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Fried spiders? How ’bout no, Scott (16 Photos)

February 27, 2013 | In: Animals, Crazy Food, Creepy, Foreigners

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: In the Cambodian town of Skuon, fried spiders are a regional delicacy. The vending of fried spiders as a specialty snack is a popular attraction for tourists passing through this town. The spiders are bred in holes in the ground in villages north of Skuon, or foraged for in nearby forestland, and fried in oil. It is not clear how this practice started, but some have suggested that the population might have started eating spiders out of desperation during the years of Khmer Rouge rule, when food was in short supply. Meanwhile, I would’ve rather starved to death, but hey, that’s just me.

Category: Animals, Crazy Food, Creepy, Foreigners

Wet_tosti

#4 stop playing with your food!

Mike

Are you talking to the boy? Or the spiders?!

amber_elisabeth

Nope, fuck that.

Pretty Smile

You rike softshell crab? Basically the same thing.

non, a

NOPE.
High Llama

oh fuck no!

Underbaker

I think we should take out the whole village and surrounding jungles, just to be safe…
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High Llama

Nuke it from orbit, it is the only way to be sure!

MattKL

Paging Andrew Zimmern.
Ace V.

"Come to me, jungle friends!" #4
bill

what do they taste like?

Marc

They taste like nope!
Bazil

Chicken
David

They taste just like fukkin' spiders!

rob

like chicken….everything tastes like chicken…
Derek

Whats the harm in trying it atleast once? people eat fish…

Underbaker

Still wondering who the first guy was to look at an oyster and thought that looked tasty.

MonkeyMadness

Somebody REALLY hungry!

banananah

imagine what was the deal with cow and milk…

Gallus

I have as much culinary curiosity as anyone, I guess. I have eaten all manner of insects, worms, larvae – you get the picture. But, somehow, a big hairy spider clicks my curiosity the whole way off.
http://www.sweepsweep.com Sneak Ninja

I want to eat just one in front of thousands of live spiders, staring them all down. Just to show them who's boss, before fleeing in the other direction to avoid their wrath.

NoWayJose

Very wise – obviously something the poor sods in this town forgot to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmcNh38rTOA
David

LMAO!!!!!
The guy in the booth next to me is giving me a funny look now!

NoWayJose

C'mon people, there's EIGHT drumsticks!
Emmylou

shellfish are sea insects…….. I know spiders aren't insects, but I'd give it a go. I am imagining something like… shrimp flavour?!
Scott

C'mon bob. What's wrong with spiders.
bbbz

Neeewp!
TheBAMFinater

I will never sleep again.
Brian

#6

The only good spider is a dead spider

Hazel

And that's not even good. The only good spider is – wait there are no good spiders

http://www.facebook.com/david.godbout.35 David Godbout

fuck that! fuck ALL of that forever until the end of time
https://www.facebook.com/Babby08 Abby Garrett

NEVERRRR!! Not even one. HELL no!!!
Nope

I think I'd eat the kid first
chivette

You can have ALLLLLLL my nopes!!
erikhart

#6 how about NO!
Dapper_Dave

#6 FUCK YOOOOOOUUUUU!!!!
waylon

What brave desperate soul thought this would work?
Spider-Hater

KILL THEM WITH FIRE, LOTS AND LOTS OF FIRE~!

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