Should I eat these grasshoppers?

[levdrakon]

It’s food, so CS.

I’m making hot wings. Since I’ve got the hot oil going, I’m making french fries and tortilla chips too. Well, since I’ve got the oil going…

I just caught two grasshoppers. Biguns. Tossed 'em in. (hey, they ate my corn).

Should I eat 'em? I’m scared. I’ve never eaten bug (knowingly) before. I always wanted to. I missed the cicada thing they had going back east a few years back.

Should I? Uh? Dare me? I might have to have a couple drinks first.

I’m home alone. Shouldn’t leave me home alone with a deep fryer.

[AndrewL]

If you do, cook them thoroughly. Grasshoppers can carry tapeworms.

[levdrakon]

Deep fried the hell out them. They were crisp.

Yup! Were. Woo! I just ate 'em. Check another thing off my list of things to do in life.

What are the symptoms of tape worm? Just so I know.

[BMax]

@levdrakon

Deep fried the hell out them. They were crisp.

Yup! Were. Woo! I just ate 'em. Check another thing off my list of things to do in life.

What are the symptoms of tape worm? Just so I know.

Unexplained weight loss, for one. So if you’re like half of the people in North America, it will be a good thing at first.

[BMax]

I googled “symptoms of tapeworm” and got this:

Tapeworm infection - Symptoms and causes

@Mayo clinic

Symptoms
Often no signs or symptoms
Most people who are infected with tapeworm don’t show symptoms.

Signs and symptoms of intestinal infection
Most likely, you won’t have any signs or symptoms with an intestinal infection. It’s possible you might notice segments of the adult tapeworm (proglottids) in your stool. Other possible signs and symptoms include:

Nausea
Weakness
Loss of appetite
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Weight loss and inadequate absorption of nutrients from food
Signs and symptoms of invasive infection
If tapeworm larvae have moved out of your intestines and formed cysts in other tissues, it can cause organ and tissue damage, resulting in:

Fever
Cystic masses or lumps
Allergic reactions to the larvae
Bacterial infections
Neurological symptoms or seizures if the brain is involved

[Wile_E]

I hope they weren’t Lubbers.

[levdrakon]

@Wile_E

I hope they weren’t Lubbers.

Nope. I’m in Colorado.

[DesertDog]

@levdrakon

Check another thing off my list of things to do in life.

A real-life Far Side cartoon. The one where a guy is compiling a list of Things I Have Eaten and eying a moth flying around the lamp. The caption is “Coincidentally, Steve had just reached the letter ‘M.’”

[Renee]

@levdrakon

Deep fried the hell out them. They were crisp.

Yup! Were. Woo! I just ate 'em. Check another thing off my list of things to do in life.

What are the symptoms of tape worm? Just so I know.

And? How’d they taste?

[levdrakon]

@Renee

And? How’d they taste?

Mostly like a deep fried salty crunchy snack. Sorta like a Cheeto, without the cheese. Sorta.

Tell you though, they say “pound for pound, more protein than beef.” Well, I’ll stick with the beef. I can’t imagine eating enough of these things to get my daily intake of protein. They’re basically just oddly shaped potato chips, though, as long as you fry 'em crispy.

[Helena]

Hmmm. My sister has eaten several grasshoppers (live). Mostly on a dare, sort of thing. I wonder if she knows about the tapeworms.

[Contrapuntal]

@levdrakon

What are the symptoms of tape worm? Just so I know.

You had better hope they’re not like the tapeworms the patients get on House. You’ll be inches from death’s door by morning and bleeding from every orifice, not to mention the flopping about and the boils and the lesions and such.