What do tarantulas taste like?

Nightshade

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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?
 

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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

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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.
 

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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).
 

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

Nightshade

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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 {D
 
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Kel_420

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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 {D
jeffery domer?
 

Fingolfin

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

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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...
 

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

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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?
 

Snipes

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I dunno, but in a few days i can tell you what eggs taste like :}
 

hardtohandle

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Rick West said that it taste like crabs... or prawns... or something like that, I cant remember...
 

WARPIG

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Put a live one on your tounge and let us know{D

PIG-
 

PSYS

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I just wouldn't ever imagine it seriously tasting like a prawn or lobster or crab...? ...interesting.
 
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