Ever eat an insect?

**Jenna** · 01-29-08, 09:43 AM

Have you ever eaten an insect? If so, what insect, and what were the circumstances?

We've probably all eaten bits of insects that we didn't know about, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever eaten an insect on purpose.

I've never eaten an insect on purpose, but when I was a small child (around age 7-8) I played with ladybugs and caterpillars and even put them in my mouth sometimes when I had too many in my hands to carry. Now I shudder to even think I did that, but for some reason it didn't seem gross when I was a child.

**conalabu** · 01-29-08, 10:35 AM

A Hissing Roach. Big son of a gun. Ate him with some hot sauce. There have been some others, but that was the biggest and nastiest.

**Hannibal** · 01-29-08, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by conalabu

A Hissing Roach. Big son of a gun. Ate him with some hot sauce. There have been some others, but that was the biggest and nastiest.

I thought you were gonna say you ate a Grasshpppa

**Morris** · 01-29-08, 12:01 PM

Yes, several, both in training (SV-80A) and while abroad. Fried grasshoppers and crickets (sans legs) are pretty good. Worms, grubs, not the tastiest but nutritious.

**CW Mock** · 01-29-08, 12:29 PM

I have eaten the big grasshoppers we have out here, fried and raw.

I learned how to eat them raw after capture when I worked for Wildlife. They aren't too bad - kind of look and taste like cantelope inside.

**Willowdared** · 01-29-08, 01:12 PM

Tequila!

**E-man** · 01-29-08, 08:56 PM

I eat Peanut butter all the time.
its the dirtiest food out there.

The FDA allows a certain amount of crap per portion.
P.B. has the most,
ask Butters

**Cidp24** · 01-29-08, 09:22 PM

Yep. I had a friend that was prone to embellishing just about everything. I was standing at a service station talking to him and I casually reached over and picked up a mayfly. I ate it while he was talking to me. When he told other people about it I denied it and nobody believed him.

(It tasted like chicken)

**AlDeputy** · 01-29-08, 09:24 PM

I ride my Motorcycle with a shorty helmet so I end up eating bugs a lot.

**MacLean** · 01-29-08, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by Jenna

Have you ever eaten an insect? If so, what insect, and what were the circumstances?

We've probably all eaten bits of insects that we didn't know about, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever eaten an insect on purpose.

I've never eaten an insect on purpose, but when I was a small child (around age 7-8) I played with ladybugs and caterpillars and even put them in my mouth sometimes when I had too many in my hands to carry. Now I shudder to even think I did that, but for some reason it didn't seem gross when I was a child.

Yes. Survival school. Ants.

I also ate grubs and worms.

**ex401mp** · 01-29-08, 09:54 PM

I ate Army chow for 9 years. I think it will top bugs.

(although I ate them too in a couple of schools I went to).

**Ender** · 01-29-08, 10:23 PM

carpenter ants have a slightly orange-y taste.

**Morris** · 01-30-08, 01:45 AM

I didn't realize SV-80A was a requirement for skycops these days.

**Probation13-901** · 01-30-08, 03:56 AM

I have eat a few bugs none on purpose riding quads.

**hush29** · 01-30-08, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Jenna

Have you ever eaten an insect? If so, what insect, and what were the circumstances?

We've probably all eaten bits of insects that we didn't know about, but I'm wondering if anyone has ever eaten an insect on purpose.

I've never eaten an insect on purpose, but when I was a small child (around age 7-8) I played with ladybugs and caterpillars and even put them in my mouth sometimes when I had too many in my hands to carry. Now I shudder to even think I did that, but for some reason it didn't seem gross when I was a child.

My parents told me that they caught me eating box elder bugs when i was 3 or 4. Box elder bugs are some of the nastiest smelling insects.

**MacLean** · 01-30-08, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Morris

I didn't realize SV-80A was a requirement for skycops these days.

It isn't, although it should be.

I did mine for ESAR at age 17.

Is SV-80A SERE at Fairchild? I'm not familiar with the number.

**Morris** · 01-30-08, 10:25 PM

Yeah, basic survival school for aircrews and tip of the spear types.

**MacLean** · 01-30-08, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Morris

Yeah, basic survival school for aircrews and tip of the spear types.

Didn't have time to play there, even if I could have.

**keith720** · 02-10-08, 11:50 PM

I have never knowingly eaten a bug. My oldest daughter, about a year ago, was waking-up from a nap, (She was 23!) and I heard her scream. It seems that she was in the twilight stage of waking-up, and felt something on her lip. She flicked it with her tongue and when she bit down, it kind of squished. She spit it out and it was a Box Elder Bug.

**Roses** · 02-11-08, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by keith720

I have never knowingly eaten a bug. My oldest daughter, about a year ago, was waking-up from a nap, (She was 23!) and I heard her scream. It seems that she was in the twilight stage of waking-up, and felt something on her lip. She flicked it with her tongue and when she bit down, it kind of squished. She spit it out and it was a Box Elder Bug.

I would have screamed too!