[My] Life in Wisconsin

Tarantula Tempura


Description:
Are any of you brave enough to add this "bugclava" to your bucket lists?
(Bugclava coined by Michael Y. Park). hehehe

Try this little video, courtesy of my "bizarre" news.
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5260


Ingredients:
Chilled, live tarantulas

Directions:
This is the process for Tarantula Tempura
(Please do not try running to the pet store and making this at home)

Warning: "DON'T TAKE THE JUMP IF YOU'VE GOT A WEAK STOMACH OR A FEAR OF INSECTS, SPIDERS OR KANGAROOS."

  1. Get a live tarantula that's been kept refrigerated to make it sluggish.

  2. Stick it in a bowl full of brandy to get it tipsy and make sure the hairs soak in the liquid.

  3. Put the tarantula on a tray and under a broiler.
    • The hairs, which can be hard to digest, will burn off.

  4. Skewer the tarantula and stick it in the batter of your choice.

  5. Deep fry, let rest, enjoy.

If you would prefer scorpions, click here for  "Tempura Battered Scorpion"


Will PETA have a problem broiling a live tarantula? (Whether it is drunk or not)?



Oh look! It's almost time for brunch!

XOXO
Me

14 comments:

  1. hehehe
    Please let me know what's in the video?
    As you know, I can't watch, but the 'idea' was enough for me! (And the inspiration for the post)!

    XOXO
    Me

    http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5260

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  2. YUM!
    (And I am blind scared of spiders)!
    How'd I do?
    hehehe

    XOXO
    me

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  3. Very cool event of "The Explorers Club"

    The invitation to the 100th Annual Explorer’s Club Dinner last Saturday called for black tie – but when a large percentage of the invitees have visited all seven continents, tuxedos seem pedestrian. Instead, many of the intrepid guests arrived at the Waldorf in exotic finery from as far afield as Afghanistan, Bhutan and Laos.

    So what does one serve to a crowd as worldly (literally) as the friends and members of the Explorer’s Club? The cocktail hour featured an elaborate buffet of delicacies that would fit right in most people’s “Fear Factor.” There were tempura-style tarantulas, roasted crickets, mealworm “sushi”, termite spring rolls and “foie gras and durian fruit on raisin bread, topped with mouthwatering scorpions.” Yum! (Or, hmm.)

    For those on low-insect diets, there were a few vertebrates on the menu, too – barbecued alligator, roasted rattlesnake, succulent North American Beaver and ostrich tartar. Gene Rurka, who planned the spread, hastened to point out that it was all very Atkins-friendly.

    In case you were wondering, alligator does taste just like chicken – only slightly tougher. Ditto rattlesnake. Beaver, however, is more like venison – a gamy red meat. And the bugs? Well, if you put enough cream cheese and pepper jelly on your cricket or chipotle mayonnaise on your ant, it’s mainly just crunchy. It is disconcerting, however, to find a tiny leg stuck between your teeth later in the evening.

    As the bravest gourmands slurped up the last few eyeballs, we were summoned into the Grand Ballroom for dinner (salmon appetizer, beef entrée, chocolate dessert). If that seems dull after those creepy-crawly hors d’oeuvres, not to worry – the night had just begun...

    Click for more...
    http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2004/03_26_04/socialdiary03_26_04.php

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  4. I hear that they taste just like crab. I have never had one offered to me but would try it most likely....


    You would too, pay back for all the times they have scared you?

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  5. I would gladly DIE before I ate a fooking tarantula.
    I would not care if it is breaded, broiled, deep fried, boiled or made into cupcakes.
    If I knew it was in there, in any form, it would not go into my mouth.
    Not when there are so many other edible and appetizing things to go in there.

    sigh

    A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do.

    XOXO
    Me

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  6. LOL.... somehow I bet if it was that or nothing you would eat it....


    it was a brave man who first tried to eat a crab....

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  7. "KANGAROOS." Anna now who could be afraid of them ? I have see this before and am not going to try it no way, no thanks !

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  8. Hahahaha I very rarely read others comment but I just saw yours

    "I would gladly DIE before I ate a fooking tarantula.
    I would not care if it is breaded, broiled, deep fried, boiled or made into cupcakes.
    If I knew it was in there, in any form,"

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  9. Ewwww..... Ewwwwww.....Ewwwww.....I don't think so!

    I doubt I would eat it EVEN if I had the opportunity to squash it first!

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  10. I squashed a spider just a bit ago crawling in the hallway. Makes my skin crawl to think about them.
    When we lived in NC we had these huge black hairy spiders...and as you would go to whack them they'd jump at you...talk about scaring the crap out of someone...I hated those things with a passion.
    Just aint fittin' to be eatin' no bugs...it just ain't fittin'...it just ain't fittin'...lol

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  11. you SHOULD be afraid of kangaroos...those things are MEAN.

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