# Have any of you weirdos tried eating bugs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 10, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710 "2025-07-10T19:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/41 "2025-07-11T14:16:59Z")
The only bug I eat besides crawfish is termites because they are delicious. Not very filling though. They are so tiny all you get is a slight pleasant taste. I have sampled grubs because I notice everything else in nature seems to love them. I would certainly seek them out in a survival situation as they are not too bad. Meal worms, grasshoppers and crickets I have tried but none of them I would eat again unless I was starving. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/42 "2025-07-11T14:27:32Z")
Thanks for the book recommendations! Those both sound like they’re up my alley. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/43 "2025-07-11T14:32:31Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > roasted tarantula, Can you tell me more about this? How did it taste? How was it served? Tarantula seems like an _advanced_ level of entomophagy. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/44 "2025-07-11T14:35:08Z")
During the pandemic I ate a bag of bbq crickets in front of my students (virtually). ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/45 "2025-07-11T21:53:57Z")
> [@Frilly\_Heck](#): > > Can you tell me more about this? How did it taste? Bland, a little like chicken crossed with shrimp, and crispy. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710/46 "2025-07-13T19:53:01Z")
My Thai wife has eaten giant water bugs a few times that I remember. Not whole like this tutorial but crushed into a paste with peppers, lemongrass, etc. The bugs themselves smell awful. You can buy the distilled essence of the damn things in small glass vials. It is a perfectly clear liquid but smells just as bad. She claims they ate tarantulas when she was young and poor. > **[How to Eat a Giant Water Bug (Maeng Da) แมงดา](https://www.eatingthaifood.com/how-to-eat-a-giant-water-bug-maeng-da-thailand/)** > > Here is your step by step guide on exactly how to eat a giant water bug known in Thai as a maeng da (แมงดา). Not a lot of meat, but it does taste good! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710.md?page=2)