Fried Tarantulas

kevnbro said:

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

kevnbro said:

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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

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

itsjoannotjoann said:

kevnbro said:

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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kevnbro wrote:

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Quoted message said:

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

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Anyone have a recipe? 😉 Kev

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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.

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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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Quoted message said:

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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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...

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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

kevnbro said:

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

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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

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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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Quoted message said:

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/fantasea/explorers2001.html

and in 2004 served them tempura-style:

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2004/03_26_04/socialdiary03_26_04.php

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

http://www.caribbeanavenue.com/fantasea/explorers2001.html

and in 2004 served them tempura-style:

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2004/03_26_04/socialdiary03_26_04.php

Darn - no pictures or recipes in either case!

Bob M.