Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
A friend who worked closely with Inuit hunters in the Arctic told me that they eat botfly larvae from under the skin of caribou they have killed. Ruth On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Judith S. Weis jw...@andromeda.rutgers.eduwrote: I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go pfah and see the little crab on your plate! At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
In Peru we eat a larvae named Suri. it's the grub or larvae of the palm weevil Rhynchoporus palmarum. people will fry them. eat them raw or harvest their fat to drink (some say it's medicinal...) Bruno Ghersi 2014-05-01 17:45 GMT-05:00 Ruth McDowell mcdowellr...@gmail.com: A friend who worked closely with Inuit hunters in the Arctic told me that they eat botfly larvae from under the skin of caribou they have killed. Ruth On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Judith S. Weis jw...@andromeda.rutgers.eduwrote: I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go pfah and see the little crab on your plate! At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
I am an enjoyer of Hypomyces lactiflorum-parasitized Cascade Russulas indeed! It makes this rather bland and innocuous mushroom (its most common host) much more flavorful and some would say it's necessary to be palatable! Such a great discussion! Stacey On May 1, 2014 7:55 PM, Cochran-Stafira, D. Liane coch...@sxu.edu wrote: Those little livers are most likely liver flukes. They look surprisingly like a small, thin liver. Liane YUCK - yes I know it's protein, but it's just not within my comfort zone. -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Iulian Gherghel Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 12:19 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites? I heard that some people eat the small livers inside of the deer liver (probably the cyst of some parasitic worm...)... Iulian ᐧ
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
In my mycology class, I mentioned examples of parasitic fungi as food and medicine, such as succulent stem of *Zizania latifolia* infected by *Yenia esculenta* (*Ustilago esculenta*); necrotrophic parasites of insect adults, larvae or pupae by caterpillar fungus (*Cordyceps sinensis*), certainly including huitlacoche infected by corn smut fungus (*Ustilago maydis*) as well. Tiehang Wu On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:08 PM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
Lobster mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) are fungi which parasitize other fungi, typically gilled mushrooms, and they're sometimes considered a delicacy by mushroomers. I happen to consider this an absolutely bone-stupid thing to do, because the Hypomyces usually smothers the host mushroom and makes identification impossible--which means anyone who eats one is potentially eating Hypomyces and something deadly underneath. But there are 'shroomers who love their lobsters. - John A.
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
I think there is a dish with hagfish somewhere and/or possibly lamprey, I saw it on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods on the travel channel!!! Hagfish prep: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Hagfish On top of the corn smut, many of the mushrooms that are eaten are actually fungal parasites of trees. some cause brown heart rot and some white heart rot. In fact, some of them are grown specifically on wood. And, this depends a lot on if you are interested in all parasites, or just obligatory parasites. Many funguses are opportunistic. Not sure if these maggots qualify under what you are asking: http://www.matsecooks.com/?tag=edible-maggots Where do you draw the line between a herbivous insect and a parasitic one? an add on Ebay for edible maggots http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/50-edible-MAGGOTS-GROSS-OUT-CAKE-DECORATIONS-toppers-CUPCAKES-bbq-SUGARCRAFT-/130665493275 Also, tape worms (Burtiella flanneryi) from the coppery ringtail are eaten.. http://books.google.com/books?id=mfYofzsIzlACpg=PA122lpg=PA122dq=%22edible+parasites%22source=blots=7scvWxQfJQsig=Gguk_0C3Yz3_kz1MsX6yHkuEW1shl=ensa=Xei=jnZiU8WBLI6dyATZ2IGQDAved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepageq=%22edible%20parasites%22f=false Then, On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:08 AM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.” -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive - Allan Nation 1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
It depends on whether you view plant fungal endophytes as parasites or mutualists - they can be both. I don't know specifically about the endophyte load in crop plants, but if it is like others then we eat them all the time! On 5/1/2014 9:08 AM, David Inouye wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
Some mushrooms like Armillariella mellea (honey mushroom). Traditionally, the Inuit eat caribou warble fly larvae (Hypoderma tarandi) Cheers - Peter. --- Peter M. Kotanen Associate Professor Department of Ecology Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto at Mississauga 3359 Mississauga Road Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6 CANADA tel: 905-828-5365; fax: 905-828-3792 skype: peter.kotanen e-mail: peter.kota...@utoronto.ca http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pkota/ On 01-05-2014, at 12:08 , David Inouye wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
