South African entrepreneur seeks to turn caterpillars into tasty snacks

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South African chemical engineer, Wendy Vesela has found ways of turning the spiky green and black caterpillars -- which are packed with protein and iron -- into a flour that can be used in savoury biscuits, sweet chocolate protein bars, cereals or smoothies.

JOHANNESBURG - A start-up entrepreneur from South Africa wants to change the way edible caterpillars popularly known as "mopane worms" are viewed and eaten.

When steamed and sliced, mopane pieces can also be used as pizza toppings. Vesela says she has found domestic and international customers for her organic products. "Mopane need to be treated with respect because they are part of people's emotional, spiritual, culinary genres," she said. "I won't eat a worm. I'm sorry, it's disgusting. But if you give it to me in the form of a chocolate... it's really delicious," said Gail Odendaal, 38, walking away with a bag of protein bars.

 

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Indeed these are caterpillars. They are the larvae of butterflies. When I lived in Venda they were a favourite dish, IF they were cooked by a knowledgable person. Even then they were in short supply so we shall need a breeding programme. GREAT GRUB!

This an't no carterpillars, it's called mopani worms or mashotja...gerr it?

We know them as Mashonzha.

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