diverdude1:

haha,,,, u beat me to it.

icnif77:

I wanted to add my  recipe for jian/maggot risotto, buTT ... I couldn't find that thread ... 

diverdude1:

Westerners might be in for a bit of a shock if they knew how much insect they were eating hangin' out in E/SE Asia, especially if u are havin' a bite of tasty farm veggies!   heck,,, over in TL we ate the bugs even after all the veggies were gone,,,   deep fried locusts with a healthy sprinkling of salt are a thing up in Isan.  ain't bad,,,,   ain't good,,, but ain't bad,,,,  tastes just like what it sounds like a deep-fried grasshopper slathered in salt.....    kinda like a 'rustic' Lay's potatey chip!  bug flavour to please the kiddo's!

icnif77:

You know, sometimes is utmost important how food is served ... I mean, just look at the pile of alive maggots makes you puke.

And, they were on sale ... in three different breeds/colours ... 

I still ain't hungry as soon as I remember that view from Yingkou outdoor market.

Now, when you step into the Walmart grocery in the city, they sell them in a bowl prepared as salad ... i.e. 'dead'!  ... yummy ...

sorrel:

with pangolin meat.

Pangolin - the most trafficked animal in the world.

end market - China.

sorrel:

pangolin is the most trafficked animal in the world.

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/the-fight-to-stop-pangolin-extinction

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/02/pangolin-scale-trade-shipments-growing/

i can add any number of verifiable sources and studies to back this up

does this offend or disappoint you?

Stiggs:

This is the pangolin's smirking revenge on humanity.

I can picture the last few pangolins out there in the wild smoking cigars, drinking beer and saying 'oh you like our scales do you humans?  here ... have a pangolin virus to go with it, ya feckers."

WangNan2020:

I was expecting some of y'all to say 'I was joking to say bat soup and pangolins are the most popular food in China, to which I might as well ask

How about its preparation?

But they respoonded with links to prove a point! I'm like

Speechless. I need a Mexican pizza to calm down.

icnif77:

Bat is very tasty served in a soup ... I ain't sure how pangolin is cooked. It might be delightful prepped as prosciutto, i.e. raw.

Let's get acquainted since you like the food prep. I'll just hand you one of my famous recipes from China:

https://answers.echinacities.com/question/anybody-has-recipe-maggot-stew-or-maggot-risotto

WangNan2020:

Hahaha cheers mate. :))