The WM Pet Connection

By Rochelle Bergman


I sat in front of my computer most of Friday, thinking about an animal story. I came up with a blank space in between my ears.
Thinking for me includes some kind of munchy- junky foods. I walked into the kitchen.
Suddenly the skies open up and a thought jumped into my mind.
How about writing about foods with odd and weird animals in it? Why not?

The foods that might jump out to you could be chocolate- dipped crickets, which I heard are crunchy. How about worm lollipops, chocolate scorpions and citrus flavored cricket lollipops? I heard that when you get over the animal part, then they are very good.
These are the famous foods that most people have heard about. I guess that the makers of these products thought if they add chocolate, people would eat them? Would you eat a chocolate covered bug?

Eskimos along the Bering Strait make their own kind of ice cream. It is creamy and it is cold and it is full of animal fat! Ice cream in the Eskimo's way has alot of fat which includes reindeer, dried salmon eggs or fish. It all depends on the availability of the animals. I assume they need the protein because they use so much in the cold weather. To tell the truth, everyone likes ice cream, even the Eskimos!

Before I go on, Companies make sure that the animal cannot hurt anyone with venom or stingers. The animals are usually cooked and stringers and such are taken out for customer's safety.

How about eating a still pumping frog's heart as sashi in Japan?
In alot of Japanese restaurants, they serve this dish, which is called 'frog sashimi'
Sashimi means- chilled raw seafood cut up in slices. Something in my mouth that is still moving and it is a animal, I don't know if I could do that? Could you?

I always thought that the next food was just an sausage name. Now I know that blood pudding is for real. Made from cooked animal blood and fillers, this pudding can be eaten at breakfast. It goes great with bacon, eggs and a slice of pudding. The fillers can be fat, potatoes, grains and such. So when you are in Ireland and Haggis is a bore to you, maybe try this instead?

How about eating baby octopus? This dish is much different. Take a live baby octopus, dip it in a plate of Soju. (alcohol) This puts the baby in some kind of sleep and then you eat it, alive.
Do I need to say more?

I thought that octopus was on the endangered list?
Now you have it, foods to get your tongue wagging. If you can do it?

Got to go, time to feed the turtles!

The Weird And Wonderful