Moth Sandwich, anyone?

Chuckabutty · #1 10-08-2007, 06:41 AM

Aussies urged to eat moths

Australians are being urged to get rid of a plague of moths - by eating them.

The "munch a moth" campaign is being led by Jean-Paul Bruneteau, 51, a French-born chef, reports the Daily Telegraph.

He first began eating the brown bogong moths 11 years ago while researching a book on bush tucker eaten by Aborigines.

"They have a lovely popcorn flavour, like hazelnut," he said.

Mr Bruneteau, who has run "bush tucker" restaurants in Sydney and Paris, suggests pulling off the furry wings, then popping the moths in the oven for three minutes in a splash of canola oil.

Alternatively the chef, recommends putting them through a coffee blender and sprinkling them into an omelette, pancake or crepe.

Martyn Robinson, a naturalist who works at the Australian Museum in Sydney, is another dedicated moth muncher, preferring to catch them on his windowsill, hold them by the wings then pop them in his mouth.

But Mr Robinson's initial enthusiasm for eating the native moths waned after he discovered that they contain high levels of arsenic, the result of eating farm crops sprayed with pesticides.

He also warns about their fat content: one study found that 3oz of bogong moth abdomen contains three times as much fat as a Big Mac.

wendy · #2 10-08-2007, 07:22 AM

I'd love to try one but I'd have to check the points value and I don't think they're in the Weight Watchers handbook.

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Rusty · #3 10-08-2007, 08:53 AM

That's enough to gag a maggot, Chuck

Panama Girl · #4 10-08-2007, 08:55 AM

URK!

*tosses cookies*

Roogle · #5 10-08-2007, 10:11 AM

You may have to fry those babies up with some heavy sauce.

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Raptor · #6 10-08-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wendy

I'd love to try one but I'd have to check the points value and I don't think they're in the Weight Watchers handbook.

They're one of those things you need to guesstimate....I would suggest treating them like kidney beans...1/2 cup = 2pts. Followed by the shot of Whiskey = another 2pts. So, put it down as 4pts and you should be good!

Chuckabutty · #7 10-08-2007, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

That's enough to gag a maggot, Chuck

Long ago when I used to ride with my teenage motorcycle buddies, we'd stop at a beach hotdog and burger stand two or three times a week, at night. A friend of mine was running it and he asked me to help him, while he went away for a couple of days. It was just a tiny shed with an open window, and a covered area just outside. There were fluorescent lights under the roof which attracted large white moths. One evening a moth flew inside and as soon as it got over the heat, fell into the frying onions. As hard as I tried I could not find that darned moth so I just served it up with the food. Bet your boots I never ate there, again.

Rusty · #8 10-08-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuckabutty

Long ago when I used to ride with my teenage motorcycle buddies, we'd stop at a beach hotdog and burger stand two or three times a week, at night. A friend of mine was running it and he asked me to help him, while he went away for a couple of days. It was just a tiny shed with an open window, and a covered area just outside. There were fluorescent lights under the roof which attracted large white moths. One evening a moth flew inside and as soon as it got over the heat, fell into the frying onions. As hard as I tried I could not find that darned moth so I just served it up with the food. Bet your boots I never ate there, again.

Kid Lester · #9 10-08-2007, 06:25 PM

Anyone who enjoys hot dog relish, DO NOT READ FURTHER!!!!!

That aside....

I worked in a large factory that made, in addition to other things, relish.

The relish vats are like HUGE steel blenders, 15 feet high. The blades are like 200 foot yacht propellers inside. All cucumbers that are too crappy to be made into pickles go into the relish vats. The vats are open at the top, and the cucumbers, corn syrup and vinegar all get dumped into the top of the vats as the props chop and blend it all together.

Well, a lot of times, unintended things end up going into the top of those vats, also. Namely, birds.

I've personally seen many birds fly into the factory through any of several open warehouse doors, head into the top of those vats and never exit.

Picture your own home blender full of frozen margarita while it's blending. What happens when you drop an ice cube into the top?

I don't eat relish no mo.

Rusty · #10 10-08-2007, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kid Lester

Anyone who enjoys hot dog relish, DO NOT READ FURTHER!!!!!

That aside....

I worked in a large factory that made, in addition to other things, relish.

The relish vats are like HUGE steel blenders, 15 feet high. The blades are like 200 foot yacht propellers inside. All cucumbers that are too crappy to be made into pickles go into the relish vats. The vats are open at the top, and the cucumbers, corn syrup and vinegar all get dumped into the top of the vats as the props chop and blend it all together.

Well, a lot of times, unintended things end up going into the top of those vats, also. Namely, birds.

I've personally seen many birds fly into the factory through any of several open warehouse doors, head into the top of those vats and never exit.

Picture your own home blender full of frozen margarita while it's blending. What happens when you drop an ice cube into the top?

I don't eat relish no mo.

Thanks! Another thing written off my list...

Moth Sandwich, anyone?

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