When I was in the Korean food store last week,
I finally learned what those canned insect larvae
are. I'd seen them before, years ago, but all
I had to go on was the picture on the can.
I was thinking they were bee larvae. But in my
latest visit, the cans had labels pasted on that
identified their contents. They are silkworm
larvae.

Oh, they're not larvae, according to Wikipedia.
They're pupae.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori#Cuisine

I didn't buy any, and I don't have any plans to.
Unless I send a gift box to somebody. :-)

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:15:44 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> They are silkworm larvae.
>
> Oh, they're not larvae, according to Wikipedia.
> They're pupae.

So that's what they do with them after they take them out of their
silk covering. I figured they went to fertilizer, but what was I
thinking? If it isn't poisonous, it's food.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:02:35 -0800, sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:15:44 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
> > They are silkworm larvae.
> >
> > Oh, they're not larvae, according to Wikipedia.
> > They're pupae.
>
> So that's what they do with them after they take them out of their
> silk covering. I figured they went to fertilizer, but what was I
> thinking? If it isn't poisonous, it's food.


Addendum: Now I want to know what the label says... my nephew, who
also lives in our general area, just posted this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12216355 - so I need to send
him a "buy this product " (cough) suggestion .

<evil chuckle>


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> When I was in the Korean food store last week,
> I finally learned what those canned insect larvae
> are. I'd seen them before, years ago, but all
> I had to go on was the picture on the can.
> I was thinking they were bee larvae. But in my
> latest visit, the cans had labels pasted on that
> identified their contents. They are silkworm
> larvae.
>
> Oh, they're not larvae, according to Wikipedia.
> They're pupae.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori#Cuisine

Some accounts from people who have eaten them:

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000398.php
http://ihatemymessageboard.com/2009/...ckiest-people/

"news" > wrote in message ...
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> When I was in the Korean food store last week,
>> I finally learned what those canned insect larvae
>> are. I'd seen them before, years ago, but all
>> I had to go on was the picture on the can.
>> I was thinking they were bee larvae. But in my
>> latest visit, the cans had labels pasted on that
>> identified their contents. They are silkworm
>> larvae.
>>
>> Oh, they're not larvae, according to Wikipedia.
>> They're pupae.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori#Cuisine
>
> Some accounts from people who have eaten them:
>
> http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000398.php

I was going to suggest this too. I wish Steve would eat some new disgusting
stuff.



Brian
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