Among the edible insects, Oecophylla weaver ants are especially tasty. Here’s celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay:
I showed this clip as part of the entomophagy lecture for Insects & People this morning. The students’ facial expressions were nearly as entertaining as the video!
I’ve eaten Oecophylla in Australia, but not in quantity. One fell on my neck and bit me while I was leaning too close to her nest. I instinctively slapped her, but felt bad for killing her and didn’t want to waste the meat I’d slain. So I ate her. I’d heard they were nice and citrusy, and I wasn’t disappointed.
Just went to a lep party in Edmonton where we talked about eating moths. Would love to see someone post a chart of ants, listed by how good they taste. Would save a lot of spitting and cursing!
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And think of all the nice, new, and unusual internal parasites you can learn about first hand too !
Remember to cook your ants thoroughly !