John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey. Apparently, some insects are good for food, but only if you add in things like wild honey, which contains antioxidants, and is antibacterial. People love shrimp and lobster, and after all, they’re just sea bugs. That said, no thanks. No land bugs for me, if I have a choice.
Maybe that’s where Steve Miller got the idea for that song.
Herod Antipas just killed John the Baptist out of kindness, to spare him a painful death because of his diet.
“John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey.”
Carob...
[WWW] “The names locust bean and St. John’s bread stem from the belief that the “locusts” on which John the Baptist fed were carob pods. Carob (Ceratonia siliqua).”
That said... in the dietary laws primarily found in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, Grasshoppers and locusts are considered clean food. As we all know the gut of these insects contain parasites so they must be cleaned and washed but they always must be roasted or fried for consumption.