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Old 03-16-2011, 06:02 AM   #16356 (permalink)
Howard the Duck
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Was it good?

I remember dissecting cockroaches. I can't remember the specific species we worked on, but inside their exoskeletons, you had basically some guts encased in a nice rich mass of white fat. Since fat is so rich in energy, I figured thhose cockroaches could be regarded as relatively high quality food .. although maybe not in taste.
it was pretty tasteless, except for the marinade, anyway you aren't supposed to eat the cicada, they use its chemicals for the anti-fever herbal tea, it was accidental and out of curiousity that I ate it - the cicada itself was pretty dry and crunchy

some of the China Chinese eat cockroaches
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