<b>Don’t eat crickets warning</b>

Nation (Thailand) ^ | May 21, 2005 | Staff

[JimSEA]

A couple of year ago, We went with some people to a restaurant in Phrae that served crickets -- deep fried. I decided the fish on the menu looked good. My wife said the crickets were OK except their legs kept getting stuck between her teeth. At this point in time, she is getting very, very tired of my telling the story.

[null and void]

But but but crickets are Kosher!!!

[RichInOC]

Okay, was it the crickets themselves that were the problem, or was it that they were using rancid fry oil?

[cloud8]

> My wife said the crickets were OK except their legs kept getting stuck between her teeth.

Pthh!

(It's ok to drink the water, just don't eat the crickets :)

[JimSEA]

Just repeating what I have been told, there seems to be a problem if they are not raised in a fairly sterile environment. Perhaps they pick up some toxicity??

[Bahbah]

Okay, I can skip the crickets. Your wife is much braver than I would ever be.

[firebrand]

If people have eaten these before with no problem, the crickets probably ate some pesticide-sprayed leaves or something else toxic. Ping me on the follow-up. This is fabulously interesting.

[blueberry12]

Maybe the crickets were sick.

It doesn't matter if cricket is Kosher or not. If you eat a sick animal it may make you sick.

[Savage Rider]

This often turns out to be a case of the insect poison being stored to close to, or in the same looking container as, the flour or meal used to prepare the dish.

[Central Scrutiniser]

I've munched on a few crickets and mealworms from the vendors in Bangkok, tastes pretty good, but I shy away from the huge roaches or dragonflies or dung beetles.

[skinkinthegrass]

At this point in time, she is getting very, very tired of my telling the story.

"..If you wish upon an Star..."

[Nick Danger]

Nutrition Facts

The Fedral Gubment warned consumers today not to eat this stuff here. It's unhealthy. But after reading this thread, I'll bet it sounds pretty good. Especially compared to eating frigging bugs.

[Renfield]

Some species of crickets are hosts to parasites that can cause severe intestinal distress to humans. They aren't the sort of parasites that are easily treated, either...they cause persistent ulcers of the intestinal wall. I would never eat a cricket. Uugghh.

[Pharmboy]

Oooohhhhhh-kay. I will choose another appetizer tonight. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Hank Rearden]

Especially compared to eating frigging bugs.

It's just a big damn bug:

[delacoert]

Cut and paste this whole thread into Unnngh.

[Duke Nukum]

Dang! And I just ate a whole super-sized cup of crickets from Thailand Joe's.

Well, luckily it's the weekend if I have to get sick.

[andy58-in-nh]

Not my idea of snack food.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Crickets should never be deep fried in DDT.

[Right Wing Assault]

They probably fried them in old transformer oil.