insect sushi, insects as food (don't click if you're squeamish)

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS SO I'M PUTTING IT HERE

am0n with a great post there^

http://static14.photo.sina.com.cn/bmiddle/489831d6x78579f29c1cd&690

http://images.huanqiu.com/blog/attachments/2008/08/31249_2008082212250638Mic.jpg

this book is awesome:

http://www.planetscott.com/_images/store/ManEatingBugs2.gif

'Preface by TIM CAHILL'

lol

i have eaten bugs while drunk&camping as like a 'yeah i just did ~that~' thing but i don't want to eat these sushis

also that po-boy looks horrible

crustaceans are just insects of the sea imo

real talk

tho i did have crab (like, the actual thing just sitting there bein dead, not a cake or sushis) for the first time a week ago and it was like damn

don't like lobster, tho

i mean idk, crustaceans have substantial meat tho

http://babelguideslegacysite.co.uk/img/covers/0816617120_l.jpg

grubs are one big thing of meat iirc

crabs don't have substantial meat :\ they are a pain to eat unless it's softshell

crustaceans are just insects of the sea imo

maybe, but the imitation crab i get at publix looks nothing like the bug holocaust in those images.

your imitation crab is just small fish ground to a pulp and then reconstituted with food glue & crab flavor into the shape of a stick

perhaps. but this

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.luckyspotus.com/images/Imitation_Crab_Flak.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.luckyspotus.com/product.php&usg=__p2iZlWj1OTH6OQcNTungmzPhwxk=&h=319&w=450&sz=28&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=fXa5qthRosC_TM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dimitation%2Bcrab%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GGIH_enUS225US225%26tbs%3Disch:1

looks nothing like this

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fzq94YVbHHM/SwHG0rIVrDI/AAAAAAAAlYQ/Qa5GTeRFvqU/s1600/insect_sushi_07.jpg

dammit, this

http://image.ec21.com/image/edmondsun/oimg_GC01870118_CA01955229/Imitation_Crab_Meat_Minced_.jpg

ALSO YOU HAVE RUINED MY LATE NIGHT SNACK

what was it?

http://www.brendans-island.com/blogsource/CoconutCrabontree.jpg

I kind of love imitation crab nigiri.

The cake with strawberries pierced with goth caterpillars crosses a certain line the insect sushi doesn't

http://www.foodandwine.com/images/slideshows/worlds-scariest-foods/200811-ss-escamoles.jpg

In the foreground, escamoles, which are ant larvae. They're pretty popular in Mexico City; I've had them there several times and they're good, buttery, and work well in a taco with some salsa. In the background, gusanos, the kinds of worms in the bottom of mescal bottles, which are also common in Mexico City fried up and eaten in tacos. They're crispy; I eat them with salsa again so really it's a texture thing more than a great taste thing.

http://www.slrobertson.com/images/mexico/oaxaca/chapulines-seller-2-b.jpg

Here are chapulines, basically crickets, which are very common in Oaxaca but I've only had them in Mexico City. They taste kinda fishy and kinda grassy. The texture is the special thing, again, crunchy.

escamoles look just like soggy but smooth rice krispies

coconut crab is not really an insect either iirc

it's the desserts here that freak me out the most, congrats on my first display name ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_Defect_Action_Levels

congrats on my first display name ever.

proud to have been of service.

casu marzu
http://www.culinaryschools.org/cuisine/10-disgusting-delicacies/maggotcheese.jpg

grubs are good to eat but I LOVE CRICKET: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX: THE CHINATOWN OF ILX

from the new yorker thread

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/15/110815fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all

good thread

Why did you kick it off by posting "LAST WARNING"? Was that like "LAST WARNING we're almost out of these delicious delicious bugs!"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-food-insectburger/german-shoppers-sample-burgers-made-of-buffalo-worms-idUSKBN1HS0JF

buffalo worms go round the outside