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  • German restaurant delights diners with fried maggots

    05/21/2005 7:44:57 PM PDT · by aculeus · 123 replies · 1,451+ views
    The Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | May 22, 2005 | By Rob Hyde in Dresden
    Sarah Azubi, 17, had hers deep fried. "They were crunchy like chips and tasted a bit like nuts," she said approvingly of the new delicacy on the menu at a Dresden restaurant. "There was a soft juicy bit in the middle around the crunchy shell." Another diner, Nancy Weinhold, 25, was less convinced by the plump maggots, imported to Germany from Mexico, which the Espitas restaurant began serving last month. "I will try most things once but was really tempted to give this a miss," she said. "They looked disgusting - two-inch long, fat, squishy grubs that looked as if...
  • Maggots on the menu

    05/17/2005 5:27:25 PM PDT · by kingattax · 5 replies · 310+ views
    Ananova: ^ | 5-17-2005
    A German restaurant claims to be fully booked for weeks after adding maggots to the menu. A German restaurant achieves an unlikely success by putting maggots on the menu. Dishes at Espitas in Dresden include maggot ice cream, maggot salads and maggot cocktails /Europics Dishes at the Espitas restaurant in Dresden include maggot ice cream, maggot salads and maggot cocktails. The restaurant is importing the "nutritious and extremely tasty" maggots from Mexico. Espitas owner Alexander Wolf said: "We are the first in the world as far as I know to start importing them. "What started out as a bit of...