Try not to eat it all in one sitting

[pokerfan]

Les swears by them.

[Suich]

1. Oh, yuck!

I didn't know those things got THAT big!!!

[rurallib]

2. Les can have mine for a beer.

or he can just have it.

[Jamastiene]

3. What kind of grub worm is that?

I've seen much smaller ones, but that one is HUGH! zOMG. :wow:

[pokerfan]

5. Witchetty grub

The different larvae are said to taste similar, probably because they have similar wood-eating habits. Edible either raw or lightly cooked in hot ashes, they are sought out as a high-protein food by Indigenous Australians. The raw witchetty grub tastes like almonds and when cooked the skin becomes crisp like roast chicken while the inside becomes light yellow, like a fried egg.<3>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchetty_grub

[Kali]

10. the pic in your OP is a beetle larvae for sure

the pic in the wiki article are lepidoptera. I will definitely pass. While I have a typical western aversion to entomophagy, I personally have an irrational phobia of caterpillars. Grubs are close behind.:scared: :scared: :scared:

[pokerfan]

13. I got it from googling witchetty grub but you're right

It definitely has beetle characteristics. The witchetty is supposedly good eating. Les commented that, unlike some grubs that are eaten out of necessity and swallows as quickly as possible, he actually savors the witchetty's peanut-like flavor. :)

The other animal he feasted on was a yabby (Australian crayfish).

[DarkTirade]

17. The curious side of me would want to try it.

The squeamish side would not want to put it anywhere near my mouth. :P

[rug]

4. Where's the rest of the horse?

[SoxFan]

6. Well, you won't hear anybody kvetching about cheese sandwiches anymore

[Swede]

7. White penis is so last week.

[leeroysphitz]

8. Vile. n/t

[MrsBrady]

9. starvation seems better

ick

[LeftyFingerPop]

11. I'd grill that sucker up and eat it from the middle!!!!

[Kali]

12. not sure I buy that picture

any documentation on it?

[pokerfan]

14. Found it on google

http://flickr.com/photos/70072902@N00/225494503

I transloaded it because I've been burned so many times hot-linking.

[Kali]

15. seemed a bit outsized for the hand holding it and the shadowing

looks a little off too. Wiki-ing around (is that a phrase?) I found some reference to a South American longhorn beetle larvae a foot long but no photo. The species mentioned as witchetty were on the order of 6 or 7 centimeters.

edit cause I can't spell

[DarkTirade]

16. When you need to find something to eat, its time to rustle up some grub.

:P

[petronius]

18. If you're talking about this package of Double Stuf Oreos I've got here,

it's too late... :holdstummyandgroanswithstuffedness:

[Monk06]

19. I wanna see the bottle of taquilla that sucker came in.

[Withywindle]

20. I thought there was going to be a picture of a cheese sandwich.

"Parents didn't pay your lunch bill? Eat THIS."