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Pass the Bugs, Please! (taken from Awake! magazine September 8th, 1996

Many people, though apparently not all, would find the prospect of curing ailments by eating insects to be less than appetizing. Nevertheless, according to Asiaweek magazine, the idea is nothing new. In Singapore the Imperial Herbal Restaurant serves up dishes with ingredients such as ants and scorpions, both reputed to be not only nutritious but also healing. The restaurant’s proprietress, Mrs. Tee Eng Wang-Lee, says that ants are good for rheumatism, while scorpion’s poison is said to ease the nerves and relieve migraine headaches. Other bug drugs include dried grubs to relieve pain; cicada larvae to fight gas, cold sores, and measles; and dried hornets’ nest to kill parasites. How do these creatures taste? Ants have a tangy, vinegarlike taste, and scorpions are chewy. Mrs. Wang-Lee points out: "It’s an acquired taste."

Other Bug eating Websites 

• Eatbug.com
  This is the best of the internet batch. This would have inspired my website had "Discover" Magazine not done so first. You will find a whole lot of good information about raising bugs, recipes. A well put together site.
  
• CafeInsecta.com
  The newest site featuring bug eating in Georgia. Has a very cool movie.
  
• Food Insects Newsletter
  News articles about eating bugs, and you can buy some great recipe books here also.
  
• University of Kentucky
  All kinds of great facts about bug eating. Three different sections
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  Regulations for food. How many bugs have you eaten today?
• Ohio State.
  Includes nutritional information.
• Huang's Bug-Eating Page.
  Nothing but a really nice series of photographs.
• Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
  An outline list of bug-eating facts. Includes some cooking ideas.
• Rhema.
  Nutrition, recipes, and history of bug-eating.
• Detroit News.
  Article From Detroit News about Eating Bugs.
• Contact.
  Here is a nice animated gif of a man eating a bug. Remember, always cook bugs before you eat them.
• CNN.
  Article From CNN about eating bugs at the Purdue Bug Bowl. Includes a video.
• CNN.
  Article From CNN about eating bugs in China. Includes a video.
• David Gordon's Page.
  Some facts and history about bugs for food and medicine. Includes Javascript errors.
• Insects in the Human Diet
  An article by Tom McRae, Chief Scientific Officer, Entomology Dept. University of Queensland. Includes some recipes.
• Bug Bios
  A nice article about bug eating by Australian Aborigines.
• Can We Eat Bugs?
  An article by the UnitedHealth Services Health Library.
• AlterNet?
  An article about Maria Bennett's bug eating experience.
• Insects In Space? (from Yahoo News)
  
• Bug Candy
  
• ABC News on David Gordon
  
• Chat With David Gordon
  
• Bizarre Magazine (includes photos)
  
• Eating Grasshoppers.
  An article about Annie Rovelstad's grasshopper eating experience.
  
• Chat with David Gordon
  Some info about bug eating Guru, David Gordon.
• pbs healthweek
  a little hard to navigate this site
• pbs healthweeka little hard to navigate this site
• The Royal Couple Visit the Outback
  Skip to around the middle.
• survival.com
  A section about how to eat bugs to survive (as if that's the only time you would want to).
• survival.com (part 2)
  An article about actually eating some found bugs. Includes photos.
• You Mean Lovebugs Are Full Of Cavier?
  A story about eating ladybugs by Lou Major Jr.

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