Now imagine putting it on a taco.
This evening, myself, Mr. Fiend, and another couple, met for dinner at a lovely restaurant specializing in "modern Mexican cuisine."
Yum, you might say, and for the most part, yes. I like me some tamales, ceviche and fresh guacamole. Who doesn't? In fact, we were having a swimmingly good time, pleasant conversation, tasty margaritas. And then.
And then Mr. Fiend and another member of our party, perusing the menu, decided that they would partake in grasshopper tacos, a local specialty. Yes, a taco filled with grasshoppers. Lot of legs, thoraxes, wings, you get the picture. On a tortilla.
One might assume that eating a taco filled with grasshoppers would qualify as a fiendish activity, but one would be WRONG!
You probably aren't aware of this, but "Do not eat tacos filled with grasshoppers" is Fiend Rule #1. Until this evening, it was Fiend Rule #27, but it jumped WAY up the queue, displacing the old Fiend Rule #1, "There is something mildly menacing about horses."
After politely expressing my distaste ("ew", "nastiest thing ever", "this reflects poorly on your upbringing", etc), I shared the following opinion:
If Mr. Fiend and I were stranded on an island together with nothing to eat except for grasshoppers, I would become a cannibal and eat him instead. It seemed like a logical view, but imagine my surprise when Mr. Fiend and our table mates expressed disgust.
Seriously?! You're about to eat a taco full of grasshoppers and you find it disturbing that I would rather eat human flesh? From what I hear, it tastes like chicken. I like chicken. I don't like grasshoppers.
Am I crazy? Let's take a poll.
I would rather eat:
a) a disgusting grasshopper taco.
b) a delicious human taco.
c) meat is murder! Give me a tasty veal taco instead.
5 comments:
Do I even have to tell you all how super yummy that grasshopper taco was? mmmm crunchy!
Did he eat it in the end? Were you successful in dissuading him from such unfiendly behavior? Tell me it is so!
You know, I was actually at a place where they sold fried insects as food? Sort of the way people here eat sunflower seeds. Ick.
Ewwww, Snow you poor thing! Grasshoppers?? What are we, stuck in the wilderness of our back yard? Hmmm, are those my only three choices:-/ I guess I'd starve. :P
Something similar happened to a friend of mine--she was very considerately ordered a goat's head taco by her boyfriend. My bf would be gone so fast if he pulled something like that on me. Mwahahaha!
bleh, of course he ate it.
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