Well, what a strange experience. In the same evening I was fed fried grasshopper and corned beef hash…and I have to say that it was a close-run contest to decide which was the most enjoyable. The grasshopper, once you got over the fact that you were munching almost an entire grasshopper including its head (but minus the wings) was really surprisingly tasty. They only appear at one time of year and only then for a couple of weeks and so you have to catch them (literally) before they get too old to taste good. There are two varieties – green and brown, but the brown one isn’t an old version of the green one and they all look the same once cooked. I watched Kazungu (the guard at T house) catching them the other day; he very deftly breaks their necks without their heads falling off! It is a difficult flavour to describe…though the same cannot be said for the corned beef hash, which is a very easy flavour to describe in just three words – like dog food! I think the main problem is the fact that once you have mashed the corned beef into the potato, the consistency and the appearance is remarkably close to that of dog food as well as the taste…it doesn’t stand a chance really! Give me a fried grasshopper any day.
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