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  • P Paul Conrad

    JimmyRopes wrote:

    Some of the red ant egg dishes have chillies in them

    Well, in that case, bring 'em on :-D

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    peterchen
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    Now that' what I call style!


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    • S Sathesh Sakthivel

      :-D

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      Colin Angus Mackay
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      FFS - Comment rather than sit there grinning like a stupid child!


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      • R Rage

        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

        live-fish eating

        Now this must taste weird. But I think it is still better than having a living worm in the mouth X|

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          Rage
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          Good point. I was picturing myself a bear eating a freshly fished salmon :)

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          • J JimmyRopes

            Eating insects in Thailand[^] I have gotten over my original cultural aversion to insects and now eat them whenever I can. There is a Kohn Kan University study that concluded that they are 25% - 26% protein. It is fun to see the smiles and excitement on the local children's faces lining up to get a treat when I return from the market with a bag of ganope (locust in Khmer [picture #9]). Even the young babies line up, but I only give them the soft parts so they don't choke. My wife's Mom has taken to making special red ant egg (kai mot deng) dishes for me when the season is right. The neighbors know I like insects and send over cooked silk worms (caterpillars) for me when they harvest the silk. They are really tasty. I won't elaborate but the merchant lady's favorite is one of mine also. I never thought I would be eating these type of eggs but as it turns out they are really good.

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            achimera
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            JimmyRopes wrote:

            There is a Kohn Kan University study that concluded that they are 25% - 26% protein.

            Uhh, so what's in the other 75% - 74%? :~

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              Good point. I was picturing myself a bear eating a freshly fished salmon :)

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              Lost User
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              I believe you point to the Rose shaped Salmon (see picture on wikipedia) While at Heathrow airport few days back, I ordered Smoked Salmon. I hardly had one bite and pushed it in bin. I don't have appetite for this :)

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              • C Colin Angus Mackay

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                • R Rajesh R Subramanian

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                  brahmma wrote:

                  Do I need to remind you that it's a bot that you're talking to?

                  And not a very intelligent one at that. At least Ananova's got a bit something about her.

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                  • C Colin Angus Mackay

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    :-D (Sorry - I just couldn't resist it. Well, I could but I didn't want to).;P

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                    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                      JimmyRopes wrote:

                      egg

                      Being a vegetarian and restricted egg user, the only dishes, I could dream here is: 1) Egg Puffs 2) Egg Omlette 3) Egg Plant (Brinjal in British English)

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                      JimmyRopes
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                      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

                      1. Egg Puffs 2) Egg Omlette

                      My wife makes an ant egg omlette of sorts. There are other ingredients also but a good helping of red ant eggs. Yum! :-D

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                      • R Rage

                        Do you eat them alive, or grilled, or ... ?

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                        JimmyRopes
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                        Rage wrote:

                        Do you eat them alive, or grilled, or ... ?

                        I have always had them cooked in some way or other. Boiled in soup, steamed, curried, roasted or deep fried. The eggs are also included in things like omlettes or various chopped meat dishes. Once you loose your cultural aversion to eating them they become a normal ingredient in food preparation. PS - eating insects is not my most daring cross culture culinary venture but to describe what that is would probably sicken most westerners. :-D

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                        • S Sam_c

                          :doh: i cant even begin to imagine what the texture and taste is like :| but like in another post, if i put enough chilli on them and drink enough beer i could eat a few before passing out X| but hey i might love them if i ever(never) try them :)

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                          JimmyRopes
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                          sonsam wrote:

                          i cant even begin to imagine what the texture and taste is like

                          It is quite different than what you are used to eating, but good once you get used to viewing them as a food source. :-D

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                          • A achimera

                            JimmyRopes wrote:

                            There is a Kohn Kan University study that concluded that they are 25% - 26% protein.

                            Uhh, so what's in the other 75% - 74%? :~

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                            JimmyRopes
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                            achimera wrote:

                            Uhh, so what's in the other 75% - 74%?

                            Insect stuff! :-D

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                            • J JimmyRopes

                              Eating insects in Thailand[^] I have gotten over my original cultural aversion to insects and now eat them whenever I can. There is a Kohn Kan University study that concluded that they are 25% - 26% protein. It is fun to see the smiles and excitement on the local children's faces lining up to get a treat when I return from the market with a bag of ganope (locust in Khmer [picture #9]). Even the young babies line up, but I only give them the soft parts so they don't choke. My wife's Mom has taken to making special red ant egg (kai mot deng) dishes for me when the season is right. The neighbors know I like insects and send over cooked silk worms (caterpillars) for me when they harvest the silk. They are really tasty. I won't elaborate but the merchant lady's favorite is one of mine also. I never thought I would be eating these type of eggs but as it turns out they are really good.

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                              Bassam Abdul Baki
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                              But Areerat’s snacks are also proving popular with Asian and Middle Eastern tourists, and the occasional – usually drunk – Westerner. :laugh:


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                                Now that' what I call style!


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                                Paul Conrad
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                                I figured that since I like eating sushi alot, why not try insects down in Thailand if I ever get the opportunity to visit there.

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                                  But Areerat’s snacks are also proving popular with Asian and Middle Eastern tourists, and the occasional – usually drunk – Westerner. :laugh:


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                                  JimmyRopes
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                                  Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

                                  and the occasional – usually drunk – Westerner.

                                  Have to admit that's how I tried my first insect. A ([presumably] usually) drunk New Zealander bought some and proceeded to challenge the other westerners sitting in an open air cafe on Kao San Road in Bangkok to try one. He went on and on about how good they were. I took up the challenge and as they say "the rest is history".

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                                  • J JimmyRopes

                                    Eating insects in Thailand[^] I have gotten over my original cultural aversion to insects and now eat them whenever I can. There is a Kohn Kan University study that concluded that they are 25% - 26% protein. It is fun to see the smiles and excitement on the local children's faces lining up to get a treat when I return from the market with a bag of ganope (locust in Khmer [picture #9]). Even the young babies line up, but I only give them the soft parts so they don't choke. My wife's Mom has taken to making special red ant egg (kai mot deng) dishes for me when the season is right. The neighbors know I like insects and send over cooked silk worms (caterpillars) for me when they harvest the silk. They are really tasty. I won't elaborate but the merchant lady's favorite is one of mine also. I never thought I would be eating these type of eggs but as it turns out they are really good.

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                                    Peter Wiggin
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                                    That's cool! I've been watching a show here in America where a guy eats insects as he demonstrates survival skills. I'm way more open to it now than I have been in the past.

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                                    • P Peter Wiggin

                                      That's cool! I've been watching a show here in America where a guy eats insects as he demonstrates survival skills. I'm way more open to it now than I have been in the past.

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                                      JimmyRopes
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                                      Peter Wiggin wrote:

                                      I'm way more open to it now than I have been in the past.

                                      That's the first barrier crossed. :-D

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