Food Porn: "Chichaworms"

@Shavkat (136864)
Philippines
September 7, 2018 11:06pm CST
Let me share this kind of food and my fellowmen starting to love them. I was surfing the Internet and a new food was being created by the local people in Bohol, Philippines. The word "chicha" derived as crispy. They were cultured "super worms" and introduced in the market. It seemed that there will be a potential market for the locals. In my own opinion, they claimed to be "super worms" because of the chilis added up to the ingredients. Thus, it is another exotic food was born in my country. "Would you like to try eating these super worms?" "What is the strangest food that you had tried?" Image Credit: pbs.twimg.com
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@LadyDuck (454952)
• Switzerland
8 Sep 18
I would not ask you to share those delicacies. Just like @pgntwo I had snails and raw oysters in France and also frog legs. Tripe, octopus and fried calf brain in Italy. Here in Switzerland the "Tartar Steak" is popular, it is seasoned ground beef meat, I like it.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
@LadyDuck I am not going to attempt in offering this.lol Even I cannot eat this, too. It sounds yummy to eat Tartar Steak. Image Credit: farm4.static.flickr.com
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@LadyDuck (454952)
• Switzerland
8 Sep 18
@Shavkat Thank you, this is a bit strange with a fried egg on top, but it is similar to what we prepare here.
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
8 Sep 18
I am not keen on octopus or calamari (squid) either. Now a lovely piece of swordfish (pixxispad) in a caper and tomato sauce, or grilled with a little butter and garlic - bellissima!
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
8 Sep 18
You can keep those things. And snails (France), oysters (everywhere), balut (Phillipine) and gaegogi (Korea). I will keep rollmops (Denmark) though
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
Every country has their strangest food. It is up to us to try if we have a strong stomach for them. I never have seen rollmops. So I took the chance to check it on the Internet. Image Credit: img.sndimg.com
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
@pgntwo What does it taste? I am quite curious about it. I will check the other dishes now. Thanks
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
8 Sep 18
@Shavkat Very tasty. You can search also for Matjes, or Orkney (Scotland) Pickled Herring Fillet.
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• Bournemouth, England
8 Sep 18
I feed dried meal worms to the birds in the garden but I am not adventurous enough to try eating these.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
I am not into exotic food like this. I had the same feeling when there is a news claimed that hot dogs are made of cultured worms. Now, stir-fried "chichaworms" are in the market. I would not dare to eat them. Have you ever tried to eat exotic food?
@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Sep 18
No thank you. Tripe is the strangest for me.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
Same here. I won't dare to eat them. We have some delicacies with tripes as one of the ingredients. But I am not fond of it. For example, Beef and Tripe Pochero. Image Credit: panlasangpinoy.com
@ilocosboy (45161)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
Me, I would like to try them. Especially that i dont back to exotic foods. I would to know how it taste.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
I think I can do it if I am drunk.lol What exotic food available in Ilocos? I personally think that it is spicy and salty.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
@ilocosboy I haven't tried them. Do they taste yum yum?
@ilocosboy (45161)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
So many exotic foods here like the salagubang (june beetle), pot belly frog, snakes among others.
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• Philippines
8 Sep 18
haha I made a discussion about this exotic food last year. But I think the business is doing good especially that it's now being known throughout the country.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
It is a bad thing that I haven't read your posted discussion about it. It seems promising in the market. Is it available in your city now?
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
@rachz_kisses As what I mentioned to one of the mylotters, I don't want to be called a birdman.
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• Philippines
9 Sep 18
@Shavkat It is. There are lot who are patronizing it, but I haven't seen one in our house. My family, as expected, don't have the appetitite to eat worms.
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@popciclecold (35025)
• United States
8 Sep 18
No thanks, I'll pass.
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• United States
8 Sep 18
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
I will do the same thing.
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@id_peace (14010)
• Singapore
8 Sep 18
Not that I will be eating now actually.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
I am glad that you are not having your meal while reading this discussion.
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@hereandthere (45671)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
no, i wouldn't try that. when i was young, a neighbor gave us a bowl of cooked rabbit. i also remember alupihan dagat (mantis shrimp), small snails and pagi (stingray)
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
@hereandthere Oh, lobsters are quite pricey. I love that, too. But I need to eat less. I am afraid to acquire high blood pressure.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
OMG! These are exotic foods that some people claimed to be delicious. By just thinking about them, it made me feel sick. But, I think small snails and stingray would be fine to try.
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
@Shavkat the rabbit tasted like chicken, the alupihan dagat (mantis shrimp) tasted like shrimp, though mother likens it more to lobster
@TheHorse (203682)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 18
No thank you!
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
18 Sep 18
I can understand you with this.
@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Sep 18
I think I would be battling to eat these although I have eaten bardi grubs before.
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
I would love to try that. Well, the most exotic food I have had was the "kamaru" -- fried cricket of Pampanga. It's highly recommended when visiting the province of Pampanga.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
10 Sep 18
Uhm "Cabalen" and my great grandpa's origin is in San Simon. I am not sure if I can try to eat crickets. Is it cooked as "adobo" style? What does it taste? If I may ask... Does it look like this? Image Credit: alviera.ph
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
10 Sep 18
@freelancermariagrace I am pretty sure that I will be in the same situation. I think the weirdest food that I had in the province is eating "kuhol" or snails from the farms.
• Philippines
10 Sep 18
@Shavkat Yes, it's kamaru in adobo. It tastes just okay but I almost puked in the middle of our lunch. Hahaha
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• Philippines
8 Sep 18
,,,is it good??
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
I haven't tried. I saw some people on TV that they love it.
• Philippines
8 Sep 18
@Shavkat ,,,,wow...
@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
11 Sep 18
@melody22 (291)
8 Sep 18
I wonder how does it taste. I would like to try them.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
I am pretty sure it is spicy and a bit salty. I haven't tasted it yet. Let me share with you how they prepare it.
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@Shavkat (136864)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
@melody22 Likewise. I am not fond of eating spicy food.
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@melody22 (291)
9 Sep 18
@Shavkat oh no, I cannot eat spicy food . Hehe
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
9 Sep 18
ows, i will still prefer the scarab beetle, "abal-abal", or the 'salagubang' in our language, kabsat. i would not even dare to take a bite of that because i imagine that thing i have phobia with, the harmless earthworm. eeeeww