KY tv – Insect Cook Out with Crickets & Worms
I am a strong believer that you gotta do something slightly crazy once in a while to stay sane in this world, so last Saturday I invited a bunch of daring friends and hosted an Insect Cook Out. The attendees were Kim, Su Ann, Sammy, Terence, ST, Dree, and of course my house mate Rachel. The following 6 minute video is the whole insect cook out adventure, check it out!
The whole idea actually started right after Terence, Dree, and I went to Bangkok and had our weird and wonderful creatures including insects, worms, and frogs. Kim was protesting the fact that we did not bring back anything for her, and that’s when Terence came up with the idea that we should just cook some ourselves.
the ingredients from aquarium shop and grocery store
I eventually tabled the idea to Kim and she responded enthusiastically, then I got Su Ann, Sammy, and the rest of the gang to join in as well. This thing is actually going to work!
So I set up the official time for this unusual cook out at 5pm on Saturday evening. I went out to grocery store to get the seasonings: pepper, curry leaves, shallots, dried chili, and garlic. Just half an hour before the cook out, I got to an aquarium shop near Sunway and got a box of good size worms (RM9) and 120 crickets (for RM3)
ahhh, glorious protein enriched food
Contrary to Su Ann’s believe that we googled for the recipe, it was completely original sans the “salt juice” suggested by Terence.
First I fry some shallots, garlic, dried chili, and curry leaves to flavor the oil. These are then taken out and the crickets and worms thrown in the hot oil. Some salt juice is then added for extra kick. It’s that simple, and boy it turned out great! (the insects were freeze in the fridge for about 15 minutes prior cooking to prevent them from jumping everywhere)
the crazy diners
The dish actually tasted a lot better than what we had in Bangkok, and we didn’t even save up anything for my buddy Douglas who came late. The worms were a bit like soft shell crab (as described by Sammy), and the crickets still juicy inside while crispy on the outside. Very nice.
There’ll be another short video for this where Rachel and Kim ate the bugs raw, stay tuned!
I’m so going to prepare this again for the next x’mas eve party!
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This is disgusting ky. make sure next time our dinner does not involve anything that crawls. XD
YilingL,
Do it!
Bernsy,
Hahahaha, we shall see!
jaded,
Why scared? why!
jessica,
Why not?! hehehe
ish! u got so many comments!!! .. i belum habis editing la .. so fast u go read dat post .. lmao
wtf salute u all.
next time invite me along so i can salute myself.
steph k,
Hahhaha too bad.
pinolam,
Hahhaha, we shall see we shall see.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
worst part is, ur making me wanna try some!
you got good skill to treat Pests.
oh yea i just caught few rats in my house, u want to eat ah?
Mrs. John Legend,
Hahhaha do it, Heather!
aeroplane1234,
Rats? not exactly my taste… yet!
The things bloggers do for attention.
First we see Kennysia swimming/drinking in sai chwee.
Now we have another one dining on larvaes fed with carcinogenic mixtures of color enhancing fish food.
(I know these shops feed the worms with color enhancing food (carcinogenic) that are supposed to help enhance fish colors when the worms are fed to the fishes)
Don’t get cancer ah.
ShaodowFox,
I’m sure you know a thing or two when it comes to attention seeking.
Anyway these type of worms do not have color enhancing properties and they’re mostly fed to the birds rather than fish anyway. The one for fish is another type. I am an avid fish keeper.
I heard Pinkpau lao sai liao. Haha…
Bryan,
Pinkpau lausai cos she ate something wrong but certainly not my creation! Nobody else had any problem and we felt stronger than ever!
meal worms… ugh… they smell a bit funny, from an aquarium shop…
the next thing u must try are sago worms
Matthew,
If only I know where to get them!
Sarawak! i was there for 3 whole years…should have bought a basket for you
walau….this is great stuff and something special and different…..nice nice ler…..can cook some for my bbq party next time…..hehehehe.
Matthew,
Wooo, yah!!!
vialentino,
Hahhaa, pretty easy I think, next time you should try to BBQ it and tell us how it turns out.
@#$@%… I was in Kl then and I wasn’t even invited? LOL. Very brave of all to eat all up. I wondered if my Mum will ever approve me of eating insects.. haha. Well done guys and gals
Criz Lai,
Hahaha, there’s a lot of people in KL ok! You get approval from your mom first.
Haha, KY, you guys crazy!
Benghan,
Best!
ooowhh…you gotta be kiiiiiddding me!!! o_O
It’s like Fear Factor!! XD
Esther N,
Hahahha, best right!?
lol…was it nice then?
did you get like tummy ache after that? XD
ryc – You were there? which one? Hennesy or Poppy?
Esther N,
Very nice, no tummy ache! It was awesome!
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