[Eug]

A friend of mine sent me this from China. Dunno why.





P.S. He's lucky customs didn't lock him up.

[hickey]

do you eat them?

[mydog8mymac]

Is there dirt in that bag, too, or is it solid ants?

[Eug]

Originally Posted by hickey

do you eat them?

Not sure. Hopefully somebody can translate.

There seems to be something about booze on the back, and something about a few grams a day. (The package is 250 g.)

Originally Posted by mydog8mymac

Is there dirt in that bag, too, or is it solid ants?

It looks like solid ants. I haven't opened the bag yet though.

[ghporter]

...bag 'o ants...

I'm sorry, but my mind just rebooted...

WHY would anyone PACKAGE a bazillion ants? Why would anyone want to BUY a package of a bazillion ants?

Oops. Mind rebooted again...

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Eug

A friend of mine sent me this from China. Dunno why.

You call that a friend ?

-t

[jckalen]

droooool

[DeathToWindows]

mmm... crunchy

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by ghporter

...bag 'o ants...

I'm sorry, but my mind just rebooted...

WHY would anyone PACKAGE a bazillion ants? Why would anyone want to BUY a package of a bazillion ants?

Oops. Mind rebooted again...

[KeriVit]

You MUSt find out the intended purpose. It's making me antsy.

[rickey939]

Originally Posted by KeriVit

You MUSt find out the intended purpose. It's making me antsy.

My Aunt said the same thing!

[Buckaroo]

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[Sealobo]

It says at the back that you need to soak the ants with rice wine (50 degree alcohol) for 30 days prior consumption (the wine and the ants together!). And it says it's good for your health if this is taken regularly, but doesnt' say why. LOL~

[baw]

Lizard-y!!

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Sealobo

It says at the back that you need to soak the ants with rice wine (50 degree alcohol) for 30 days prior consumption (the wine and the ants together!). And it says it's good for your health if this is taken regularly, but doesnt' say why. LOL~

Antwine ? WTF...

-t

[Sealobo]

Originally Posted by baw

Lizard-y!!

This is what they eat at half-time when Yao is in the house, in China.

[IceEnclosure]

****in' ew.

[hyteckit]

It's for medication. It's also yummy with wine.

ants chinese medicine lungs - Google Search

[badidea]

I already had black pudding with ants in Indonesia (Bali)!

Yeah, it was crunchy!

(The ants might have been in there by accident though )

[Apple Pro Underwear]

don't diss — if you think about it, is a twinkie better than ants? ants might make ya go ewww but from the standpoint of a impartial alien invader, ants may make more logical sense in terms of nutrition and availability

[legacyb4]

Rough translation:

Directions: Use 100 grams of ants, add 100g each of 4 different chinese herbs/medicines (don't know how to translate the names), soak in 50 proof pure rice wine for 30 days.

Each day, drink 50-100 grams. If you don't drink alcohol, you can also use the following way: Can dry over heat, grind into a powder. Each morning and evening, eat 3-5 grams with honey.

[Saetre]

Originally Posted by Apple Pro Underwear

don't diss — if you think about it, is a twinkie better than ants? ants might make ya go ewww but from the standpoint of a impartial alien invader, ants may make more logical sense in terms of nutrition and availability

Mmmmmm, formic acid.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Sealobo

This is what they eat at half-time when Yao is in the house, in China.

Who is yoa?

Anywho, I am more interested in those lizards? Are you supposed to eat them like a popsicle or is that just how they are sold?

[ralph4208w]

wow. those pictures sure are appetizing Reminds me of frog legs and cow-tung on a roll

[Landos Mustache]

I don't find the insect thing that odd. I watched a show on Discovery channel about it and it is quite popular in Asian countries. Baked crickets and scorpions apparently just taste nutty but I'd rather eat real nuts (no gay remarks on that one).

I wouldn't be able to eat any of that stuff though as I just find it sorta dirty.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by legacyb4

Rough translation:

Directions: Use 100 grams of ants, add 100g each of 4 different chinese herbs/medicines (don't know how to translate the names), soak in 50 proof pure rice wine for 30 days.

Each day, drink 50-100 grams. If you don't drink alcohol, you can also use the following way: Can dry over heat, grind into a powder. Each morning and evening, eat 3-5 grams with honey.

Thx. Doesn't sound so appetizing.

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

I don't find the insect thing that odd. I watched a show on Discovery channel about it and it is quite popular in Asian countries. Baked crickets and scorpions apparently just taste nutty but I'd rather eat real nuts (no gay remarks on that one).

I wouldn't be able to eat any of that stuff though as I just find it sorta dirty.

My friend had scorpion. He says they don't taste like much. I was too chicken to try the locusts and cicada pupae, but next time I think I'll I'll try it.

Originally Posted by Sealobo

This is what they eat at half-time when Yao is in the house, in China.