Lamprey has long been considered a delicacy enjoyed by royalty. See http://www.godecookery.com/nboke/nboke68.html for an old recipe. Lamprey pie is still enjoyed in the UK. King Henry I reportedly died of overindulgence in lamprey. Prof. Eric Schultz Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269-3043 860.486.4692 -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Malcolm McCallum Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 12:37 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites? I think there is a dish with hagfish somewhere and/or possibly lamprey, I saw it on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods on the travel channel!!! Hagfish prep: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Hagfish On top of the corn smut, many of the mushrooms that are eaten are actually fungal parasites of trees. some cause brown heart rot and some white heart rot. In fact, some of them are grown specifically on wood. And, this depends a lot on if you are interested in all parasites, or just obligatory parasites. Many funguses are opportunistic. Not sure if these maggots qualify under what you are asking: http://www.matsecooks.com/?tag=edible-maggots Where do you draw the line between a herbivous insect and a parasitic one? an add on Ebay for edible maggots http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/50-edible-MAGGOTS-GROSS-OUT-CAKE-DECORATIONS-toppers-CUPCAKES-bbq-SUGARCRAFT-/130665493275 Also, tape worms (Burtiella flanneryi) from the coppery ringtail are eaten.. http://books.google.com/books?id=mfYofzsIzlACpg=PA122lpg=PA122dq=%22edible+parasites%22source=blots=7scvWxQfJQsig=Gguk_0C3Yz3_kz1MsX6yHkuEW1shl=ensa=Xei=jnZiU8WBLI6dyATZ2IGQDAved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepageq=%22edible%20parasites%22f=false Then, On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:08 AM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Department of Environmental Studies University of Illinois at Springfield Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.” -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive - Allan Nation 1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
I heard that some people eat the small livers inside of the deer liver (probably the cyst of some parasitic worm...)... Iulian ᐧ
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go pfah and see the little crab on your plate! At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
Freshwater mussels (Unionoida) parasitic on fish as larvae (glochidia), are eaten in some parts of the world once they're free-living filter feeding adults. They have not commonly been used as food in North America because they're not especially palatable, because many are threatened species, and often live in polluted streams, rivers, and lakes. I have heard of them being harvested for food and even sold in markets in China, just watch out for pearls. -- Dave Zanatta, Ph.D. Associate Professor Institute for Great Lakes Research Biology Department Central Michigan University 335 Brooks Hall Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 email: zana...@cmich.edu office: 989-774-7829 lab: 989-774-7634 fax: 989-774-3462 Homepage: http://people.cst.cmich.edu/zanat1d/ On 5/1/14 12:08 PM, David Inouye ino...@umd.edu wrote: At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
I eat pea crabs on purpose! If there are enough of them when I'm opening oysters for a feed I'll save them and saute them in butter but sometimes just pop them in my mouth. But the oysters have to be really fresh, less than a week after harvesting. I think that I got the idea from Euell Gibbons book on Stalking the Blue Eyed Scallop, when I was a kid. On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Judith S. Weis jw...@andromeda.rutgers.edu wrote: I've never heard of pea crabs being consumed on purpose. It's usually when you pop a mussel in your mouth, get a surprise, and go pfah and see the little crab on your plate! At a dinner conversation with Carl Zimmer (author of Parasite Rex, etc.) the question came up of whether there are any parasites regularly consumed as food (not unintentionally with your food). I came up with one animal (pea crab) and one fungus (huitlacoche; corn smut). Do you know of others? David Inouye -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Professor of Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 Research teaching web site - http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish Sculpture by Gary D. Grossman https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Grossmans-Sculpture-Portfolio/124819124227147?fref=ts Hutson Gallery Provincetown, MA - www.hutsongallery.net/artists.html My ukulele channel - www.youtube.com/user/garydg29
Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites?
Those little livers are most likely liver flukes. They look surprisingly like a small, thin liver. Liane YUCK - yes I know it's protein, but it's just not within my comfort zone. -Original Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Iulian Gherghel Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 12:19 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] edible parasites? I heard that some people eat the small livers inside of the deer liver (probably the cyst of some parasitic worm...)... Iulian ᐧ
