From BABES (the bay area bug eating society) to the food insects newsletter, there’s more interest than ever in eating insects. A recent wired article noted:

Crickets do not taste like chicken.

But saute them with a little olive oil and some spices and they are surprisingly edible, with a nice crunch and a subtle nut flavor. Their little legs do tend to get stuck between your teeth, though.

[read the rest of “The Scorpions Taste Kinda Fishy” at wired.com]

With Cicada Brood X soon to descend, er, ascend on DC you just know that this site is going to be extra buggy for a while.

Hey, even I get bored with the snakehead sometimes.

I have got to get the archives fixed soon, this would have been a perfect post to link back to the Sugar-Fried Crickets post.