« The Wal-Mart Story | Main | Green Homes »
January 19, 2007
It's Hard to Eat Just One
In Nigeria’s far north-eastern Borno State, man is biting back against the desert locust. Swarms of migrating locusts seasonally strip the semi-arid region of its scanty vegetation and crops.
But Gambo Ibrahim, 27, a locust hunter, says the people of Borno have found a way of converting the desert locust’s assault into an annual banquet.
They eat the locusts which they call Desert shrimps
Nick Paine Exotic Kitchen - The World's Only Culinary Archaeologist
Scorpion on a stick. Deep fried insects sold at food stall in Bangkok and in Mexico
Bugs and tales of Spider leg hair stuck in my teeth
Trendy Taiwanese enjoy Creepy crawly cuisine (With video)
(No time to blog tonight: My horse was bitten by a snake. Sorry.)
/// Add it to your del.icio.us /// A Huge Depository of Unusual Insect Eating Links Here
January 19, 2007 in Entomophagy (Insect Eating) | Permalink
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
https://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c858253ef00d834da5b1553ef
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Desert shrimps:
Comments
This post reminds me of a very unpleasant trip to survival school when I was in the military. Try several days of nothing but termites for dinner. Ugh.
Posted by: Jonathan Greene at Jan 19, 2007 6:06:43 PM
Greetings,
Great stuff in these entries; it's always good to see someone representing the cause.
I run what's likely the only business in the U.S. devoted to entomophagy. Considering that I work with edible insects, things are going pretty well....
For more you can find me at www.slshrimp.com and there's also a link to my blog.
Best regards,
Dave
Posted by: Dave Gracer at Jul 11, 2007 3:33:31 AM