Mmmm....grasshoppers

So apparently November in Uganda is when hordes of grasshoppers descend on this tiny nation providing sustenance and quick cash to those smart enough to round them up and sell them by the cup full to hungry neighbors. The way the locals explained the phenomenon back in October, I was expecting a Hitchcock type scene where small children are carried off by thousands of these winged hors 'dourves. In reality, you really don't see that many around except at night around bright lights, but the street vendors are all-of-a-sudden selling them by the hundreds at a pretty good mark up, I might add. They shove baskets of de-winged and de-legged, squirmy delicacies in your face all month. Our friends Pasco and Alicia bravely fried up a batch and brought them over one night and, to our surprise, they were really tasty little guys...kind of shrimpy tasting. All in all a very enjoyable snack, so think about it next time you are feeling a bit hungry.