I ate a cockroach last weekend

:: Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 @ 9:07:59 pm

:: Tags: Food

a close-up of me eating a cockroach (photo: douglas seifert)

It was teriyaki-glazed, and wasn’t all that bad..

OK, so I lied. I really did not enjoy eating the cockroach AT ALL, and it was certainly not teriyaki-flavored. I’m not sure what kind of cockroach it was, but it looked like a Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa). More nasty/interesting food photos from the Explorer’s Club Annual Dinner: [post] [photos only]

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1. posted by Ginny on Thu, March 22, 2007 @ 8:58 am

   It’s not every day that you see the word “food” in the same sentence as the word “cockroach.” I am impressed that you were able to get it down–I’m pretty sure I would’ve gagged. In fact, I gagged when I saw the first picture you posted of this b/c I had a 24hr stomach bug at the time and that was a little too much for me at the moment! So did you notice anyone devouring the cockroaches/spiders/worms and talking about how delicous they were? I can’t imagine looking at them and thinking “Mmmm doesn’t that look delicous.”

2. posted by Satrohraj on Sat, March 31, 2007 @ 7:04 am

   huh??

3. posted by Tony Wu’s Underwater Photography Blog » Blog Archive » Basashi 馬刺 on Sat, June 30, 2007 @ 1:19 am

   [...] I felt a bit queasy about the whole affair, but I took consolation in knowing that I have friends who’ve eaten much, much worse. [...]

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