Culinary impacts on insects

[Bruce McKinlay]

Slightly off the poaching topic but another example of the impact of human fashion on insects.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5299274.ece

[Bruce McKinlay]

And even more on the same sad topic:  A Japanese chef who makes delicious treats from creepy crawlies has decided to share his secrets and pen a "how to cook insects" bible.

 The chef is Yoichi Uchiyama - Japan's maverick gourmet  who shuns the traditional vegetable markets and speciality delicatessens.  He is a man on a mission and his destination is a little pet shop on the far side of Tokyo.

Among the barking puppies and pet pythons there is a culinary treasure trove to be unearthed.

Fat, white larvae twist and turn in a bucket of sawdust. Chirping crickets jig around in a glass cage filled with old newspapers.

The prize ingredient - newly imported Argentine cockroaches.

Read the rest here:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Japans-Yoichi-Uchiyama-Cooks-Up-A-Bug-Feast-Creepy-Crawlies-On-The-Menu-In-Tokyo/Article/200812315180452?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15180452_Japans_Yoichi_Uchiyama_Cooks_Up_A_Bug_Feast%3A_Creepy_Crawlies_On_The_Menu_In_Tokyo