Insect/Veggie Recipes openly carefully!

Someone was looking for some recipes that use insects, bugs etc. within the last week. I remember seeing some eons ago and had saved some for a friend. Couldn't find those but did find these. Strangely and rather frightening that Orkin came up with these recipes. I do hope they aren't sold by Orkin or the word 'natural' doesn't seem to quite fit!

If you're easily disgusted.... consider yourself warned from this point on, seriously as these are real recipes!!:huh: :glasses:

Yes, these are serious recipes that ppl do eat and enjoy. But if you don't like bugs or plan on eating them anytime soon, you might wanna back up and close out this thread!

Here's to those looking for something one of a kind for that 'Special Summer' get together...:drinker:

Just a side note, some are not low cal, so you might want to eat just one or 1/2 ? :laugh: or adjust the recipes accordingly:flowerforyou:

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Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers

2 Squares of semisweet chocolate
25 dry-roasted crickets and/or grasshoppers with legs and wings removed.
Melt chocolate as directed on the box. Dip insects in chocolate place on wax paper and refrigerate. From Orkin

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Granola Bar/Fruitcake, Desert

1 cup Cricket or Grasshopper Flour
1/4 cup Cherries, Dried, Chopped
1/4 cup Cranberries, Dried, Chopped
1/4 cup Water

This recipe is very traditional amerindian and does not take into account advances in cooking technology -such as yeast. It
is, however, a wonderful nutrition bar packed with protein, carbohydrates, sugars, and about 2% fat (better than most
granolas). Mix all ingredients together to make a coarse dough. Pull off enough dough to make finger-sized strips and lay
these on a lightly oiled cookie sheet. Bake at 350oF for 20 min or until the outside is deep tan (adjusting for the colour of
the flour) and a toothpick stuck into one comes out clean. Cool and serve as nutrition bars for snacks, hiking, or camping or
store for later use.Var. - Add 1/4 c Rolled Oats and a tad more Water to make this more like a granola bar. Var. -
Substitute other Bug Flours for slightly differing taste. From Edible Insects

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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. Sauté garlic in butter for 5 minutes. Add insects. Continue sautéing for 10 - 15
minutes, stirring occasionally. From Orkin

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Popcorn Crunch

Here's an easy treat to prepare and take to the drive-in movie. The kids will love it.

1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup honey
3 quarts popcorn, popped
1 cup dry roasted insects, chopped

Blend the butter and honey together in a saucepan and heat gently. Mix the popcorn with the insects and pour the
butter-honey mixture over it. Mix well. Spread on a cookie sheet in a thin layer. Bake at 350° 10 to 15 minutes, or until
crisp. Break into bite-sized pieces. From Orkin

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Grasshopper Goulash

20 GRASSHOPPERS chopped
2 handfuls of moss
6 owlets eyes
3 cups of chicken blood
2 grass snakes innards
3 cups of maggots
Fry the chopped grasshoppers with the owlets eyes and innards from the snakes. Once well cooked add the chicken
blood. Simmer for 15 mins. Serve on a bed of pan fried maggots and garnish with the finely chopped moss.

A large cup of Witches Tea goes well with this. Simply soak some elephants toe nails in the blood of 3 frogs for 3 weeks
then strain and bottle!! Delicious!!!!

Ok, so not so sure about this last one, but hey, it's worth a shot if you can find some elephant toe nails! That and a drive in movie..who even HAS those anymore?:noway:


http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~cbader/ghprecwithinsects.html#Shopping

Edited: had to fix some really trashy spelling:blushing: