Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Mike Lyle wrote:

Carob, aka Carob beans. They can be used to produce a chocolate
substitute which some people like (try a wholefood shop) and
which,
it has been argued, is less guilt-ridden than real chocolate. Also
known as "locust beans", they, not an invasive insect, were what
John
the Baptist is said to have eaten in the bush ("locusts and wild
honey").

Though locusts were and are eaten, too. In my view, carob
'chocolate'
would taste delicious only after you have starved in the desert for
some considerable time, and had run out of real locusts.

Agreed; my sister claims to like it, though. I understand animal
locusts, like most arthropods, taste like shrimps: I imagine Rusty's
eaten them, so he can confirm or deny. I've seen people eating
grasshopper legs raw, but found the way they got them so cruel that I
didn't venture to taste. I missed the flying-ant harvest in the
Sudan, too.

--
Mike.