Recipe for Tomato Hornworms

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and others:

I finally dug out my insect cookbooks and looks for the tomato

hornworm recipes. Actually, I can only find one. This comes from

Gordon's " Eat-a-Bug Cookbook " .

3 tbs Olive Oil

16 Tomato Hornworms

16 Basil Leaves

4 Medium Green Tomatoes, 1/4 " Sliced

White Cornmeal

Salt and Pepper (to taste)

1) Lightly fry the Hornworms in a pan for a few minutes. Be careful not

to rupture the exoskeleton with the high heat (aesthetics). Set aside to

drain

2) Sprinkle Tomato slices with salt and pepper then coat with cornmeal.

3) Fry Tomato slices on both sides until lightly brown.

4) Top each Tomato slice with one to two Hornworm. Top each Hornworm

with a Basil Leaf.

Gordon makes no note of potential toxicity from ingested tomato leaves.

He does, however, mention that Hornworms contain a large amount of

chlorophyll.

Geoffrey Tolle