[krakath]

I've never conceived of trying to eat fried maggots. However, I've eaten teriyaki grasshoppers before and it's surprisingly good (and no bad texture to gross you out as you eat it).

I have however, tried eating silk worms, apparently a snack in Korea. They are usually fried, similar to what the article describes, but the ones I was offered were canned, and very wet and juicy, and this this horrible texture once you bit into them... I won't go into further detail. I will say that I seriously gagged and nearly vomited from that. I guess I'm not much of a contender for fear factor, hehe.

[AshfieldK]

Yeah... Closest I've got is the Tequila worm. I'll leave the rest of the insect world to the sober among me.

[LibertarianInExile]

I had the same reaction to silk worms. That they smell like the dead doesn't help. I think Koreans have truly odd taste in food, with their national rotten-food fetish (kimchee-like rotten meat was too much to even consider trying--and it is a delicacy in some parts of southern ROK in the way that beef jerky is a delicacy in the U.S.)

Eels, and squid in ink, on the other hand, those were awesome. Dog, well, never could find a restaurant in the ROK that would serve it to whitey. But the Filipinos don't seem to mind serving anyone who wants it. Tain't bad.

However, I do NOT recommend the Guam natives' fruit bat stew.