taxexile Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 i was talking to someone yesterday who had recently returned from a trip to some of the more out of the way places in asia. he told me of a delicacy that he encountered , either in laos or in india , i cant remember exactly. has anybody else heard of or come across this delicacy ? a chicken is killed and left in the heat of the sun for one day. it will soon become covered with flies. it is then placed on a dish under a glass cover. shortly afterwards , maggots (from the flies) hatch and begin to devour the flesh of the chicken. soon there is nothing left but a heaving mass of maggots. eventually the maggots start eating themselves until all that is left is a very small number of very large and very succulent well fed maggots. it is these maggots that are prized and considered a rare and valuable delicacy to be eaten live and raw. sound disgusting i know , but has anybody else heard of this , or was it just a travellers tale from someone who has spent too long in the sun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 i was talking to someone yesterday who had recently returned from a trip to some of the more out of the way places in asia. he told me of a delicacy that he encountered , either in laos or in india , i cant remember exactly. has anybody else heard of or come across this delicacy ? a chicken is killed and left in the heat of the sun for one day. it will soon become covered with flies. it is then placed on a dish under a glass cover. shortly afterwards , maggots (from the flies) hatch and begin to devour the flesh of the chicken. soon there is nothing left but a heaving mass of maggots. eventually the maggots start eating themselves until all that is left is a very small number of very large and very succulent well fed maggots. it is these maggots that are prized and considered a rare and valuable delicacy to be eaten live and raw. sound disgusting i know , but has anybody else heard of this , or was it just a travellers tale from someone who has spent too long in the sun ? Sounds feasible. It's protein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai_narak Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 i was talking to someone yesterday who had recently returned from a trip to some of the more out of the way places in asia. he told me of a delicacy that he encountered , either in laos or in india , i cant remember exactly. has anybody else heard of or come across this delicacy ? a chicken is killed and left in the heat of the sun for one day. it will soon become covered with flies. it is then placed on a dish under a glass cover. shortly afterwards , maggots (from the flies) hatch and begin to devour the flesh of the chicken. soon there is nothing left but a heaving mass of maggots. eventually the maggots start eating themselves until all that is left is a very small number of very large and very succulent well fed maggots. it is these maggots that are prized and considered a rare and valuable delicacy to be eaten live and raw. sound disgusting i know , but has anybody else heard of this , or was it just a travellers tale from someone who has spent too long in the sun ? Come'on man.... RARE? You can just put a chicken under the sun by yourself and will get these maggots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NguuMuu Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 There are cheeses in Europe that people wait for them to be infested with maggots then eat. Supposedly enhances the flavor. I saw it on the discovery channel once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leisurely Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Has the question of how one arrests the development of maggots metamorphing into flies been addressed? I find it highly unlikely that one mass of maggots would ever become a megamaggot. More likely a mass of flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I would say definately a traveller's tale for entertaining his chums in the Carpenter's Arms on those cold and dark winter nights. Canniballistic super maggots. Yeah, I can see it now. World traveller decides to take some home for his friends to try out but they escape from his luggage halfway through a 12 hour flight. Could make a halfway decent movie starring Mr Bean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Sounds like Filippino haute cuisine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chanchao Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) > a megamaggot Are you the guy who decides what to name programs at the National Geographic Channel? Also, why isn't this in the food subforum? Edited February 7, 2007 by chanchao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prudent_rabbit Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The fly life cycle is composed of four stages: egg, larva (commonly known as a maggot), pupa, adult. The eggs are laid in decaying flesh, animal dung, manure, or pools of stagnant water - whatever has ample food for the larva, generally in a moist area. After 8-20 hours, the egg hatches and the fly enters the maggot stage. It begins to feed on whatever the egg was laid on, usually decomposing flesh. The maggot gorges itself with food until it is ready to enter the pupal stage, at which point the maggot travels away from the food source to a moist spot, therfore in order for the "megaMaggot" to eat the remaining maggotts, surely the other maggotts would have to die...... Therefore its a myth, but send it in to Mythbusters, good for a laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya_Fox Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Quite feasable.................they say that the maggots in very mature blue stilton taste of the cheese, but their flavour is enhanced when swilled down with a good vintage port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The fly life cycle is composed of four stages: egg, larva (commonly known as a maggot), pupa, adult. The eggs are laid in decaying flesh, animal dung, manure, or pools of stagnant water - whatever has ample food for the larva, generally in a moist area. After 8-20 hours, the egg hatches and the fly enters the maggot stage. It begins to feed on whatever the egg was laid on, usually decomposing flesh. The maggot gorges itself with food until it is ready to enter the pupal stage, at which point the maggot travels away from the food source to a moist spot, therfore in order for the "megaMaggot" to eat the remaining maggotts, surely the other maggotts would have to die......Therefore its a myth, but send it in to Mythbusters, good for a laugh You left out the imago stage. Anyway, not important, do tell, where is this place? I can't wait to wade into a bowl of witcheties. Yummeeeeeeeeeeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackula Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Sounds like Filippino haute cuisine.... ROFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phibunmike Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The fly life cycle is composed of four stages: egg, larva (commonly known as a maggot), pupa, adult. You left out the imago stage. The adult is the imago. Quite feasable.................they say that the maggots in very mature blue stilton taste of the cheese, but their flavour is enhanced when swilled down with a good vintage port Never found any maggots in my stilton ! Only fungus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertz Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 The fly life cycle is composed of four stages: egg, larva (commonly known as a maggot), pupa, adult. You left out the imago stage. The adult is the imago. Sorry PM, I just liked the way the word rolls around the tongue. Like megamaggots. Yummeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Quite feasable.................they say that the maggots in very mature blue stilton taste of the cheese, but their flavour is enhanced when swilled down with a good vintage port Never found any maggots in my stilton ! Only fungus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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