Wriggle Out Of This

[john scrivy]

I just been reading an artical in this weeks Chat magazine page 19 A fellow called Wayne who runs his own worm farm Wayne says I started eating worms when I was 9 they must be fresh so I cook them live A consultant nutritionist and dietician says Worms are very nutritious full of iron and proteein plus low in fat so long as you grill them theyd make a healthy start to the day better than fried Egg and bacon think il stick to weeterbix my self anyway heres Waynes resip for WORM SOUP ---- 2chopped onions 2 crushed garlic cloves a cup each of chopped celery sliced carrot and diced potatoe a bay leaf a pinch of mixed herbs 500kg cleansed washed worms 3 skined and chopped tomatoes salt and pepper to taste METHOD lightly fry onions and garlic in butter untill browned add vegtables and herbs cover with 5 cups of water and bring to the boil add the worms and the tomatoe simmer untill soft then whizz in the blender and serve with garlic bread. ENJOY, I wonder if this resip will catch on Will any one from BCUK try it out

 

[dwardo]

ill pass thanks.......maybe in an emergency.

 

[commandocal]

phew, got out of breath reading that lol

i would eat anything in an emergency but if i have the choice its tuna omlette for me every morning

 

[john scrivy]

thought you ex SAS chaps would eat anything

 

[Silverback]

500kg is one hell of a lot of worms

 

[john scrivy]

Just checked in the mag where I read this artical it does definatly say 500kg of worms I recon Wayne is gonner have one hell of a feest may be he got some mates coming over for dinner I think it should be 5kg of worms

 

[xylaria]

500kg is one hell of a lot of worms

You will need a cement mixer not a blender.

My son used love eating worms when he was a baby. He use to cry if you pulled them out of his mouth. he used to find them himself, I did try stopping him because he would eat them alive.

How do you clean the grit out, they must taste pretty edible, and I would consider giving it a go, if they weren't gritty.

How likely is it that the editorial team of Chav dont knoe the differance between kilos and grammes.

 

[john scrivy]

just read your reply about the cement mixer made me laugh

 

[Silverback]

just read your reply about the cement mixer made me laugh

It would need to be one of these

Even 5Kg is a huge amount of worms I am guessing they mean 500 grammes or just over 1lb in old money

 

[john scrivy]

silverback that made me cry laughing

 

[rich59]

You will need a cement mixer not a blender.

My son used love eating worms when he was a baby. He use to cry if you pulled them out of his mouth. he used to find them himself, I did try stopping him because he would eat them alive.

How do you clean the grit out, they must taste pretty edible, and I would consider giving it a go, if they weren't gritty.

How likely is it that the editorial team of Chav dont knoe the differance between kilos and grammes.

I don't know about gritty worms, but maybe you could treat them like snails - feed them on something neutral and colourful - like carrot. When only carrot comes out the other end then they are cleaned out and OK to eat.

Actually even 5 kg is a lot of worms (11lb).

 

[Goose]

Worms don't really taste of anything. You can purge them with dandelion leaves or something similar for a day or two. One I have heard of but not tried is purging with salt water. I have just drawn my fingers down the worm and it empties most of the gritrolleyes: ) out and then either eaten raw or cooked by boiling or frying in an ommlette. I beleive that drying and powdering after cooking and purging is good as a type of stock or thickener.
Worms and other bugs are really high in protein, more than double pound for pound than beef I beleive, so if in a survival situation should only be eaten if you have plenty of water as protein needs water for the body to process.


PS I don't reccomend eating them raw, too much chance of them still being covered in bacteria!

 

[john scrivy]

Hi Goose I started this thread from somthing I read in a mag Going back to that Wayne the auther sugests feeding with flour prior to cooking I thought that would dry out the worm I Agree the worms should be feed like you say Ive feed live mussels flour in with water to purge them and supposably fatten them and snails a green leaf so why not feed the worms any way the amount of worms Wayne is using they would need a lot of feeding

 

[commandocal]

Dwardo is ex SAS ? Time to spam with PM's to ask any and every question i can think of!

 

[Tourist]

Lets really get this out of hand.............seeing as Dwardo is ex-SAS and wrote a book about his experiences............only kidding.

I had a demo of worm omlette in Germany one time. Take a few fresh worms and raid a few birds nest, choppy, chop, chop the worms mix with eggs and fry. I remember the plate was passed around the class and blow me it was still intact and untouched when it got back to the front.

I will pass on something I learned about eating worms though, not from my experience, from a mate's. He showed me that before you eat worms you should put them in water for a while because they naturally fill up with dirt/soil which they expell/wash-out if you put them in water.......making for a less gritty meal............snails anyone?

 

[john scrivy]

tourist may be the people in the class did not like the eggs what bird nest did they come from

 

[Tourist]

I am pretty sure they came from the cardboard box nest in the cookhouse.

 

[john scrivy]

Thanks for all your replies for this thread just something out of a weekly mag the quantities for the resip was from the mag not me Im glad I still posted it your replys made me laugh Im sitting indoors just had a knee OP and am enjoying BCUK thanks everyone