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From: putnam@steinmetz.UUCP (jefu)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: eating live things
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Date: Sat, 27-Jul-85 18:04:57 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul 27 18:04:57 1985
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I lived in Zaire for 4 years as a peace corps volunteer and saw several
varieties of live things eaten.  Things like queen ants (not even entirely
settling for me to even look at), and termites.  

The termites are about 2 inches long or so, and about as thick through as
a pencil.  At the right time of year they come flying up out of holes in
the ground in what look like solid columns.  People just grab them out of
the air.  The approved style is to take it by the wings and pop it into 
your mouth, then pull the wings off and munch away.  Of course, when
there were lots of them, you had to pull the wings off so they wouldnt
fly away until you wanted to dine.  I had only been at my first post
about two weeks when someone held his hand out to me with this (rather
disgusting) mass of creepy crawlies and offered me one.  I (politely,
i hope, but i was thinking of other things than etiquette) declined.

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