Re: [CH] Big Dang Caterpillar

Oatmeal Jack (oat@intrepid.net)
Sat, 08 Jul 2000 18:39:00 -0400

I ate one of those a scientist brought back from an African trip, it tasted 
like tobacco to me.  It would have been much better doused with lots and 
lots of hot sauce :)

Oatmeal Jack


>In South Africa there is a culinary delight called a Mopane worm.  A type of
>caterpillar.  Grows to the size of a typical tomato worm thing.  Looks as
>yuck, too.  Anyway, it is dried and eaten as a meat (understand stew)
>supplement.  Gaining interest as a "cultural" food.  Never had it myself.

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