[Sca-cooks] OOP International recipe site

[Olwen the Odd]

While looking online for a book titled Merry Go Round of Recipes from 
Jamaica, I found this interesting, yet OOP site.  Some of the recipes sound 
very good so I bookmarked it and thought I would share.  Some of the recipes 
are at little *too* interesting like this one:
Flying Termites or "Kumbekumbe"
3 cups of termites
2 pinches of salt
600 ml of water
Once collected, trap the termites in a plastic bag to prevent them from 
flying away. Collection is done when they emerge during the rainy days. 
Sprinkle salt into the water in a clean bowl. Empty the termites into the 
water-filled bowl. The water soaks into their wings, rendering then 
flightless. Carefully remove their wings. Allow the termites to soak in the 
salty water for five minutes. Then sieve out the termites, allowing the 
water to drain off. Place the termites in a frying pan over high heat (260 
degrees F). Repeatedly turn the termites until they are a crisp, golden 
brown delicacy. Serve while hot with a beverage.
Note: This delicacy is protein rich and is thus encouraged for growing 
children.
Submitted by: Dennis Immonje '05, Kenya

Now, I have eaten and cooked grasshoppers so I don't know why this seems 
such a stretch for me.  Maybe it's the collecting and pulling off the wings. 
  Bet I'd eat them if they were on the buffet though.

Another, from Romania, is an organ dish that also calls for the peritoneum 
of lamb.

In another, from China, it calls for sweet fermented flour sauce.  Anyone 
know what that is?

THLady Olwen the Odd
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