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    Posted: 04 February 2013 at 02:58
Sooooooo...some good friends of mine (I think)Confused

Just got back from a Mexican vacation and hooked up with us at the Super Bowl pot luck

Never empty-handed, here is what he brought back for yours truly..

Yep! that right....a nice batch of garlic roasted crickets!

We passed them around at the party to mixed results...very, very garlicky, and a tangyness that I could not quite figure out.

Is cricket crap tangy?ConfusedLOL

That's the first time I've eaten a bug since I was back in survival school in army.

Anyway....I thought they were quite tasty....they would go nice scattered over a green salad.
Maybe replace the anchovies in a Caesar salad with them?
Go ahead...play with your food!
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Hoser ... Brave Gent ! I have had fried salted Grillos or Chimi a couple of times in Jalisco where they are big tapa news ... and in a Mexicao healhy Taquilla here in Madrid owned by a well known Jalisco Chef ! They are extraordinairely healthy ... all protein ! and Salma Hayak swears by them for dieters ! they are served to accompany tortilla chips with salsas & guacamole in Mocajete volcanic Aztec stone mortars where one pounds the ingredients for guacamole ... I enjoy with Dos Equis.
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But a real PITA to filet. Unhappy
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The Jalisco name is Chalupas ... Its cultural; and very common in certain provinces or states in Mexico. The taste profile is similar to a red brown peanut covering ...... and they are NOT sliced.
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Hmmm! I wonder if I could do this with the crickets around my house?
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Just exactly how do you filet a cricket? I wanna see pics! I think.
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With a very small, very sharp filet knife. How else? Approve
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Chalupas are not sliced ... They are fried and eaten as if you were eating peanuts ...
 
As I stated a couple of posts above, they are very common in several Mexican states or provinces and were a large part of the Aztec diet.
 
Salma Hayek is a fan of the insect, and they contain an enormous amount of protein.
 
It is cultural and many North Americans and Northern Europeans detest insects; however, in ancient tribes, they were part of the diet.
 
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Originally posted by HistoricFoodie HistoricFoodie wrote:

With a very small, very sharp filet knife. How else? Approve

Brook, is there a particular knife you would recommend for this?
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All kidding aside, bugs...I'll leave them for everyone else.  Since you seem to like them so well!

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With this knife (Quoted from the Guiness Book of World Records: 

"The world’s first micro-knife based on carbon nanotube technology has been introduced by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the University of Colorado. With an edge capable of slicing samples only 300 nanometres thick, the knife possesses the smallest and sharpest of all blade types currently used for preparing very thin subject samples. Truly a ‘cutting edge’ technology!"




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Originally posted by Melissa Mead Melissa Mead wrote:

With this knife (Quoted from the Guiness Book of World Records: 
       
            
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"The world’s first micro-knife based on carbon
nanotube technology has been introduced by researchers at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology at the University of Colorado.
With an edge capable of slicing samples only 300 nanometres thick, the
knife possesses the smallest and sharpest of all blade types currently
used for preparing very thin subject samples. Truly a ‘cutting edge’
technology!"


So, well poop - it might be too sharp and too thin. I dunno, what do ya think Brook?
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