a tasty treat. There was once on YouTube a spot that
featured a very pretty but somewhat deranged-looking girl
chomping on jumiles and commenting on how delicious they
were. Can't find it any more, though.

She gets my share, although I've always wondered about fried

I've had fried insects but have actually fried only
moth larvae (moths themselves are also said to be good)
myself. The crickets I had in Thailand were done at an
insufficient temperature so were sort of soggy and greasy.
Silkworms various places were pretty decent - apparently
they are easy to cook and turn color as soon as they are
done, sort of like cracklings; crickets are hard to get
right by eyeball.

crickets. Stinkbugs on stinky veggies sounds appropriate.

Makes sense.

All upsides have a downside. It seems that there
are downsides that don't have upsides, though.

And for every upside is someone who sees it as a downside, and
something else is headed sideways. I tend to do sideways fairly
well.

Things do have a tendency to go cockeyed.

I'd be more likely to tell you to stop playing with your food.

You like being ignored, eh.

Nothing unusual there; I was raised by cats.

I was raised by monsters, appropriate for when
I write this.

The Asians invented jetchup and have taken to it
pretty well in the Heinz/Hunts incarnation. Probably
fallout from WWII.

Most likely. The Hawaiians took to spam for similar reasons.

One can make okay things out of ketchup (if diluted)
and Spam (crisping it up) both.

Spam has to be useful for something. Ketchup is useful for feeding
to my 13 year-old niece, who loves the stuff.

Any particular substrate, or spooned up like pudding?

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Title: ALL-AMERICAN MEATLOAF *BTMF00B*
Categories: Meats
Yield: 12 servings

2 lb Grd chuck or sirloin
3/4 c Oatmeal
1 x Onion
1/2 c Catsup
1/4 c Milk
2 x Eggs
1 tb Horseradish
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1/2 c Catsup
1 tb Horseradish
3 tb B. sugar
2 ts Mustard(prepared)

Combine first 9 ingredients; shape into two 7 1/2x4" loaves. Place on
a lightly greased rack of a broiler pan; bake at 350 deg for 40 min.
Combine 1/2 c catsup, 1 T horseradish & remaining ingredients; spoon
over meatloaf & bake an additional 5 min. Yields 2 loaves. NOTE May
freeze the second loaf.

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a tasty treat. There was once on YouTube a spot that
featured a very pretty but somewhat deranged-looking girl
chomping on jumiles and commenting on how delicious they
were. Can't find it any more, though.

She gets my share, although I've always wondered about fried

I've had fried insects but have actually fried only
moth larvae (moths themselves are also said to be good)
myself. The crickets I had in Thailand were done at an
insufficient temperature so were sort of soggy and greasy.

Anything cooked that way would be unpleasant.

Silkworms various places were pretty decent - apparently
they are easy to cook and turn color as soon as they are
done, sort of like cracklings; crickets are hard to get
right by eyeball.

Just add salt and pepper powder and chow down?

And for every upside is someone who sees it as a downside, and
something else is headed sideways. I tend to do sideways fairly
well.

Things do have a tendency to go cockeyed.

Or in multiple directions at once.

You like being ignored, eh.

Nothing unusual there; I was raised by cats.

I was raised by monsters, appropriate for when
I write this.

Ouch. I prefer the cats.

Spam has to be useful for something. Ketchup is useful for

feeding

to my 13 year-old niece, who loves the stuff.

Any particular substrate, or spooned up like pudding?

Yes. Either. Both. Often simultaneously. She seems to have
branched out to mustard too.

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