Giant Grasshoppers invading Missouri.....

From a friend's post on FB......
(This is not a photoshop...)

 

That is true. We saw thousands of those hugh creatures many times when camping in Missouri and southern Illinois. That's why the giant arch was built. They planned on putting a chain and pully system on it to hoist the grasshoppers up and load them into river barges.
I think this kind was called Kattydids.

 

I dont like grasshoppers!


Looks like this guy saw it too...

 

Good fishing bait....

Went to the lake a couple of days ago - frozen solid across. Come on Spring! I don't care if it comes with grasshoppers. I got hit in the chest by a big grasshopper when riding my motorcycle on the interstate - I thought it was a piece of tire it hit so hard.

 

Lets eat!

Apparently...... there is lots of ways to cook/eat grasshopper........


Traditional raw.....


deep fried....


Stir fried....


Sweet and sour......


Cajun.....


Gumbo.....


Deep Fried Wraps.....


Tacos....



sautéed.....



Just some of the "Yummy????" recipes below you can find online

http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~cbader/ghprecwithinsects.html


Think I'll have chicken tonight!

 

Think I'll have an Alka Seltzer!

 

Life is like a bucket of Missouri grasshoppers...... Ya never know what your gona get for dinner........and what antidote will be needed

 

I'll have a paper bag...

 

When I was a kid and didn't know any better, the 'adults' smoked a bunch of oysters and some grasshoppers on a fire in the vacant lot next door.
It was dark, and they MAY have been drinking, but I was only eight, so what did I know?
Anyway, that was the first time I had ever tasted oysters, smoked or anyway.
They were delicious, so when the oysters ran out, I tried the smoked grasshoppers.
They were good too!
Todays lesson #1:
You shouldn't turn your nose up at something until you at least try it once.

Lesson #2: When riding a motorcycle, a helmet with a faceshield is a very good idea.

 

OK, why is one good to eat, while another isn't?


(spiny lobster)


(shrimp)


(grasshopper)


(crab)

If the cook knows what he/she is doing....

 

Sorry, I'm not crazy about any of the above.

 

A good cajun cook from Louisiana just might change yo' min', cher.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnJITSjJIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oScmodG_riM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK4umRMJlrs



(Crawfish boiled with corn and 'taters - YUM!)

http://gardenandgun.com/article/how-throw-crawfish-boil

 

Crawfish are little tiny lobsters??? I thought they were some kind of fish???

See they look to much like insects. I'm not really a fussy eater but I just can't bring myself to eat bug like vittles.

 

(Crawfish boiled with corn- YUM!)

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WTF, where is the grasshoppers?????????????



Now that dish look dam good......if it had some grasshoppers, locus, or some thing like that on the side..............

 

I just watched the first video, Pinebox. You sure can tell they immigrated from Eastern Canada way back when. You would think it was a cooking show from Newfoundland but the cook never once said 'By Lord Thunder'n Jesus" once

On a serious note, I think I could eat that!