Every few months or so there comes a day when there is a free snack around for anyone who wants it. It is good for young and old-rich or poor. Anyone who is willing to bend down and pick it up. Any guesses on what it might be??
Some call it delicious, while others gag at the thought of it.
Some love them fried, while others like them raw
Others like them in sauce and still others like them salted.
I have only had them raw....they are crunchy and a little salty.
They fly but they also walk on the ground as well
If you haven't guessed what they are by now they are.....WHITE ANTS!
Juicy, Crispy, Crawling ants and surprisingly, they are quite good!
(the worst part is when they crawl around in your mouth when put them in and out about to crunch them-oh and after you eat them when you feel like they are going to climb up your throat!! ;) )
I have had two ant to eat and the first one was better than the other. The last time the ants showed up I was with Hope Family. Some of the children LOVED them and some of them didn't like them so much.... Many of them would get my attention, point to the ants and open their mouths. They did not want to pick them up-but eat them...sure!!
Some of the ladies who worked at the baby house bent down and just kept on stuffing them in their mouths one at a time, over and over again!! Other people were trapping them under a shelter they had made to save for later to cook in a sauce or to fry them. Still others had plastic cups that they were putting them in to bring back home.
Mmmm...yummy.....I can't predict when they will show up-but maybe they'll come when you are visiting! Or maybe we could catch some, fry them, and then save them for when we are back in Canada for you all to have a delightful little taste! (at least they won't be alive :) )
You can read about what Christina thought about the ant from last year if you click on this link!
http://christina-in-uganda.blogspot.com/2012/11/ants.html#comment-form
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