So on Friday night I finally took the plunge. After seeing them at the evening market every time I went, I worked up the courage to buy some fried bugs. Now I don't know anything about which ones are better or any vocabulary concerning them, so I just went over to the lady and gestured at them, asking "aroi?" (delicious?). She offered to let me try each of them (a worm/grub type thing and crickets) to decide, but I figured I might lose my nerve, so I declined. After determining that they were both equally "delicious," I opted for the crickets. She decided to throw in some of the worm things, just so I could try them too. So here was my next big food adventure! (sorry for photo quality--these are from my phone)
So the experience was a little odd at first. I had to get over the fact that I was eating bugs, but once that was gone, the flavor was actually quite good. They tasted a bit like nuts with good spices. I preferred the crickets because they had more of a crunch to them, while the worms were a bit squishier (they were still completely fried, but they weren't as nice and crispy). And, as luck would have it, I hopped on to CNN today and found this as one of their featured Eatocracy articles--eating bugs in Asia! So I discovered that it was a cricket and a silk worm that I had eaten--both popular snacks in Thailand and Laos. Very exciting!
Anyway, I don't think I will be converting to a diet of bugs, but it was a fun thing to try and they tasted much better than I expected. In other news, I had to go buy bug spray for my bathroom today because roaches and ants have a talent for getting in--need to get that under control. Just kind of a pain to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and have to chase down a roach. Oh well. Anyway, time to do some lesson planning. Later!
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