And he was not on any reality TV show such as Fear Factor, Amazing Race or Survivor. He decided that he wanted to experience eating a bug. (remember this is the guy that regularly eats the fish eyes) We were in WuShan Square picking up last minute souvenirs and where one of the meat stick restaurants (they call it Bar-B-Que) had a variety of bugs and strange seafood items on sticks. They all had exoskeletons and legs. He narrowed it down to 3 tasty choices: 4 cicadas on a stick, 3 grasshoppers on a stick or 1 tarantula on a stick. He opted for the grasshoppers. He said that it sort of tasted like the scrapings off the bottom of a burnt saucepan but he said the coating tasted pretty good. No, he didn’t finish the 3 grasshoppers.
Side Note: On the same ‘gutsy eating’ subject -- I want to have an ‘ice cream’ party before I leave China. I say ice cream very loosely because some of them are not made using any cream. I propose that a bunch of us buy some of the weird things they have on a stick and in a freezer that resemble an ‘ice cream bar’ and sample each one. There are black ones made from sesame seeds, bean ones, green ones and other very strange concoctions. Remember the descriptions and list of ingredients are in Chinese so it is hard to interpret. I figure out of 10 or so ot the really strange ones, I might find something new and interesting that I like. It might even be healthier than my favorite Magnum bars!
