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The high today in Michigan was 22 and we were dreaming about last year sitting in the sun when the thought of being cold was never near. While we can't be back in Tanzania we can pretend. We have cooked a few dishes from Tanzania since we were back but we haven't tried this one yet. We thought we would pass it along in case anyone else wanted to give it a try. If it is a big year for the locusts now you will have something to do with them!

Crunchy Spicy Locusts

Ingredients

• Headgear flashlight
• Plastic bag
• Vegetable oil
• Locusts
• Salt
• Chili powder

Directions

1. During locust season go outside at night with flashlight on your head and plastic bag. As the locust fly towards you attracted to the light, pick them off of you and place them in the bag.
2. Once you get in the kitchen, remove the wings by pulling them off.
3. Wash the locust and pat dry.
4. Fill a pan with about 1 inch of vegetable oil. Heat on medium high until when you flick water at the oil, the water splatters.
5. Drop locusts in hot oil for two minutes.
6. Place on plate with paper towel to absorb oil.
7. Sprinkle with chili powder and salt.
8. In the morning let the plate sit outside in the sun for a few hours so the locusts get crunchy.

While we didn't have locust in Tanzania we did try fried termites. Below is a bucket full of the termites that we got to try before they were fried. They weren't bad so maybe we will try the locust this year!