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Originally Posted by SneakySnake
These are called bugs. Moreton bay bugs. And they are bluddy delicious!
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We call those 'Slipper Lobster,' but the generic term that SCUBA divers use for all lobster is 'bugs.' I don't know why, but for some reason I don't mind these underwater bugs. Maybe it's because of the taste... I don't know... But I still half think I'm eating Cambrian or Ordovician Trilobites
I've eaten a LOT of small bugs in SE Asia over the years. They are a common site from street vendors in night markets. Pull of the wings and the legs and then squeeze the good stuff out the body. The school kids eat a LOT of grubs as after-school treats. They really are quite sweet. We had a big jolly housekeeper/cook who used to eat them all day long while she worked. She couldn't understand why we didn't want to...
But I guess it's the same as before I moved to Asia... The idea of eating raw fish, eating shrimp that still had their heads on, or eating things that were still moving, all were enough to send me running behind a tree!
But that was then. This is now.
If I can keep it on my plate... it get's eaten!
Stitchawl