At the start of rainy season, bugs called termite flyers (or at least that's what we call them) come out at night. There are thousands that come out of the ground. They swarm everywhere, lose their wings, and then die. You can sweep up bucketfuls of these things in the morning. We've heard that, when cooked, they taste like bacon.
Brett and Kenan decided to try them this year. So they went outside and searched for their meal and brought them to me to cook. I washed them (also how I killed them) and fried them up.
Dawson was opposed to this food option, as was I.
Getting ready to eat them.
Just the legs and antennae left over.
They actually said they didn't taste that bad. I found our later, though, that you are to dry them first before cooking them so they are crispier. I'll know for next time. :)
The other day we found this huge thing walking in the yard. There are such random bugs around here. We have never seen this before but they say it comes out during rainy season. They actually told us they call it a bush roach.
No, he did not eat this.
The size was amazing. That was no small bug!
Wow, makes our roaches seem small! But I like the idea of cooking and eating some of the bugs, perhaps I will suggest to Peg that we catch a few mud daubers and fry them up? I know they would be crunchy!
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Derek
Before reading the captions, I thought that last bug was what they ate. Of course as I began to read the blog, I was saying, "No they didn't eat bugs." Tell Kenan he is one brave dude. I could wait on the bacon.
ReplyDeleteActually, flying ants (that's what we always called them in Zaire) are the only bug I knowingly, willingly ate. There are plenty of others in the flour, etc. that I have eaten but they don't count. The flying ants are not bad if you think of them as bacon bits. Once they are crispy and fried, the legs and antennae come off on their own.
ReplyDeleteI strongly dislike anything that resembles a roach and dread getting all our stuff out of storage in a couple of weeks. Eeeww!
Enjoy your rainy season, and all it brings.
K
Kenan and Brett are braver than me too! Have not tried that delicacy yet - although Japhet assures me it IS good!
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