I never saw a large black Beetle, 2" long, except in Arizona during the rainy season...drove over a million of them. I didn't see one in Thailand. We had Cobra snakes, Pit Vipers, a jillion mesquitos, rats, guekos, huge ants, termites, and fish that walked on the front lawn... BUT, I never saw a large black beetle. You must have been up-country somewhere, like in Korat or Nakam Phenom? (sp?) I know, "Nit Noy" means a "little bit." We lived in Bangkok from 1967-1970...with a yearly R&R to the States. I raised my (3) kids in Guam & Thailand...when they were little. Son Kyle was born on Guam at the Naval Hospital. Don't know about you, but I loved Thailand.. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: ScismGenie@aol.com <ScismGenie@aol.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: Snails >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.) > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >