@Mark_L LOL. While not exactly a ringing endorsement for the general edibility, I admit this is evidence that there may be at least some tiny amount nutritional value in them, which is a valid answer to the question I asked.
However, I think the question I was trying to ask is: If you aren’t desperate to ingest every last calorie you can find, is there any culinary reason to choose to eat a scorpion on purpose?
@xandersherry I can imagine that some would choose to eat a scorpion for the same reason they might choose to eat crickets or cicadas. Not something that I would go out of my way to do, but something I might try once out of curiosity (similar to the time I tried balut).
@Mark_L FWIW I have had roasted crickets, and they are most emphatically not worth eating. They’re crunchy little bits of charcoal-flavored nothing-ness.
What did you think of the balut? I’ll try just about anything, but that’s one thing that I don’t know if I could do.
@xandersherry I was working at a place where some people brought in some “ethnic lunch” items and one of then was a Filipino whose family business in the Philippines was balut. I figured it was a rare chance to try it – sort of like chicken salad in a shell (if you ignore the crunchier bits).
I’ve sometimes joked about sneaking a balut in place of one of the hard boiled eggs some bars would have on a rack on the bar. That might put an early end to someone’s drinking!
I have a pet scorpion. He isn’t very meaty looking nor is it something I look at and think “wow this looks like it would be delicious.” I’ll refrain from eating him or any other scorpion.
Is there anything in a scorpion worth eating?
@xandersherry I’ve seen Bear Grylls do it – just cut off the stinger and chew. I’ve seen similar shows where they roast then over a fire first.
@Mark_L LOL. While not exactly a ringing endorsement for the general edibility, I admit this is evidence that there may be at least some tiny amount nutritional value in them, which is a valid answer to the question I asked.
However, I think the question I was trying to ask is: If you aren’t desperate to ingest every last calorie you can find, is there any culinary reason to choose to eat a scorpion on purpose?
@xandersherry I can imagine that some would choose to eat a scorpion for the same reason they might choose to eat crickets or cicadas. Not something that I would go out of my way to do, but something I might try once out of curiosity (similar to the time I tried balut).
@Mark_L FWIW I have had roasted crickets, and they are most emphatically not worth eating. They’re crunchy little bits of charcoal-flavored nothing-ness.
What did you think of the balut? I’ll try just about anything, but that’s one thing that I don’t know if I could do.
@xandersherry I was working at a place where some people brought in some “ethnic lunch” items and one of then was a Filipino whose family business in the Philippines was balut. I figured it was a rare chance to try it – sort of like chicken salad in a shell (if you ignore the crunchier bits).
I’ve sometimes joked about sneaking a balut in place of one of the hard boiled eggs some bars would have on a rack on the bar. That might put an early end to someone’s drinking!
I have a pet scorpion. He isn’t very meaty looking nor is it something I look at and think “wow this looks like it would be delicious.” I’ll refrain from eating him or any other scorpion.