September 15, 200520 yr 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?
September 15, 200520 yr ...this may help... http://www.thaitastes.com/index.php?cPath=...e78dedfcb6e32cf
September 15, 200520 yr Author 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.
September 15, 200520 yr 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
September 15, 200520 yr saap bor? Taoism: shit happens Buddhism: if shit happens, it isn't really shit Islam: if shit happens, it is the will of Allah Catholicism: if shit happens, you deserve it Judaism: why does this shit always happen to us? Atheism: I don't believe this shit
September 15, 200520 yr ไข่มดแดง Khai Mod Daeng (ant's egg) จักจั่น Juk ka jun แมลงเหนี่ยง Malang Neang
September 15, 200520 yr It's protein <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and Froggies love slimy snails <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Buon Appetito
September 15, 200520 yr bambibA thanks for those pics! Which is the one they get from "kee kwai"(buffalo crap)? "Bo saeb"
September 15, 200520 yr 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?
September 15, 200520 yr Author 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
September 15, 200520 yr แมลงเหนี่ยง Malang Neang <{POST_SNAPBACK}> แมลงเหนี่ยง Hydrous cavistanum Bedel. = Water scarvenger beetle Bambi
September 15, 200520 yr 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? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Evreythhing nowadays can cause cancer, so what the ###### Aloi mak mak mmmmmm
September 15, 200520 yr 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
September 15, 200520 yr bambibA thanks for those pics!Which is the one they get from "kee kwai"(buffalo crap)? "Bo saeb" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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, 200520 yr by BambinA
September 15, 200520 yr 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, 200520 yr by BambinA
September 15, 200520 yr 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? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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, 200520 yr by BambinA
September 16, 200520 yr Author 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!
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