State authorities are now planning to expand the
ant egg trade to ensure that tribals get a better deal and earn some profit.
The /Xam Bushmen believed that Canopus could influence the availability of ants' eggs, a rich source of nourishment, and they called it "The
Ant Egg Star".
BBC4, 9.00pm Scoffing deepfried locusts,
ant egg salad or barbecued tarantulas can lead to the sort of retching usually seen during Bush Tucker Trials on I'm A Celebrity.
(body length 5 mm) were also observed snatching an
ant egg (n = 1), a dead mayfly (Ephemeroptera, n = 1), a dead Crematogaster worker (n = 3) and what appeared to be plant material (n = 3), with all of these objects being comparable to lake flies in size.
How about dog soup, followed by
ant egg salad' a fish course of toxic fugu blowfish and a main course of thick fresh tripe, followed by a potentially toxic fruit dessert?
The thought of eating deep-fried locusts,
ant egg salad or barbecued tarantulas can lead to the sort of retching usually seen during Bush Tucker Trials on I'm A Celebrity.
Hanging off a cliff in pursuit of cactus worms -- a delicacy in Peru.Trekking through a dense jungle in Laos to sample weaver
ant eggs and diving through dangerous waters on the hunt for snails and giant water bugs;
Not familiar to Tagalogs is abuos, the
ant eggs loved by Ilocanos.
"Provided the Queen is healthy, and enough food is being brought back to the nest,
ant eggs have a greater chance of survival.
Locals of Banna town in Ilocos Norte province feature in a dance parade the art of gathering weaver
ant eggs, which is the town's exotic delicacy called 'buos' in Ilokano.
In Thailand red
ant eggs are a versatile and nutritious food.
W HAT would you call a dinner consisting of tacos stuffed with scrambled
ant eggs, guacamole topped up with fried grasshopper shavings, and mescal, Mexico's grappa- like national drink made from a cousin of the agave, accompanied by slices of orange spiked with a salt loaded with roasted worms?