Writing and Snacks : Greg van Eekhout: Good eats

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Can't remember the last time I had really good lizard-on-a-stick.

On the Manado (Sulawesi) open market you can also get dogs, cats, rats, mice and snakes on a stick!

By Cousin Ellen, at Sun Jul 02, 01:33:00 PM MST
Where's that picture located? Is it local or overseas?

I've not been bothered by the idea of snakes or insetcs being consumed. Dogs, cats... that a culktural thing i guess. We eat cows and that's a sacred animal for other cultures.

But.
Lizards.
Those little things that would scamper all over the walls in my house back home? The bigger ground lizard variety (30 cm nose to tail tip), that my dog would always pounce, chomp on a few times, then discard in the driveway like half-chewed licorice to ripen in the sun, so that my mom would then come home, drive over it, and swear a mild blue streak?

Yecccch.

By Tricia L, at Mon Jul 03, 01:31:00 PM MST
It is my opinion that there is a dearth of meat on a stick! Where can I get my reptokabob?

By Michael van Eekhout, at Mon Jul 03, 02:43:00 PM MST
Local to you, Tricia, kinda: Vancouver.

I'm puzzled about the preparation. Do you roast them, boil them to soften them up, chew them like jerky, or just lick them?

By Greg van Eekhout, at Tue Jul 04, 10:17:00 AM MST

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