I ate one of those a scientist brought back from an African trip, it tasted like tobacco to me. It would have been much better doused with lots and lots of hot sauce :) Oatmeal Jack >In South Africa there is a culinary delight called a Mopane worm. A type of >caterpillar. Grows to the size of a typical tomato worm thing. Looks as >yuck, too. Anyway, it is dried and eaten as a meat (understand stew) >supplement. Gaining interest as a "cultural" food. Never had it myself. Join the Carp Anglers Group at: http://www.carpanglersgroup.org Go Fishing with Jack on the Potomac River, MD, USA at: http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/8155