Have you ever been served a plate of bugs to eat? Here is a plate of "Bug-a-ball" that we were served yesterday.
Bub-a-ball is a seasonal bug here. It migrates here once a year and looses its wings. When they come, children rise early in the morning and go out and gather these bugs by the thousands. They are cooked in oil and lightly salted.
We expected the bugs to be crispy to the taste but they were more soggy. Believe it or not, they taste really good. They taste a little like soggy potato chips. Isn't life fun!!! Yes, my Melanie likes them too. They say that if you catch the bug before they loose their wings they taste good as well. These bugs, you don't cook or even kill. You simply hold them by the wings and eat the bodies. We have not tried to eat them this way yet.
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