Re: Re: worms! ack!

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>Well I don't think the liver had worms and I'm going to eat it, but

>this little critter was certainly a worm because he was crawling

>around in my coconut!

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Eat the worms!

>I've seen a moth or two. They are very little moths. They are the

>same type of moths that were around a lot last time we found these

>worms in the flour bins last summer. Only this time we found most

>of the worms before they turned into moths.

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Yeah, I found some of these guys in some masa harina recently. I made

tortillas for the chickens out of it. My chickies love me so!

>So I'm basically as sure as I can be that they're moth larvae. So, it

>isn't harmful to eat moth larvae, is it? I bet there are some people

>who do it on purpose! Right???

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Absolutely. Moths in particular are traditional Aborigine fare. It's

okay, eat them. You know you want to. :-)

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfood/yf813.htm

" Australian natives, known as Aborigines, have eaten many different

insects throughout history. Hundreds of Aborigines would come together

at the Bogong mountains to feast on Bogong moths. These moths would

gather in large numbers on the cave floors and in rock crevices. They

were harvested, cooked in sand and stirred in hot ashes. This would burn

off the wings and legs. The moths were then sifted through a net to

remove their heads before they were eaten by the Aborigines. Some of the

moths were ground into paste and made into cakes.

" Another important insect in the Aboriginal diet was the witchety grub.

This was a moth larva that lived in the roots of the acacia bush, also

known as the witchety bush. The grubs were eaten raw or cooked in ashes.

Cooked grubs supposedly taste like almonds. The grubs were a valued food

source in the Australian desert, especially to women and children. "

Deanna