Seriously? What kind of lizard is it, and how is it eaten?

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Who is yoa?

Yao Ming

Anywho, I am more interested in those lizards? Are you supposed to eat them like a popsicle or is that just how they are sold?

Just sold that way I think.

[olePigeon]

If ya can't kill it, eat it.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

but I'd rather eat real nuts (no gay remarks on that one).

[Karl_Pilkington]
I could eat a knob at night
[/Karl_Pilkington]



-t

[legacyb4]

Actually, I think the mentality is more along the lines of "if it moves, you can eat it"...

Originally Posted by olePigeon

If ya can't kill it, eat it.

[jckalen]

if you think about it, is a twinkie better than ants?

Thought about it. Yes, a twinkie is better than ants.

[olePigeon]

Pfft. Real men eat Teriyaki Camel Spiders.

[jckalen]

if you think about it, is a twinkie better than ants?

Thought about it. Yes, a twinkie is better than ants.

edit: busy server... this got posted twice... my bad.

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Pfft. Real men eat Teriyaki Camel Spiders.

Wow. Is that just a perspective illusion, and they're not really as big as they look in that pic?

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by BRussell

Wow. Is that just a perspective illusion, and they're not really as big as they look in that pic?

Yes, they are big and nasty but not THAT big and nasty.

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Yes, they are big and nasty but not THAT big and nasty.

2 for a $1.

[Eug]

Well, when you think about it, a crab is basically just like a great big sea spider:

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Eug

Well, when you think about it, a crab is basically just like a great big sea spider:

That's what I have been telling people for years. Same goes for lobsters, they are just scorpions that tails bend the other way to swim.

There are undersea Spiders though so at lest the crab falls under another classification.

[jckalen]

but also tastier than a bag 'o ants I bet

[faragbre967]

Originally Posted by Eug

Well, when you think about it, a crab is basically just like a great big sea spider:

But crabs aren't hairy....

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by faragbre967

But crabs aren't hairy....

Is that really the worst part about spiders?

Oh and...

[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Is that really the worst part about spiders?

Oh and...

You'd make a killing selling toothpicks with those. All those hairs would get stuck in the teeth.

[Cody Dawg]

When I was in Africa at Lake Victoria I stayed with some of the people there in their huts. Well, it was the time of year when these flying bugs swarmed over the lake at certain times of the day. They made nets out of a soft material and they'd stand out there and just swing those nets in the air in figure 8s and catch those flying insects in their nets. After they had a lot of them they'd put them together in a bucket and mash them together with their hands. They made patties out of them then put them on flat rocks or pieces of metal over fire and they would make insect patties.

Back then I was more adventurous and I tried it and actually, it wasn't half bad to be honest.

I think we give too much thought to food.

The truth is that we kill animals and eat them. What's so different about killing a huge animal and eating it versus killing insects and eating them?

If you think about it, we're no different than spiders that catch their prey in webs and then eat them - or any other animal.

When it comes down to it food is food.

And, and I'm surprised no one mentioned balut from the Philippines. Balut is a duck chick that is almost developed but still has a little of the yolk sack left...they boil them and eat them feathers, beaks, and what is left of the yolk sack. Balut link and pictures

[olePigeon]

In Korea (I think) they eat live squid.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

When it comes down to it food is food.

Would you eat your dogs dogfood?

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

And, and I'm surprised no one mentioned balut from the Philippines. Balut is a duck chick that is almost developed but still has a little of the yolk sack left...they boil them and eat them feathers, beaks, and what is left of the yolk sack. Balut link and pictures

"They are considered delicacies of Asia. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac."

Is there ANYTHING food in asian culture that isn't an aphrodisiac? I mean the more nasty/cruel/discusting something is somehow makes it an aphrodisiac.

Question:
Why do asian cultures need so many aphrodisiacs? Does it have something do do with the whole small penis thing?

But then again I have no doubt it is working judging by there overpopulation.

[Eug]

People don't actually like eating those chicks. They do it for the aphrodesiac properties.

P.S. I've been meaning to go try the Montreal Insectarium feast one time. Never got around to doing it though.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Eug

People don't actually like eating those chicks. They do it for the aphrodesiac properties.

Which kinda brings us back to why Asian cultures are so un-horney.

[ghporter]

Camel spiders are proof the ailiens are here and they lost some of their pets. EWWWWW!

And sometimes (I'm told) they get REALLY big. About a foot from front to back (including the legs, of course) is not unheard of. Which makes them even more EWWWWWW!

[Sealobo]

If cooked properly, many of these aweful looking creatures taste like heaven.

there is a saying among the old-school chinese; whatever with its back facing toward the sky, could be eaten.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Sealobo

If cooked properly, many of these aweful looking creatures taste like heaven.

there is a saying among the old-school chinese; whatever with its back facing toward the sky, could be eaten.