tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652144083113344298.post7586097775182677537..comments2022-09-14T11:20:58.202-07:00Comments on Torvald Yamaguchi's Lutefisk and Sushi Bar: Eww!Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16953582155385508486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652144083113344298.post-4592414263693481732013-02-22T11:21:36.557-08:002013-02-22T11:21:36.557-08:00Here's an example of an exception to the rule ...Here's an example of an exception to the rule "Red orange yellow, avoid that fellow. Green black or brown, wolf it down". Here's a green and brown caterpillar whose sting in a mouth or throat can cause swelling to the point of suffocation: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/31/saddleback-caterpillar-9/Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953582155385508486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652144083113344298.post-21457305037075753372013-02-22T10:39:53.507-08:002013-02-22T10:39:53.507-08:00If you don't know if a bug's edible or not...If you don't know if a bug's edible or not, first try to look it up through some of the references listed. There used to be an international known-edible insects list, but I can't find it on-line now. I'm glad I printed one. Anyway, I check that list for the species in question. If I don't find it, I consider its family. If the family is extensively listed, it doesn't seem to have obvious defenses and if its environment/food plants are safe, I'll consider it for eating --but like the universal edibility test stresses, tiny bits at a time. I'll ask around, too! That's one wonderful thing about the Internet!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953582155385508486noreply@blogger.com