Grasshoppers have large amounts of chitin as do crickets and beetles. The
palatability is greatly decreased from the larvael stages of beetles and
termites. As Wolfgang notes, these demand seasoning to be at all attractive
to the palate. Still, they are life-sustaining and, in the case of grubs,
if fixed well, not to unlike shrimp.

But I do prefer the left-over cioppino, tasting brightly of tomato and
basil, thick with shrimp, grouper, cod, and lobster, that calls me now from
the refrigerator.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

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