - Feast Your Eyes

by Nanette Maxim, Posted Jul 8th 2010 @ 10:00AM

Call this snack Celery, Peanut Butter and Blueberry Sticks, and kids might roll their eyes and say, "Give me a break." But call them Bugs on a Log, and they're sold. Blogger peekandeat substitutes blueberries for the sweeter raisin "bugs" some people use, which, she says, are lighter and more delicate. Cutting the celery into two-inch pieces makes these logs easy to grab and eat.

When I was a kid, my mom stuffed celery stalks with cottage cheese or cream cheese and topped them with pimiento-stuffed olives. She lined them up in a crystal celery dish -- something I haven't seen on a table in years -- which somehow made us feel, even snacking on the simplest food, that we were being treated to something incredibly special. If only she'd called them Fiery-Eyed Longboats.

You can also add cream cheese, sunflower seeds and pine nuts to celery, as in this recipe.

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Filed Under: Feast Your Eyes
Tags: appetizers, blueberries, celery, SnacksForKids

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7-08-2010 @10:41AM Maxwell said... I always considered it "bugs on a log" when it was celery covered in peanut butter, topped with raisins. I am going to try this next movie night.
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7-08-2010 @5:32PM John Christian said... Whatever happened to "Ants on a Log"? I've never heard anybody say "bugs" before this article in my entire life. I thought it might have been changed since the blueberries were substituted, but the traditional raisins were also referred to as "bugs."

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7-10-2010 @11:43AM Nanette said... "Bugs" and "ants" are both used for this recipe, depending on the source. I also found a cool recipe for Ladybugs on a Stick, which are strawberries skewered with red grapes for "heads" and chocolate chips for spots. A fun way for kids to eat their fruit. --Nanette

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7-11-2010 @7:46AM Blue Kentucky Girl said... Guess I am just not ceative .. my kids grew up eating fruits and vegetables .. washed and placed on a platter in the center of the table. Never occurred to me to make up silly names for any of them. The fruits and vegetables .. not my kids.
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7-11-2010 @1:57PM pj said... Well there are some kids in KY, that ain't havin' no fun. . . . . .

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7-11-2010 @8:19AM John F.C. Taylor said... Watch Andrew Zimmern on Bizarre Foods. Real bugs with real logs. Raw and cooked.
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7-11-2010 @9:08AM KH said... I think I'd rather eat real bugs. Celery is vile and disgusting! It tastes like antifreeze smells. Can't stand it in any way, shape, or form. Ick!
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7-11-2010 @12:25PM Joe said... whats with this article...when I read " bugs on a log" I was especting the real thing.....In mexico you can have roasted grass hopers and in Colombia deep fried ants and don't get me started with some countries in Asia....the amozonian indians would not eat an egg...to them is nasty, but they will roast a tarantula spyder and eat it...YUMYUM...
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7-13-2010 @10:57AM Nanette said... Joe: You're right, and we should actually feature those edible insects at some point. The grasshoppers in Mexico are so crisp and crunchy, and perfect with a glass of tequila.

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7-11-2010 @3:03PM Roby Mitchell said... Know that peanuts are a commodity that is heavily stored in large large warehouses. We have one I visited not too far from Amarillo,Tx. These legumes(they are not nuts) have to be sprayed with pesticides and fungicides to reduce the amount of rotting from fungus. When I spoke with the mgr of the one here,he told me they use the same chemical gas used in Nazi concentration camps. The fungal toxins can't be totally removed from this produce. Long term exposure to these( Google gliotoxins) increases cancer risk. Children are especially vulnerable. I tell patients to use almond or some other nut butter or make sure peanuts are organic.
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