I'm going to try these in the summer when they take over the local fields. I'll do a Journal entry on the experience... that is, if I can get to any before my chickens do.

In the near-post-apocalypse of Detroit and your own financial collapse, you are becoming a raccoon (or C.H.U.D., your choise).

uh, guys, i am pretty sure leviticus says not to eat grasshoppers and such as.

In the near-post-apocalypse of Detroit and your own financial collapse, you are becoming a raccoon (or C.H.U.D., your choise).

Just curiosity, really. Grasshoppers are a steady part of the diets of more humans on this planet than not. I keep seeing people trying them on Food Network shows and by and large they tend to agree that they taste good.

I don't understand the mentality of westerners who will pay top dollar for bugs that come from the ocean like lobsters, crabs and shrimp but instantly turn up their noses at the same types of critters that don't live underwater.

The way I see it, you get to live once and if you have an adventuresome appetite, you might as well belly up and see what some of these different foods are all about. Worst case scenario, you don't like it and you move on.

You sure do have an adventurous appetite wotak, at least you will be a surviver if the food system crashes

I've had them toasted in a wok at a party in Oakland and also from a street vendor in Thailand. Not bad, a little nutty flavor and good crunch. They were better in Oakland with a little black pepper and garlic salt.

Mezcal restaurant in San Jose serves grasshoppers. They are salty, somewhat flavorless and chewy. Not bad. I'd eat them again.

^ yeah, they're a regular part of peoples diets in Mexico and all over South America.

Also, SRN and TN, would either of you compare the flavor at all to shrimp or crab?

I'm thinking of using a bit of sesame oil and soy sauce when I do them up but I'm sure I'll have a better recipe once I've tasted them and can imagine a better flavor blend.

I've heard of them being dipped in molasses and served as candy. I've tried the net thing to catch them for trout bait and it works quite well. I think the only qualms I have about eating them come from considering them as bait for so long.

Crab, Shrimp, and Lobster all taste different to me. Which are they most like?

I think you can get grasshoppers at your local pet store specializing in reptiles, or are those crickets? Can you raise them at home? 'I've got a new career honey, I'm gonna get us rich, I'm gonna be a Grasshopper Rancher.'

... woopi-ti-yi-ho. get along little doggies. ...

Crab, Shrimp, and Lobster all taste different to me. Which are they most like?

Well of course they do but they all have a similar taste and texture profile. I suspect it could be compared to the grasshoppers vs crickets, vs spiders texture and flavor profiles but I haven't tasted any of these things yet so I don't know how close it is.

I taste like sex.