We now interrupt your regularly (un)scheduled blogging for a post about dried earthworms!
When my mother was a high-school science teacher in a small town in central North Dakota, she got the idea that her advanced biology class should bake earthworm cake as a class project. She had her students collect earthworms after it rained one day. They brought them to class, dried them and ground them. Then, they baked applesauce earthworm cake........and took it around to share with the other teachers in the building!!!! AFTER the teachers had eaten the "applesauce surprise cake," mom shared with them....over the intercom mind you, that the "secret ingredient" had indeed been dried earthworms. They are a good source of protein.
(Love ya mom. Sorry 'bout sharing your little secrets via blog. I think it makes a good story. You keep writing.)
3 comments:
sounds yummy!! Did they "clean" the worms out by feeding them applesauce? My sister and I took an earthworm once and put it in a dish with a little bit of applesauce, which it ate. We then had an earthworm that was much lighter in color!! And probably would have tasted like applesauce, but we didn't eat it. . .
But Calli really loves earthworms - after it rains some worms get stranded on the asphalt driveway, and they die and then dry out. Calli likes them when they are crunchy! She actually searches for them, and if they are stuck to the asphalt she will use her teeth to get them off.
Lisa
aww...Calli is a nice dog. I've never heard of a dog eating earthworms though. mmm...applesauce worms.
Hmm... I hope there were no vegetarians in the bunch! :-)
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