So, the other day I was at my friend's house trying to learn how to use excel (it's NOT as scary as it sounds)and her aunts had the TV on to the "Bizarre Foods" channel and let me tell you, I was mind blown. They were eating silkworms! I know some people like worms for breakfast.. or snacks but as for me and my stomach, we will eat regular, normal food.
So I'm not exactly sure what country the guy was in, but they had these giant pans with silkworms and the ladies would grab them (cocoon and all), toss them into a frying pot, eat the worms once they were semi-cool and start removing the silk from the cocoons. They really get their money's worth or.. worm's worth from those little guys. Not to mention the barefoot kids running around eating the worms like they were skittles.
I'm sure in some places (like this) worms are a delicacy. Sure, I love my silk. Sure, I approve of making the most of what's around you but... eating... worms.
I have a hard time even thinking of eating those lollipops they have in Mexico with real worms, caterpillars, grasshoppers and scorpions. In fact, I can't even touch one of those without thinking that it'll raise up from the dead and start moving in it's sugary tomb.
Perhaps your review of Chipotle should have been included on the show.
ReplyDeleteOo! Oo! I have something to say. I minored in Anthropology @ NAU & we learned about these people who lived in jungles in Africa & celebrated (oh, yes, they celebrated) every month when their grub harvest was ready. It was their only source of protein & they would chop down trees to decay & as they decayed they became infested with grubs. We watched videos of them celebrating and eating them alive. Pretty crazy!
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