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Acorn Grubs: Bait, Trailside Nibble
Yes, this is about eating grubs. Deal with it. Flexible, the grub squeezes out of a small hole. Without the expertise of Charles E. Williams and the Michigan Entomological Society, Department of...
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Palmetto Weevil Grub: Grugru
Rhynchophorus cruentatus: Raw or Fried? Here’s what you’re looking for: A palm or plametto that is dying. The growing tip is dead, bent or otherwise distorted. Maybe it was hit by lightning making it...
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Alligator a la Carte
Young alligator swimming among nuphar leaves and blossom. I caught a small alligator once. I was fishing for bass in a golf course water trap behind an apartment complex in Titusville, Florida (that’s...
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Bug-a-Boo’s or Grubs Up
Insect Cuisine by Shochi Uchiyama On this site are several articles about edible insects (among other creatures.) Below is an expanding collection of more than 50 edible insects. I plan to localize it....
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Ignite of the Iguana
The cookbook’s title says it all. South Florida, parts of Texas and Hawaii have iguana issues. While teaching a class in West Palm Beach last fall I could not help but think of Iguana a la Carte when a...
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Nutria, Coypu
Nutria, or Coypu, are close to beaver size but have round tails I have a close friend who’s Cajun. He said his family was so poor growing up in the bayou that if it moved they cooked it and threw it on...
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Guinea Pigs, Cavy, Cuy
Deep Fried Guinea Pig Dinner Peruvians eat more than 65 million guinea pigs every year. That should answer any question about edibility. Sixty-five million guinea pigs (a 2005 figure) is more than two...
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Musseling In
North America has some 300 species of freshwater clams and mussels. His name was Hap Davis, gardener, woodsman, hunter, fisherman, teller of tall tales. I heard a neighbor of his say one day that the...
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Winter Foraging
A frozen cranberry, blueberry’s wet cousin, is still tart and tasty. The thermometer was near zero one day when I was on ice skates collecting frozen cranberries. Bonfires and hot beverage make skating...
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Kangaroo… Australus
Kangaroo meat is nutritious but Australians don’t like it because it’s their national animal. Kangaroo meat is so good it makes one wonder why the Aussies ever imported beef. Kangaroo meat likes slow...
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