Butterflies in my stomach

Ronald Taylor, a professor of pathology at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, was an early promoter of an insect-based diet. In the 1970s, he published two books on the topic: Butterflies in My Stomach: Insects in Human Nutrition (1975) and Entertaining With Insects, Or: The Original Guide to Insect Cookery (1976). Some of the recipes in the books included:

Boiled cod with snail sauce
Wasp grubs fried in the comb
Moths sauteed in butter
Braised beef with caterpillars
New carrots with wireworm sauce
Gooseberry cream with sawflies
Devilled chafer grubs
Stag beetle larvae on toast

The full recipe for Peanut Butter Worm Cookies is below.

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Jan 22, 2017
Category: Food | Cookbooks | Insects and Spiders | 1970s

Comments

Where are the insects in Boiled cod with snail sauce, New carrots with wireworm sauce, or Peanut butter worm cookies? He clearly isn't a zoology professor.

Posted by Virtual on 01/22/17 at 11:17 AM

I don't know that I've ever seen an earthworm posing nonchalantly.

Posted by A Nonny Mouse on 01/23/17 at 02:18 PM

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