[Sca-cooks] "Blattes de Bysance" in the Baghdad cookery book

['bella]

I am pretty open to what i eat./... will taste most things
once....
I ate my way thru japan a long time ago...  even had blowfish and
managed to survive..
but things like snake, beetles and mystery meat at sca feasts.. I
balk at .. lol.
not much on overcooked vegies with cheese sauces either.
I like my vegetables steamed and barely done, simple..


: At 02:41 AM 5/15/02,'bella said something like:
:
: >yup we got em here too in florida....  palmetto bugs.. once
took
: >dates stuffed them
: >and told a freind they were fried bug.
: >'bella
: >
: >: I have always thought that dried dates, when you pit them
and
: >squash them
: >: flat, look alot like the Cockroaches we had when I lived on
the
: >coast of
: >: South Carolina. Commonly known as Palmetto Bugs.
: >:
: >: Probablly not what they are talking about tho.
: >:
: >: -Serena da Riva
:
: I visited an open air market in Seoul when I was there in early
March.
: There were loads of lovely little food stands there, and I put
my western
: prejudice aside and tried anything I was offered, except for
ONE THING.
:
: They sold fresh fried thingies that looked very closely related
to
: waterbugs. I asked my hostess, and yes, those were beetles. You
could get
: them hot or cold, and in copious piles.
:
: They were probably for some medicinal purpose (I'm sure), but I
am _NOT_
: going to touch it. Nope, no way, no how, nope.  Yeah, I'm
prejudiced. Thats
: right. And i'm NOT going to touch them.
:
: Regards,
: Maggie MacChicken.
:
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