Lunching on locusts

07.03.2013                      25.Adar. 5773

Heuschrecken, koscher?:

Lunching on locusts

The plague that has descended on southern Israel from Egypt could be an opportunity for a culinary adventure.

News of a swarm of desert locusts having reached southern Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula might cause one’s mind to be engulfed by Biblical imagery of plague and apocalypse. But while it’s certainly no joking matter for Israel’s farmers, it’s not all wrath upon the human race, since these crop munching critters are also good human fodder….