Did you know shrimp are actually bugs? So are lobsters, and crabs, too. So when you say yuck when I eat my bugs, think about what you are eating when you have seafood.

That reminds me. Did you know alligator is considered seafood? That means during the Lenten season, you can go to one of my favorite restaurants, BJ's Bayou! They make some great gumbo and fried okra, as well as alligator sticks. Kind of like fish sticks.

Choco Bugs!

What would you think if I gave you a box of chocolate bugs? If you gave me one, I'd probably jump for joy! Which reminds me, I ate a bug the other day in front of a bunch of friends. They said they wanted to see me do it. Guess what? They all said,"EWE!" I know strange, huh? But then again, I'm strange, too.

Recipe for Chocolate Bugs:

1. Buy or catch some grasshoppers and cook for 10 seconds (cook longer if not dead)
2. If you have a chocolate fountain, you know what to do. If you don't, try this: heat chocolate in a pan until it's melted very well.
3. Grab a fork and dip in chocolate. Wrap in box and send to friends, family, etc..

Bug's Revenge on Skippy

Yeah, squirrels. This is what happens when you get in The Bug's hair!!

Hercules Beetle Fun Facts

Eudicella gralli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Dynastinae Genus: Dynastes Species: D. hercules
Binomial name
Dynastes hercules Linnaeus, 1758

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