SC - Agave Worm - Private

[Donna J. White]

I didn't mean to imply that the worm made me ill.  I was so drunk on
tequila that it is what most likely made me ill -- I'm talking violently
sick.  I don't drink tequila anymore.  The experience kind of reminded me
of my more inexperienced drinking days when I played "quarters" with vodka.
 It's amazing I lived through those awful teen years.

Genevieve (who is busily trying to steer her teenage daughter and son away
from all those "fun" things she did as a youth)

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> From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
> To: sca-cooks at eden.com
> Subject: SC - Agave Worm - Private
> Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 8:14 AM
> 
> Uduido at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Many cultures the world over regularly consume insects as a daily part
of
> > their diet. They are both extraordinarily tasty and filled with
protiens and
> > nutrition. European cultures are unique and somewhat bizaare in the
lack of
> > insects in their diet when compared to the majority of populations in
the
> > world.
> > 
> > Lord Ras.
> 
> Here, here! Or is it "Hear, hear!" ? Whether or not we as individuals
> wish to chow down on a nice plate of fried grasshoppers is a bit
> irrelevant. I probably could, but I suspect I'd have to get at least a
> bit intoxicated first...maybe some mescal would do the trick.
> 
> Be that as it may, I have frequently eaten the agave worm in the Mescal
> bottle, and am here to report no ill effects, the alcohol having
> denatured most of the proteins, including bacteria and enzymes. Is there
> supposed to be some kind of hallucinogen in the worm? To the chagrin of
> a few friends who would charitably be called throwbacks to the '60's,
> this appears not to be the case.
> 
> Calvin Schwabe's book "Unmentionable Cuisine" has a section with insect
> recipes, and makes reference to a 19th-century English book, called,
> cheerfully enough, "Why Not Eat Insects?" 
> 
> I figured that I was doing my share of equitable usage of the world's
> protein supply by eating organ meats on a regular basis (I have a
> haggis, some calves' brains, and some sweetbreads in my fridge right
> now. That should count for something.) I generally corner folks who are
> afraid of such variety meats and accuse them of being "buffalo tongue
> eaters", after the people who nearly made the American Bison extinct by
> shooting them from train windows, sending a guy out to collect the
> tongues and the occasional hump, and leaving the rest for the buzzards.
> Oh, and I eat plenty of squid and octopus, and I figure most processed
> food in America (flour, for instance) contains a certain percentage of
> ground weevils and cockroach legs.
> 
>   
> 
> By the way, watch out for bats. They'll fly into your hair. ;  )
> 
> Adamantius