BUG DAY IN SF! Who wants some?

[lwood]

Hey! Randall Museum in SF is doing Bug Day this weekend. Events include:

1. Stroke silk worms


2. Sing along with live music


3. Create insect art


4. Marvel at the amazing Termite Maze


5. View giant arthropods


6. Cheer for your favorite in the exciting maggot races


7. See, meet, and touch walking sticks, millipedes, & other live arthropods!

Also!? They have EATING BUGS. For the eating.

...yeah, I'm betting "nobody", actually, which is a pity as I've had the crickets, they're pretty tasty.

-- Lorrie

Comments

[evergrey.livejournal.com]

I used to take care of a little juvenile desert ground hawk. I had to hunt crickets and tear their little bodies into pieces so he could eat them.
They reeked of ozone, shit, and this unique nasty cricket smell. Even dipped in chocolate, I fear I couldn't possibly bring myself to eat crickets after that.

Oh yeah, and you know how I would find them? They'd always be eating basset hound poop after dark.

*shudder*

However, the rest of it sounds cool. :)

[hljod-huskona.livejournal.com]

OOh! I LOVE entomological fairs!!
We attended one last year with the kids, and they had loads of things going on. My boys got to create art using maggots in water-based paints, writhing themselves across papers. They still have that painting.
They got to indulge in mealworm salsa and chocolate crickets (in fact, the husband REFUSED to kiss me afterwards until I brushed my teeth, LOL). We saw lots of insect art, and bugs, bugs, bugs!
I have a bit of a deeper interest in bugs. When I was a teenager, I worked with a guy that frames insects for a living. Interesting work.

[hljod-huskona.livejournal.com]

As a side thought, I was intrigued to look at recipes after that. I managed to find a chocolate chip cookie recipe that mixes ground up meal worms in the flour, for added nutrition.
I'm not big on eating insects, but I don't condone it, either. I mean, as far as I know...we're the only country whose delicacies don't include *some* sort of insect dish, right?

[zoe-me.livejournal.com]

if only we were not all booked up Saturday. I had best not tell the Moo or all hell would break out!

[keristor.livejournal.com]

It's a tad far for me *g*...

[neohippie.livejournal.com]

I would try insect-eating, as long as they were properly prepared by someone who knew what they were doing. I'm not well versed in arthropod cookery so I'm afraid I'd do it wrong and they wouldn't turn out good.