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Man vs. Wild – Eating Rhino Beetle Larva

October 8, 2009 by Chris Mower 12 Comments

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I’ve debated including videos and posts like this on The Cooking Dish for some time now, but I finally decided I’d create a special “NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH” categories for them; after all, I can’t deny my inner boyish interest in the grotesque. I love stuff like this, though I’m sure most of the world’s cooks find it less than appealing. But if you think about, as is mentioned in the video, somewhere out there, for someone, this is normal food…

I absolutely love food and I love the outdoors too. I live in the city now, but when I used to live in the country, I’d spend lots of time camping, fishing, hiking, and having fun in the wilderness. It’s been hard to find time to drive to the mountains now when they used to be at my backdoor. Every summer we’d spend a few weeks gathering wood to heat our house during the winter. I love the crackle of a warm orange-red fire in the hearth. Often in the summer while cutting and splitting the wood, we’d come across a batch of pine beetle larva, (we called them pine beetles, but the antennae were really long which makes me think they were maybe an asian beetle or male white sawyer beetles–not sure… ANYWAY, seeing the beetle larva in the summer always made me wonder if I could eat one of those things if I was lost in the wilderness… I always came to the conclusion that it’d have to be life and death.

I’ll typically try anything most things at least once though. I’ve had some pretty weird things like river snail (boiled in nothing but water), pork stomach, cow hoof soup, cow tongue, chicken heads, all sorts of bugs, etc.. but seriously, after watching this video I’ve got to draw the line at raw beetle larva… with that in mind, from my point of view, the Bear Gryllis either has some serious issues, Sasquatch nads, or an iron stomach (maybe all three). This video will either really gross you out or make you laugh out loud. I laughed because I’m twisted like that. But as a warning, it has made a number of others lose their appetite.

Bon Appetit.

And for those of you who are curious, this is what a rhino beetle looks like:

img-RhinoBeetle

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Filed Under: Food & Cooking Tagged With: Bizarre Foods, Not for the Squeamish

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Comments, Kudos, and Thoughts

  1. Holly Mower magestically expresses...

    November 17, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    hehe, you know almost every child who has ever found an earthworm has given it a taste test in one form or another.

    Reply
    • kyanite vivaciously writes...

      August 15, 2015 at 9:06 am

      i am going to be honest in the most sincere way possible: not true. ive been playing with earth worms since I was a kid and ive never eaten one….

      yet….
      and im 19 xD

      Reply
      • Chris Mower reassuringly divulges...

        August 15, 2015 at 9:29 am

        Your time will come… mwahahahahaha!!!

        Reply
  2. TJ Mower successfully discloses...

    May 13, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    This is one child who most definitely has never, ever,ever,ever, ever knowingly tasted any kind of a worm!

    Reply
  3. Chris Mower proudly claims...

    May 14, 2010 at 12:36 am

    Ha ha, you guys are too funny! There are probably a lot of things you didn’t “knowingly” eat…

    Reply
  4. Mike Dodson strikingly mentions...

    September 7, 2011 at 9:40 am

    I remember accidentally eating a cockroach. That was nasty.

    Reply
  5. Sam boistrously declares...

    June 29, 2012 at 2:28 am

    I use to eat gum that was dried on the floor!^-^…When I was little of course!!! HAHA

    Reply
    • Chris Mower cleverly discloses...

      July 20, 2012 at 3:35 pm

      The joys of being a kid; your gum is free. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Rotimi proudly conveys...

    March 14, 2014 at 12:41 am

    Come to Nigeria, Africa, and I’ll show u how some people’s lives have become better by selling fried/roasted rhino beetles and larvae. Lol

    Reply
    • Chris Mower calmly states...

      March 14, 2014 at 8:19 am

      You have my attention…

      Reply
    • Meshack Wekulo enthusiastically writes...

      June 11, 2019 at 5:46 am

      Wow !! That’s wonderful. I like it’s so delicious.

      Reply
      • Chris Mower calmly types...

        June 14, 2019 at 2:32 pm

        So delicious.

        Reply

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