So Do You Eat Bugs?
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38659)
Midland, Michigan
November 13, 2018 3:13pm CST
Thanks to @celticeagle , I was reminded of something I thought about sharing here.
We went to Ohio over the weekend for a singles/marriage conference. Sat night we had a meal at the country club. At our table was a young lady from Thailand. She's lived in Ohio for a few years now. We got to discussing foods for she wasn't sure that she wanted to eat the prime rib that was still mooing.
She talked about hot dog buns, which they use to put ice cream on so the ice cream doesn't melt too fast. She got in that topic because we were all eating the rolls with butter and she wanted ice cream to put on hers which we then questioned.
She said they also enjoy eating bugs over there. I know that some people do eat bugs but I don't know whether she was pulling our leg for not.
Spotted in Bangkok at the Weekend Market: ice cream stuffed in a hot dog bun. Yay or nay? Or would it be better on a toasted bun?
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
13 Nov 18
They do indeed eat bugs but in China our guide told us the eat everything that has legs apart from the Kitchen table!
How about this youtube video
In Thailand, eating bugs as snacks is a practice by some Thai. So on my Thailand trip I went in search of a bug cart to do a taste test of bug eating. Thanks...
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
13 Nov 18
@garymarsh6 hello Mr.Gary nice to see you.How are you doing these days
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Nov 18
Gross, gross, gross. No amount of onions and hot sauce would get me to purposely eat bugs even disguised ones, Gary.
@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
14 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman Some of the Filipino myLotters on this site showed that they fry and eat a big black bug, in my opinion it looks a lot like a cockroach.
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
@LadyDuck I've not seen those posts. I've eaten a big or two in my lifetime before but never on purpose. Like when riding a bike and having one fly in my mouth when riding in traffic. Sometimes they fly too far back to be able to spit them out easily
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
I knew it was common in other places too. That's why I wasn't overly surprised when she said they eat bugs.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Nov 18
Ugh! I'd eat ice cream on anything.
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@celticeagle (159105)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman .....I'd just use the bun like a plate.
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
You'd try it on a hot dog bun? It sounds like they put overall on breads to stop it from melting so fast since it's got there. That's mainly what the bubba are used for, I think. She wasn't familiar with putting butter on the bread
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
@celticeagle I'm sure that we'd do something similar. I don't need the extra calories if bread too.
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@marguicha (215481)
• Chile
13 Nov 18
I like several sorts of food. But I would not eat bugs.
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Nov 18
I wouldn't try out bugs on purpose even if they were covered in chocolate.
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@marguicha (215481)
• Chile
13 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman Me neither although I have eaten a lot of rare foods.
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@amadeo (111948)
• United States
13 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman No I am not a bug eater
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
@amadeo good to know and I'm sure that Mike is glad to hear that too. Lol.
@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
13 Nov 18
The bugs there aren't much different than ones we have near out homes, Fredo. Are you thinking of trying some?
@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
15 Nov 18
@responsiveme yuck, that sounds nasty or just a different take off going through garbage cans maybe
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
14 Nov 18
Same thing, sort of, right?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman yes, I've seen people getting them from under the street lights where the insects swarm in the dark
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
19 Nov 18
The picture on the video isn't bugs bite I've cream in a bun.
Which it's it that looking good? That picture or presentations odd bugs you've been before? I wouldn't want to eat either of them but at least the ice cream would be edible and just throw out the bun. Or maybe they do just that, I didn't think to ask.
