Black Widow and eggs in my garage

[Telly 4]

Grasshoppers make beter eating than subs. More protien.

6 taco shells

1 cup grasshoppers (legs and wings removed)

2 cups Water

1 onion, peeled, chopped

salt and pepper

1 bay leaf

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

lettuce, chopped

additional onion, chopped

Tomato, chopped

Bring grasshoppers, Water, salt, pepper, 1 chopped onion, and bay leaf to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain off liquid. Add garlic, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and tomato sauces and simmer about 10 minutes. Partially fill taco shells with some of the grasshopper filling. Top with lettuce, onion, cheese, and tomato.

3/4 cup margarine or butter

3 cups sugar

2/3 cup evaporated milk

1 package (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate bits

17 ounces marshmallow creme

1 cup dry-roasted insects*

1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine margarine, sugar, and evaporated milk in a heavy 2 1/2-quart saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil for five minutes over medium heat. Remove pan from heat source and add chocolate pieces. Stir until chocolate is melted. Add marshmallow creme, dry-roasted insects, and vanilla. Beat until well blended. Pour into a buttered nine by twelve-inch pan. Let stand at room temperature until firm enough to cut into squares.

*Dry roasted insects: Place insects on a cookie sheet and bake in a 200-degree oven for about 1 1/2 hours or until crispy. Suggestions for edible insects which would add "crunch" to this recipe would be ants, crickets, or grasshoppers.

Nothing from the "insect" species will ever enter my mouth unless it's from me biking or riding. :speechles

[Tired_Old_Man 1]

Nothing from the "insect" species will ever enter my mouth unless it's from me biking or riding. :speechles

Don't eat hotdogs or cold-cuts. And be careful about ordering meatloaf in a restaurant.

[babsintx3 0]

Hi Again,

You guys are all totally nuts, but you rock!!! LOL

Ole man: I have enough cricket friends to make a fricassee

I have never tried to eat any bug even at my highest weight! LOL

I saw an episode of the Amazing Race where they have to eat a bowl of fried crickets. EEEEWWW!

I dont know how or why people want to participate on shows like Fear Factor and eat pig intestines or balls or plunge themselves into a vat of hissing cockroaches etc... No amount of money would be worth that to me!!!

Babs in TX

334/180

-150 ish

[leatha_g 4]

I have a gecko that lives in my house with me right now. First time I saw him, it scared me to death. But, honestly, he's harmless and they eat bugs, so I let him live. Now and again, I see him by accident, and he's really cute. I'm afraid I'm gonna squish him someday because he's so tiny he's hardly visible unless you actually see him move. As long as he stays out of MY chair, or my bed. We can co-exist, otherwise, he's out of here.

Scorpions are known to be attracted to brick, stucco, concrete type structures. Now those are hideous, scary creatures. We also have something here in Texas called a vinegarone (sp?) almost like a scorpion but even scarier to me. http://www.nem5.com/photos/vinegarone.html

[Telly 4]

I have a gecko that lives in my house with me right now. First time I saw him, it scared me to death. But, honestly, he's harmless and they eat bugs, so I let him live. Now and again, I see him by accident, and he's really cute. I'm afraid I'm gonna squish him someday because he's so tiny he's hardly visible unless you actually see him move. As long as he stays out of MY chair, or my bed. We can co-exist, otherwise, he's out of here.

Scorpions are known to be attracted to brick, stucco, concrete type structures. Now those are hideous, scary creatures. We also have something here in Texas called a vinegarone (sp?) almost like a scorpion but even scarier to me. http://www.nem5.com/photos/vinegarone.html

I am in a Stucco home, so that includes me. Uggh!

[Devana 0]

A few years ago someone told me that horse chestnuts will keep spiders away. Our old house was full of spiders of every shape and description, so when I happened to see some kids selling chestnuts by the roadside I bought 2 paper lunchbags full. Right after that our son became very ill and I ended spending several months in the hospital with him. It took me awhile to notice the absence of spiders, but I couldn't remember what I did with the nuts. During that time I did no housecleaning and I don't normally leave bags of things on my kitchen floor for months, however that's where one of the bags was. The other was in the basement. Our place was virtually spider free for 2 years! They're coming back again now, so I plan to get more chestnuts when they start falling. Someone also told me that if they have holes drilled in them they're even more effective.

[Bettina 0]

I just read in the paper that hospitals are reporting an unusual amt of spider bite victims (my mom is one-last week) come to find out.....staph infections......on the rise...it used to be that you could only get it from the hospital...but now.....you can get it anywhere. (eww) Sent my mom to the allergist last week cause these spider bites (weekly) are getting rediculous....guess what????? Bed bugs are back!!!!! They like old mattresses!!! The doc gave my mom a bed bug proof sheet...hmmm never heard of that but okay! Mom's mattress is like 30 yrs old. Time for a new one!

[BJean 16]

Horse chestnuts? Please enlighten me.

[leatha_g 4]

I think it may be what we call 'crabapples' here in Texas.

[Morsaille 4]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telly

Nothing from the "insect" species will ever enter my mouth unless it's from me biking or riding. :speechles

Don't eat hotdogs or cold-cuts. And be careful about ordering meatloaf in a restaurant.

OR... Bread!

OR... Peanut Butter!

[BJean 16]

Eeeekkkk! I looked at the pix of a "vinegarone" and want to move to the frozen tundra somewhere. (I live in TX too)

Morsaille- are you saying that hot dogs, cold cuts, restaurant meatloaf, bread and Peanut Butter have bugs?

I was told in a home ec class in college, that cereals can have X percentage of "anything" in their ingredients, and it's legal. Guess that could be bugs too.

Maybe "TOM" has the right idea. Embrace the little critters. You never know when we might have to "eat off the fat of the land."

[leatha_g 4]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telly

Nothing from the "insect" species will ever enter my mouth unless it's from me biking or riding. :speechles

Don't eat hotdogs or cold-cuts. And be careful about ordering meatloaf in a restaurant.

OR... Bread!

OR... Peanut Butter!

LOL and just for shock value: it's been quoted that over our lifetime, each of us ingest a number of bugs/spiders just by having our mouths open at night when we sleep. :biggrin1: :notagree :hungry:

[mbprn 0]

Just my luck I'd eat one in my sleep and have a pb in the morning. Ewwww.

[BJean 16]

Yeah. I had a little trouble dealing with that "urban legend" Then I read a website that is used to dispel all those unbelievable things we hear and read about. It said that spiders don't like air blowing on them and that our breath keeps them from climbing in.

Hmmm. Wonder if that applies to sleep apnea people. Maybe spiders sit around waiting for us to stop breathing for a whie and then they dive in!!!

[Morsaille 4]

I don't doubt the meat products listed, but that was Tired Old Man.

The bread and Peanut Butter was me, yes. With the mechanical harvesting techniques used for nuts and grains, a large number of insects are collected right along with the "good" stuff and ground into commercial goods.

I think Peanut Butter has the highest concentration of allowed bug segments.