August 8, 2009
There's nothing quite like a sizzling side of sautéed mealworms, right?Even if chowing down on insects isn’t your idea a good time, there’splenty left for you and the kids to explore as the Cleveland Metroparkstransforms its Garfield Park Nature Center into Bug City on Aug. 8. Butfirst, may we entice you with a little taste from the menu?
“We have a chef from Michigan who comes down to cook the bugs,” saysthe Cleveland Metroparks’ Dan Crandall. “He makes sautéed mealworms,breakfast bug-ritos, chocolate-chirp cookies and buggy brownies.”
More than 5,000 people usually attend this annual event, and Crandallsays about 1,000 sample bites from the creepy-crawly cuisine. Thatmeans at least 80 percent of visitors opt to take in the event usingtheir other senses, and there’s plenty to enjoy.