I missed world wide chocolate covered bug day yesterday. I plan on making up for it. Father Roderick was good enough to post his daily breakfast podcast explaining how to cook bugs. I will have to surprise my son with a dish recommended by one of his favorite priests. I wonder if Wegmans carries locusts with their groceries, or do I have to stoop to shopping at a super Walmart garden center? They are not available on Amazon.
Recipe:
Dry Roasted Grasshoppers
Spread fresh, frozen and cleaned insects on paper towels on a cookie sheet. Bake at 200° for 1-2 hours until desired state
of dryness is reached. Check state of dryness by attempting to crush insect with spoon. From Orkin
Garlic Butter Fried Grasshoppers
1/4 cup butter
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1 cup cleaned insects*
Melt butter in fry pan. Reduce heat. Saute garlic in butter for 5 minutes. Add insects. Continue sauteing for 10 - 15
minutes, stirring occasionally.
You can hear more at SQPN.com and listen to his daily breakfast, but be warned: the recipes are not all diet. There is grasshopper goulash, Grasshopper gumbo, locust stew. Locust stew is an American dish. "Eat what the founding fathers have eaten!" Father Roderick raves.
I bet grasshoppers go best with Bacon. I may have to create my own recipie for that. I can't find one on google! Bacon makes everything delicious.
Dead bug joke of the day:
Q: What do you get if you cross an insect with the Easter rabbit? A: Bugs Bunny
Q: what do you call a grasshopper with no legs? A: a grasshover.
Q. What did the spider say when she broke her new web? A: Darn it!
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