In a message dated 5/10/2002 10:21:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jcurtis@redrock.net writes: > What's a rice bug? > > Jan C. Large Black Beetles about two inches long, you just pop off the head, and suck out the innards, or fry them in rice, or boil them in KowPat. Adds protein to amn otherwise protein poor diet. You never tried them? You could buy them from street sellers, and the kids would "hunt" them and walk them on a leash, like a dog. Just a little NitNoy from my "tour". Jeff Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)