{"id":6420,"date":"2011-11-20T02:40:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T10:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=6420"},"modified":"2011-11-20T02:40:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T10:40:52","slug":"gross-enough-to-gag-a-maggot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/6420","title":{"rendered":"gross enough to gag a maggot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tEwwwuuuuuu. I had no idea\u00a0critters like this existed in anything other than an Indiana Jones movie or National Geographic special. Discovered in a piece of\u00a0firewood\u00a0next to our chicken coop, reactions at the farm …<\/p>\n

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… varied. “Never-Squeamish-Kim” wanted to eat them. “Desperately-in-Need-of-Farmgirl-Bootcamp-Alicia” said\u00a0she was going to throw-up, “Adventurous-Ace” wanted to save them for a fishing expedition, “Curious-Curtis”\u00a0put them into a jar with cornmeal to observe them during his lunch break, but I wanted to know the NAME of these gi-normous, prehistoric-looking maggots.<\/p>\n

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The verdict? Ponderosa Pine Borers. I had no idea we were sharing our firewood with … gourmet food. Known for consuming exotic ethnic dishes, Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain has eaten sheep testicles in Morocco, ant eggs in Puebla, a raw seal eyeball, fermented shark in Iceland, and a whole cobra\u2014beating heat, blood, bile, and meat\u2014in Vietnam. (However,\u00a0he says the most disgusting thing he’s ever eaten is a Chicken McNugget.)<\/p>\n

Put the skillet on Never-Squeamish-Kim! If Anthony can eat an unwashed warthog rectum in Namibia, we can eat\u00a0pine borers.<\/p>\n

Just curious. Has anyone ever eaten\u00a0a porcupine?<\/p>\n

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