It s about more, much more, than just eating bugs. Now in it s second year at the Louisiana Nature Center, Joe Brown Park in New Orleans East, the event includes learning activities, crafts, planetarium shows, wildlife presentations and all sorts of other fun family activities. But it s the insect cooking that remains the headline story of this event. This year, recipes for visitors to sample include mealworm minestrone, worm fritters, mushroomed mealworms, crispy Cajun crickets, poached honeyed waxworms and crawlines. The chocolate chirp cookies, such a hit are making a return appearance as well.
Insects are a valuable food source in many other areas of the world.
Dried caterpillars are consumed in great quantities in parts of Zaire, for example. See and touch insects at the Creepy Crawly Petting Zoo. In this game, participants compete to find out who can spit a frozen cricket the farthest. This facility is handicapped accessible. Information available in English, Fran ais, Deutsch, Espa ol, Portugu s and Japanese.