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2014-01-05 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2014-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Or at least start serving grilled locust on a stick with a savoury dipping sauce.

I'm thinking deep-fat fried, with a corn meal coating.

Posted by Shipman 2014-01-05 05:32|| 2014-01-05 05:32|| Front Page Top

#2 "tastes like chicken"

Posted by Frank G 2014-01-05 07:51|| 2014-01-05 07:51|| Front Page Top

#3 "jumps like frog"

Posted by Grunter 2014-01-05 12:47|| 2014-01-05 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 "crunches like cockroach"

Seriously, though, there's a mass venue where these things would fit right in. Wing chains. Lord in a gourd... the ads and menus would write themselves. It's time. Generation PJ grew up on Fear Factor and whatnot, right? On NPR yesterday I heard a dude that PJ would call a sissy waxing poetic about hog rectum calamari. I'm talking Obama's speechwriter meets Barry White. The kids can handle it. Bring on the bugs.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-01-05 13:41|| 2014-01-05 13:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Crunchy Locust Recipe

2 liters of veg stock with a dash of tumeric

25 locusts thrown into the boiling stock, whole. Cook for about 3 minutes.

Drain the locusts and let them cool to warm.

Twist off their heads: this will also pull out the black, threadlike viscera.

Remove the wings and small legs.

Make a seasoned flour with 4 tablespoons any flour, 3/4 teaspoon salt, a little pepper and chili powder, a shake of ground coriander, and dried garlic.

Roll the precooked locusts in a beaten whole egg, then roll them in the seasoned flour. Shake excess flour off.

Fry in olive oil for 1 1/2-2 minutes, till color turns golden brown.

Serve with a lemony tahini sauce, or a lemony zaatar pesto.

[I bit this from ME cooking site]

Crunch! Enjoy!

Posted by mossomo 2014-01-05 18:44|| 2014-01-05 18:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Have they looked around for a guy named Moses? He might know what they should do.

Posted by Barbara 2014-01-05 21:01|| 2014-01-05 21:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe they should consider putting a little lamb's blood on their lintels?

That's Snark-of-the-Day in my book!

Posted by SteveS 2014-01-05 23:16|| 2014-01-05 23:16|| Front Page Top

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