Spiders - they're not just for breakfast

[DavidBrown]

Spiders - they're not just for breakfast anymore

LA Times travel section article on interesting culinary trends in Cambodia. Note the photo of the deep fried tarantulas.

Cambodia's surprising cuisine: Spiders, anyone? - latimes.com

 

[OrangePerson]

Very interesting! The way to go?

 

[Pootle]

Sounds better than some of the rubbish served up in motorway service stations in the UK anyhow!

I'm a big fan of lobsters, crabs and shrimps, so why not eat other exoskeleton animals?

 

[DavidBrown]

Here's another article about why we should be eating insects. This one features grasshopper tacos.

Edible insects and seaweed are the perfect sustainable foods. - Slate Magazine

 

[gentle lemur]

If you eat spiders you have to put up with more flies - or eat them too! (Ecology 101 )

Alan

 

[nanoboy]

If you eat spiders you have to put up with more flies - or eat them too! (Ecology 101 )

Alan

Not if you farm them.