What do tarantulas taste like?

[Nightshade]

Is there anyone here on the boards who has actually tasted tarantula?
I'm curious.

I'm packing up for a move and I just came across some old molts, plus I'm getting hungry for dinner, lol.

I know some people store their dead Ts in the freezer. Ever thought about scraping the bristles off of one with a paring knife and throwing it into a frying pan with a bit of oil and some herbs?

[Kel_420]

Is there anyone here on the boards who has actually tasted tarantula?
I'm curious.

I'm packing up for a move and I just came across some old molts, plus I'm getting hungry for dinner, lol.

I know some people store their dead Ts in the freezer. Ever thought about scraping the bristles off of one with a paring knife and throwing it into a frying pan with a bit of oil and some herbs?

omg, it tastes sooo good. I raises my from slings then I eat them alive. They taste the best while they move down your mouth =)

[MelGibson]

i want to know too. ive looked for ways to perpare a T in like a thai dish but no results yet. also im not sure which Ts are edible.

[gvfarns]

I haven't actually had it but I understand tarantulas, like other invertibrates, taste like crab or lobster, but without the fishiness. Basically nondescript but definitely mild and soft (once you get through the exoskeleton).

[gvfarns]

In other words they basically taste like the spices they are cooked/dipped in.

[Nightshade]

None of my big Ts have died since I started in the hobby.
But when one does, I don't imagine I'll want to flush it. Or bury it in someone else's yard.
Preparing a pet for cooking would be sad and gruesome, but in the end we would be together forever

[Arachnosold1er]

Ummm. Okay. Ya'll r weird.

[fang333999]

Ummm. Okay. Ya'll r weird.

hahahaha i thought i was the only one.......

[oblivion22]

[strangladesh]

they taste like chicken DUH...

[Kel_420]

None of my big Ts have died since I started in the hobby.
But when one does, I don't imagine I'll want to flush it. Or bury it in someone else's yard.
Preparing a pet for cooking would be sad and gruesome, but in the end we would be together forever

jeffery domer?

[Fingolfin]

I hear they taste like prawns, from an expert who has had them.

[Sooner]

I hear they taste like a mix between lobsters and shrimp from a Nat Geo program I saw. The natives would sear the tarantula over a roast pit so the hairs would singe off. After it is roasted, the flesh is creamy white with some orange and steam coming out. The texture looks like shrimp...

[Kid Dragon]

Never ate a tarantula, but if you go to the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans they sure know how to cook insects!

[hairmetalspider]

jeffery domer?

*Jeffrey Dahmer. If you're going to make references, spell it right. :-P

If you can make a connection between cannablism/torture/acid zombies, I'd hate to see what you can conjure for Ed Gein. Would would that make an interior designer?