Insects

[NguuMuu]

Does anybody have (or can make) a list of edible insect in Thai script with the English names...at least the common ones. If you don't know the names, how many edible insects are there in all do you think? I'm talking about the ones you will actually see vendors selling on the street...stuff like scorpions, ants, crickets and I don't know the names of the others...that's why I'm asking!

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong area...should it go in Thai Food?

[Nickerelastic]

Probably

[HarryHacker]

...this may help...

http://www.thaitastes.com/index.php?cPath=...e78dedfcb6e32cf

[NguuMuu]

Yes that does help. Thanks...I guess now I'll move over to the thai language section to ask for translations as some of these will not be appearing in any of my dictionaries.

[BambinA]

จิ้งหรีด Jing Reed

แมลงกระชอน malang kra chon

ดักแด้ไหม Dug Dae Mai

แมลงดานา Malang Da Na

แมงป่อง Mang Pong

หนอนไม้ไผ่ Non Mai Phai

ตั๊กแตนปาทังก้า Tug Ka Tan Patanga

[Jai Dee]

saap bor?

[BambinA]

ไข่มดแดง Khai Mod Daeng (ant's egg)

จักจั่น Juk ka jun

แมลงเหนี่ยง Malang Neang

[Nickerelastic]

It's protein

[dr_Pat_Pong]

It's  protein

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and Froggies love slimy snails

[Nickerelastic]

Pongy are you opining..........???

[BambinA]

It's  protein

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and Froggies love slimy snails

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Buon Appetito

[astral]

YUK.

But my Thai son says "Aroi Mak Mak".

[BambinA]

saap bor?

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Mai roo si ...I've never tried before .

[Neeranam]

bambibA thanks for those pics!

Which is the one they get from "kee kwai"(buffalo crap)?

"Bo saeb"

[Chainat1]

A friend of mine ate some in Phuket and had stomach problems. He went to see a doc (not pat pong) in the UK and was told him stomach couldn't digest them. The Doc advised not to eat them as they can cause Typhoid and Cancer. Any truth in that?

[NguuMuu]

Yes bambina, thank you very much for the pics and thai script!

Any idea on the English names for the last two?

จักจั่น Juk ka jun

แมลงเหนี่ยง Malang Neang

[Neeranam]

จักจั่น Juk ka jun = cicada

[BambinA]

แมลงเหนี่ยง Malang Neang

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แมลงเหนี่ยง Hydrous cavistanum Bedel. = Water scarvenger beetle

Bambi

[tripperj]

A friend of mine ate some in Phuket and had stomach problems. He went to see a doc (not pat pong) in the UK and was told him stomach couldn't digest them. The Doc advised not to eat them as they can cause Typhoid and Cancer. Any truth in that?

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Evreythhing nowadays can cause cancer, so what the ######

Aloi mak mak mmmmmm

[SiamOne]

my sisters favourite is the malang da na, from our local ponds...she would do almost anything for them

me, I like malang tap, delicious and so beautiful too

[BambinA]

bambibA thanks for those pics!

Which is the one they get from "kee kwai"(buffalo crap)?

"Bo saeb"

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Neer .. the one you ment is

แมลงกุดจี่ /ด้วงขี้ควาย Malang Goo Jee or Daung Khee Kwai (Dung beetle)

This one can eat also

Edited September 15, 2005 by BambinA

[BambinA]

more eatable insect

แมลงเม่า Malang Mao (Termite)

ผึ้ง Pheung (Honey bee) .. but eait it's larva /pupa

แมงมุม /บึ้ง (Mang moom /Beung)

แมลงตับเต่า Malang Tub Tao (True water beetle )

ต่อ Tor (Wasp) eat larva/pupa

Edited September 15, 2005 by BambinA

[BambinA]

A friend of mine ate some in Phuket and had stomach problems. He went to see a doc (not pat pong) in the UK and was told him stomach couldn't digest them. The Doc advised not to eat them as they can cause Typhoid and Cancer. Any truth in that?

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well ...true is somepart

your stomach can digest em, coz (protien ,chitin(hard to digest) ..etc) and from nutrition fact , we found that insect has high protein level (much more than egg)

about the harmful

RAW insect - obviously some insects are Intermediate Host of round/tape worm..some are course of meningitis

COOKED insect - some might have chemical residue from insecticide (anyhow after pass heat.. some of Chemical resudue re degraded and degenerated ..for more risk it can happend from MSG

Bambi (doesn't eat Malang )

Edited September 15, 2005 by BambinA

[NguuMuu]

Wow, quite a few I haven't seen before...now I'll have to seek them out and see how they taste. I really want to try those spiders (แมงมุม /บึ้ง)!

Thanks again!

[dr_Pat_Pong]