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Fancy a Plain Roasted Locust?

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  • Started 11 years ago by Dunny
  • Latest reply from Greenroofer

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  1. Dunny
    Member

    Not really much to do with cycling guys, but my employers, a well known pest control company, are hosting this delightful "Pop-up Pestaurant" next Wednesday 25th September at the Grassmarket. It opens around 10am and is on till around 3pm. So pedal on down on your lunch break or whatever, and have a taste of the following. It's all free by the way:

    Entrees:
    Salt and Vinegar Crickets
    Crispy BBQ Mealworms
    Plain Roasted Locusts
    Plain Roasted Mealworms
    Plain Roasted Crickets

    Main Course:
    Sweet Chilli Pigeon Burger

    Desserts:
    Chocolate-covered mixed bugs
    Scorpion Lollipops
    Bug Lollipops
    Ant Candy (Cherry or Apple Flavour)

    This was done in London before and was apparently mobbed, so if you fancy it, allow yourself plenty of time!

    Posted 11 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
    Moderator

    no Wasabi Spiders?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  3. ggovan
    Member

    Is there a vegetarian option?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  4. Dunny
    Member

    No Wasabi spiders I'm afraid @kaputnik , sorry! Bring your favourite spider though and see what they can rustle up?

    If there are any pest vegetables, I haven't heard of them @ggovan, sorry. Maybe I could ask them to put on some pickled nettles, or sweet and sour overgrown conifer branch?

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  5. kaputnik
    Moderator

    If there are any pest vegetables, I haven't heard of them @ggovan

    Curried Japanese Knotweed?
    Spiced Rhododendron?
    Thai Sweet Giant Hogweed?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  6. PS
    Member

    No BBQ rat on a stick? Disappointing...

    Presumably these tasty treats have been reared somewhere (relatively) pleasant, rather than recycled from a Rentokil hoover or shovelled off the road having been tenderised by a passing car?

    Thinking of pigeons, the percentage of urban pigeons hobbling around with deformed feet seems to be quite high. Does anyone know if the deformity is something they are born with due to bad genes/toxic environment or the result of some dangerous living conditions incident?

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  7. Dunny
    Member

    Curried Japanese Knotweed?
    Spiced Rhododendron?
    Thai Sweet Giant Hogweed?

    They sound quite nice! What spice do you reckon would really complement a rhododendron?

    Now I'm thinking about pest based wine...

    Posted 11 years ago #

  8. Darkerside
    Member

    Apparently you can make cordial and jam from rhododendron:

    http://www.indiamike.com/india/indian-cooking-and-cuisine-f12/rhododendron-juice-t165393/

    Although the reporting party never got back to the thread after investigating whether it was poisonous or not. So, yeah. Maybe give that one a miss.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  9. steveo
    Member

    Nettle tea is almost palatable.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  10. EddieD
    Member

    I had stir-fried locusts a while back.

    They tasted like pork scratchings.

    With legs.

    EDIT @PS - thats something I've wondered about too, 'cos it always makes me feel a bit sad, they may be a nuisance, but they're still critters.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  11. Dunny
    Member

    Presumably these tasty treats have been reared somewhere (relatively) pleasant, rather than recycled from a Rentokil hoover or shovelled off the road having been tenderised by a passing car?

    I'm assured it's not roadkill or anything out of a hoover etc, it's all legit, there's a company that produces the pests to be reared and cooked specifically. Maybe even the same ones that do it for I'm a Celebrity... The people at the stall should be able to answer any concerns though!

    Posted 11 years ago #

  12. kaputnik
    Moderator

    I've always assumed that the club-footed pigeons were a result of fungal conditions or similar. I don't imagine it's possible for a pigeon to get its toes runover without the rest of the bird coming a cropper.

    Was that last a pigeon pun?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  13. Uberuce
    Member

    PS:

    I have been told by the Ministry Of People Telling Me Things that it's live electrical wires. Pidgeon closes the circuit between two and loses the offending foot.

    Google, however, tells me that bumblefoot, a bacterial infection carried in their own droppings, and cut-off circulation from tangled string/wire/plastic are the culprits.

    I confess I've accepted the Ministry's explanation for years until just now when I gave it a moment's critical thought about the survivability of a shock powerful enough to incinerate a foot and went...haaaaang on.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  14. PS
    Member

    cut-off circulation from tangled string/wire/plastic is what I've always assumed. The electrical thing doesn't sound right as birds can happily sit on a wire because they're not connected to earth so there's no potential difference, or something (dredging GCSE physics from - dear God - 23 years ago, so I hope that's right).

    As for bumblefoot - serves them right. Standing in their own and their pals' droppings. Dirty beasts.

    @steveo Nettle soup is delish.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  15. Greenroofer
    Member

    Japanese Knotweed is definitely edible: http://www.eattheweeds.com/japanese-knotweed-dreadable-edible/

    Giant Hogweed is surprisingly dangerous. Phytophotodermatitis Best stay well away from it.

    Posted 11 years ago #

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