Fried Tarantulas
 

Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
eating fried tarantulas.

Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev

Fried Tarantulas
 

kevnbro wrote:
> Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
> Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
> eating fried tarantulas.
>
> Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev


Oooooooooooh, I've seen this on either the Discovery or the National
Geographic Channel. Supposedly they taste like lobster or something
like that, I believe I'll have to pass on this dish. For some reason a
tribe either in South America or Africa then uses their fangs to pick
their teeth.

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>For some reason a tribe either in South America or Africa then uses their fangs to pick their teeth.

Imagine what it must be like to wake up and find a spider whose fangs
are big enough to pick your teeth with sharing your bed. Kev

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kevnbro wrote:
> >For some reason a tribe either in South America or Africa then uses their fangs to pick their teeth.
>
> Imagine what it must be like to wake up and find a spider whose fangs
> are big enough to pick your teeth with sharing your bed. Kev


OH MY GAWD!!!!!! They would be having my funeral the same day!!!!!!!
SHRIEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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itsjoannotjoann wrote:
> kevnbro wrote:
>> Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
>> Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in
>> Cambodia eating fried tarantulas.
>>
>> Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev
>
>
> Oooooooooooh, I've seen this on either the Discovery or the National
> Geographic Channel. Supposedly they taste like lobster or something
> like that, I believe I'll have to pass on this dish. For some reason
> a tribe either in South America or Africa then uses their fangs to
> pick their teeth.

I thought everything arachnid tastes like chicken? ;)

Jill

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>I thought everything arachnid tastes like chicken? ;)

I know that in Florida lobster divers call lobsters "bugs". If I had
to guess what a tarantula would taste like, i'd tend to lean more
towards a "crab-like" flavor.... or chicken.

Of course if we ate them in the U.S, we'd drown them in ketchup, so it
wouldn't matter much what they tasted like. Kev

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One time on Usenet, "itsjoannotjoann" > said:
> kevnbro wrote:

> > Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
> > Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
> > eating fried tarantulas.

> > Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev

> Oooooooooooh, I've seen this on either the Discovery or the National
> Geographic Channel. Supposedly they taste like lobster or something
> like that,

Makes sense, since crab and lobster are just water bugs anyway. A
fact that DH delights in reminding me of, whenever we have crab.

> I believe I'll have to pass on this dish. For some reason a
> tribe either in South America or Africa then uses their fangs
> to pick their teeth.

Ugh, no thanks...


--
Jani in WA (S'mee)
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

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"kevnbro" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
> Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
> eating fried tarantulas.
>
> Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev

Yes - you fry it.






Shaun aRe

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"Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
reenews.net...
>
> "kevnbro" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
> > Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
> > eating fried tarantulas.
> >
> > Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev
>
> Yes - you fry it.

And be sure and get back to us re how it turns out...

Bob M.

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>And be sure and get back to us re how it turns out...

>Bob M.

When I asked the grocery clerk on what isle I might find the
preferably live tarantulas, she stated- "tarantula? is that kinda' like
a mango?" kev

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kevnbro wrote:
> >And be sure and get back to us re how it turns out...
>
> >Bob M.
>
> When I asked the grocery clerk on what isle I might find the
> preferably live tarantulas, she stated- "tarantula? is that kinda' like
> a mango?" kev

I believe you are more likely to find them with the bananas
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

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> When I asked the grocery clerk on what isle I might find the
> preferably live tarantulas, she stated- "tarantula? is that kinda' like
> a mango?" kev

>I believe you are more likely to find them with the bananas
>John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

I actually fumbled through the bananas and found one but it was the
wrong brand, didn't have a price sticker and was a hen not a fryer. kev

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Shaun aRe wrote:
> "kevnbro" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>Animal Planet aired an hour long "Spider Files: Australia's
>>Tarantulas" last night (Tues. 10th.) and they showed people in Cambodia
>>eating fried tarantulas.
>>
>> Anyone have a recipe? ;) Kev
>
>
> Yes - you fry it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Shaun aRe

Well, the Explorer's Club roasted theirs in 2001:

http://www.caribbeanavenue.com/fanta...orers2001.html

and in 2004 served them tempura-style:

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/so...ry03_26_04.php

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"kevnbro" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> >And be sure and get back to us re how it turns out...
>
> >Bob M.
>
> When I asked the grocery clerk on what isle I might find the
> preferably live tarantulas, she stated- "tarantula? is that kinda' like
> a mango?" kev

Well, there's yer problem - check in the meat department. Or
maybe seafood - them live lobsters in the tank look sorta
like bugs, right?

Bob M.

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"Windcat" > wrote in message
. net...
> Well, the Explorer's Club roasted theirs in 2001:
>
> http://www.caribbeanavenue.com/fanta...orers2001.html
>
> and in 2004 served them tempura-style:
>
>
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/so...ry03_26_04.php

Darn - no pictures or recipes in either case!

Bob M.