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September 12, 2007: Japanese wasp crackers
Spluch catches this one, an animal IotD which has been helpfully pre-baked into a crunchy, stingy form. A Japanese snack baker has come up with the idea of embedding wasps into a rice cracker, Of course, since so many of us enjoy eating crackers with homemade wasp dip.
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Wasp hunters from the village, who are mostly in their 80's, catch them in nearby forests. They are then boiled in water, dried and sprinkled over the cracker mix, which is then stamped by hot iron cracker cutters. A bag of 20 crackers costs 1.60 pounds, but output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour. |
At least the aging wasp hunters -- the mighty, proud wasp hunters! -- are not going without employment.
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Sep 12 08:47 AM
From the link...
| The jibachi senbei, or digger wasp rice crackers, each contain five or six black insects which are clearly visible to the naked eye. |
Emrikol Wednesday Sep 12 09:38 AM
I'll ask the question:
What about the stingers?!?!?!?!
Sheldonrs Wednesday Sep 12 09:49 AM
"...output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour..."
So these are free-range wasps?
Do they have any milk-fed wasps? Those are the most tender.
Flint Wednesday Sep 12 10:23 AM
What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
Shawnee123 Wednesday Sep 12 10:37 AM
Oh no you di'int!
Cracker ass cracker.
SteveDallas Wednesday Sep 12 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Flint
What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
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monster Wednesday Sep 12 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Flint
What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
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Sheldonrs Wednesday Sep 12 12:16 PM
Well at least nobody asked if they have Jews in crackers.
monster Wednesday Sep 12 12:25 PM
what flavor is your bf anyway? :p
lumberjim Wednesday Sep 12 12:27 PM
he's chocolate....or pumpernickel, i think
Flint Wednesday Sep 12 12:28 PM
I saw a loaf of bread at the store, billed as "DARK PUMP" ... srsly
Sheldonrs Wednesday Sep 12 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
what flavor is your bf anyway? :p |
monster Wednesday Sep 12 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
As of a week ago, he tastes like EX.
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fargon Wednesday Sep 12 01:41 PM
Ewwwww!
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Sep 12 01:48 PM
Bee nice.
Sheldonrs Wednesday Sep 12 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
Oh dear, sorry. I wondered if my impertinent question was a little below the belt....
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As for below the belt, it's where i do my best work. ;-)
Elspode Wednesday Sep 12 03:23 PM
At least you don't sound terribly heartbroken, Shel. How long were you lads an item, anyway?
rfoxx Wednesday Sep 12 04:08 PM
When you consider that wasps eat spiders which eat flies which eat poo, that just has nastiness written all over it.
monster Wednesday Sep 12 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rfoxx
When you consider that wasps eat spiders which eat flies which eat poo, that just has nastiness written all over it.
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yeah but they'e wild caught! that makes all the difference. It's free-range poo. healthy poo. the type that falls onto lush meadows and makes beautiful flowers grow
Happy Monkey Wednesday Sep 12 04:40 PM
Of course, the plants that make up most of the rest of the cracker eat poo directly.
spudcon Wednesday Sep 12 05:13 PM
Just because they're caught in the wild, doesn't mean they haven't been eating food that's full of hormones and insecticide. And just how brutal are those 80 year olds to the helpless wasps they slaughter?
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Sep 12 08:50 PM
Why they boil them like lobsters... throw them screaming into the cauldron, while they do that old man cackle. The nicer ones only do it to wasps cutting across their lawn.
Gravdigr Wednesday Sep 12 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Flint
What's the difference between a WASP and a Cracker anyway? Somebody ask freshness...
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Adam Thursday Sep 13 10:20 AM
Am I the only one who is wondering how, exactly, does one "hunt" wasps?
I'm guessing a powerful insecticide sprayed from far away. Think: RAID.
In my experience, you have to SOAK them with it. Wasps are tough SOB's.
So, maybe the boiling is more to clean off the bodies than to cook?
(I'm sure they're totally safe to eat after boiling!)
Undertoad Thursday Sep 13 11:23 AM
| Am I the only one who is wondering how, exactly, does one "hunt" wasps? |
glatt Thursday Sep 13 11:29 AM
Maybe they don't use pesticide to catch the wasps. Maybe they just suck them up with a vacuum cleaner like this guy.
Clodfobble Thursday Sep 13 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by glatt's link
The catch above is from leaving the machine running for 9 hours straight while I went to work. The machine doesn't suck the wasps out of the nest, it just catches most of the wasps that come back from the field. Coming out of the nest, most of them are smart enough to crawl away from the suction before getting airborne, but coming back, they get get sucked in on the landing approach.
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ferret88 Thursday Sep 13 02:53 PM
[quote=Adam;384815]Am I the only one who is wondering how, exactly, does one "hunt" wasps?[quote]
Maybe they catch them one by one with chopsticks.
HungLikeJesus Thursday Sep 13 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
As of a week ago, he tastes like EX...
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morie Friday Sep 14 09:07 AM
hey, ya think if i put dog shit on a stick, people will buy it? better yet, what if i called it art, how much could i sell it for?
monster Friday Sep 14 10:39 AM
How about Poop in a Cup?
Shawnee123 Friday Sep 14 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by monster
How about Poop in a Cup?
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bobman Friday Sep 14 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by monster
How about Poop in a Cup?
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lumberjim Friday Sep 14 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Isn't that the Justin Timberlake song?
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1...squat on top of a cup
2...put your dump in the cup
3...put a top on the cup
it's my poop in a cup!
Flint Saturday Sep 15 12:47 AM
True Story
I used to sing a song that went like this:
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Poo-poo! Pooin' it up! Woo-ooo! Gonna poo in a cup! |
:::goes back to doing homework:::
lumberjim Saturday Sep 15 01:40 AM
i trust that everyone saw the reply video from this wicked hot chick?
beauregaardhooligan Saturday Sep 15 07:06 PM
So can I get some waspsabe to go with my cracker?
HungLikeJesus Sunday Sep 16 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
I guess they use bee-bee guns.
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wolf Monday Sep 17 12:30 AM
Interesting, an IOTD that I wouldn't suggest eating.
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