wonderlust Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 For those who think the bar girls are getting greedy and asking for too much money... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/asia_pac_eating_insects_in_thailand/html/4.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelseafan Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Aye, I'll eat the crickets with the missus, but I draw the line at scorpions....if she eats them, she's gotta clean her teeth at least twice !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Just goes to show what hard work can achieve...i wonder how many BGs get more than her per month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Hi, Is this 1,000 Baht revenue or profit? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderlust Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 She does say she can make 1000 baht a night which I interpret as profit but who knows? I eat all those creepy crawlies, especially scorpion not because I like the taste but it makes me feel such a man. :nahnah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 Glad to see this was not a proposition for a few hours of the bug-lady's time... I'm a grasshopper guy myself, the other bugs - especially those with a soft inside - freak me out a bit. Was recently in Cambodia, and outside Siem Reap every farmer's got a tube light, plastic sheet and tub of water -- and asked whether local people eat a lot of bugss, and they said it's not the Cambodians, it's the Thais in Isaan, bugs are an export commodity! YimSiam PS: What's the plastic sheet on the bug cart for? Keep away the insects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 How could anyone resist a plate of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 ... PS: What's the plastic sheet on the bug cart for? Keep away the insects? To keep the rain off the selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 ... PS: What's the plastic sheet on the bug cart for? Keep away the insects? To keep the rain off the selections. Correct - :thumbup: tuukthong na kap! Although not widely known, most of these species are prone to come alive again if moistened by a light rain, like sea monkeys or Gremlins - turning the bug cart into a gruesome creepy-crawly spectacle, with the bugcart lady forced to watch her income crawl, fly and slither off to various dark corners if the rain hits... Okay, that's not actually true - only the shrimp and the bamboo worms can come back to life, none of the others - but sometimes my imagination gets carried away... Bon appetit! YimSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Glad to see this was not a proposition for a few hours of the bug-lady's time... That's what I thought!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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