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Hi Nautikos
I don't like to think about it
- and who'd be an astronaut? BTW, I did battle with a two-inch cockroach last night; it just didn't want to lie down even after I sprayed it. I certainly wouldn't eat one.
posted by
mneme
on November 3, 2007 at 5:27 AM
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Naut
my horns has turned green!!!
posted by
White_Elephant
on October 29, 2007 at 4:20 AM
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Nautikos
I know I inadvertently eat bugs all the time because they are in our food supply and in food preparations....and the "glad of it" and inoculated comments were tied into the "War of the Worlds" reference....the aliens were killed off because they couldn't take all the germs here on earth....that's all I meant.....semi-serious silliness, my usual stuff!
posted by
Krisles
on October 28, 2007 at 1:05 PM
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Re: Corbin
Naut........Hmmmmm??? What would it feel like to wake up with the many legs of a cockroach wiggling in the air????
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 28, 2007 at 5:40 AM
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Wiley
I can, but I won't! But they're not
all bad! They'll eat your aphids, unless you want to keep
those for yourself...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 28, 2007 at 5:35 AM
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Re: The only good bug is a dead bug. But having said that PLease not on my
Don't worry, Kabu. They may look and taste like bugs, but they're just dead peanuts...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 28, 2007 at 5:31 AM
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Re: The fanciful tales of Ben Bova and Edgar Rice Burroughs aside, I
Good choice, Saul! That's my thinking exactly...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 28, 2007 at 5:29 AM
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Zena
Have you ever thought of opening a New Age restaurant?
posted by
Nautikos
on October 28, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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Nautikos
This thought really bugs me hoss, and I'm overrun with lady bugs, can ya eat them?
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 27, 2007 at 9:50 PM
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The only good bug is a dead bug. But having said that PLease not on my
dinner plate! Does Air Canada serve bug stew in cattle class?
posted by
Kabu
on October 27, 2007 at 9:29 PM
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The fanciful tales of Ben Bova and Edgar Rice Burroughs aside, I
believe I'll stay here on this mudball so I can choose not to eat little creepy-crawlies...
posted by
saul_relative
on October 27, 2007 at 8:46 PM
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See, my point exactly! Throw them on a china plate, add a few greens, and voila, someone will think it's the latest thing, and pay exorbitant prices for it. People are funny, aren't they?
posted by
Zena77
on October 27, 2007 at 7:30 PM
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Re: Nautikos, the world IS full of a number of things, and to quote RL
Zena, I'm willing to eat almost anything if you put truffle sauce on it...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:18 PM
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Re: Ha ha, very good! And you've talked me out of being an astronaut, Naut.
Antonionionionionionionioni (my keys always get stuck at your name, LOL), I am really sorry to have spoiled your career in space for you...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:16 PM
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Krisles
I did write about moths! But do tell me why you 'inadvertantly' eat bugs all the time, and even more why that makes you glad...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:12 PM
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Offy hon
Sorry to have made you turn green...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:09 PM
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riri
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:08 PM
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TAPS
I don't think Mom was thinking of drugstore beetles...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:08 PM
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Re: Mars? Don't go to Mars? Heck, I don't even drive to Chicago!
Pat, you seem determined to spoil my appetite...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:06 PM
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Corbin
Diq you feel like Gregor Samsa?
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 7:05 PM
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Nautikos, the world IS full of a number of things, and to quote RL
Stevenson, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. If it came down to bugs or nothing, I'd say, saute' the suckers and let me at 'em. At the rate the population is growing, we may have to get more creative and less fussy.
If connossieurs of fine dining eat crayfish and sushi, silkworm ought to sell as haute cuisine. Especially if you put truffle sawce on it.
posted by
Zena77
on October 27, 2007 at 7:03 PM
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rich
You're welcome!
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 6:59 PM
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Re: LOL to your "experiment." Did you watch Survivor this week? Man, they
I didn't see that, Ariala, but I can well imagine...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 6:58 PM
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Re: This world is full of strange things and people .
I couldn't agree more, afzal!
posted by
Nautikos
on October 27, 2007 at 6:57 PM
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Ha ha, very good! And you've talked me out of being an astronaut, Naut.
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 27, 2007 at 1:24 PM
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Nautikos
Didn't you just write about moths being a good protein or fat source not that long ago? Seems like I remember referencing "War of the Worlds" then.....I know I inadvertently eat bugs all the time and am damn glad of it....I'm inoculated! That said, I wouldn't put those things they eat on "Survivor" in my mouth short of having a gun held to my head!
posted by
Krisles
on October 27, 2007 at 1:21 PM
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posted by
Offy
on October 27, 2007 at 9:38 AM
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posted by
riri0322
on October 27, 2007 at 7:39 AM
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Nautikos
My mom always said, "If you are hungry enough you will eat it." I don't remember her ever serving bugs in any form though.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 27, 2007 at 7:36 AM
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Mars? Don't go to Mars? Heck, I don't even drive to Chicago!
And in case you weren't looking, they put "bugs" in the food for cattle, chickens, etc. to make them market ready sooner, they add hormones (itty-bitty bugs) to green growing things, so we're already ingesting "bugs." I won't mention the assorted mites and hairs and odd fibers that sneak into various packaged foods along the assembly line... But for astronauts, it sounds like a good idea.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 27, 2007 at 7:23 AM
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Naut.....
I went to this really neat Chinese Bug Buffet.....
I was trying to come out of my shell at the time....
But I kept having problems with hives...
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on October 27, 2007 at 6:23 AM
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nautikos
it's like reading a sci-fiction. Thanks for sharing.
posted by
richinstore
on October 27, 2007 at 6:17 AM
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LOL to your "experiment." Did you watch Survivor this week? Man, they
were eating some weird sh*t! LOL
posted by
Ariala
on October 27, 2007 at 6:03 AM
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This world is full of strange things and people .
posted by
afzal50
on October 27, 2007 at 6:00 AM
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