Show J j GR GRASSHOPPERS AS A DELICACY s sAre v Are Esteemed t C Highly by by Housewives o s 4 t Philippines Big Bis grasshoppers s such ch as grow fat an loudly b in the Orient are looked upon as table delicacies delicacies In the Philippines T There l re are are several methods used by bj 1 for catching grasshoppers The most effective is the thenet et a large butterfly net net arranged with i h i netting placed over t a h hoop and to trio the latter is fixed along handle The hopper is first so thoroughly dried out in the heat of the sun or or iQ hithe Ip hi the bake bale oven th that r there th r is nothing l that left ft that is really objectionable and a anice anice anice nice crispy article of food results This tastes sweet of itself and something like ginger biscuits The natives natives natives' usually ally sweeten the grasshopper more grasshopper more by using a sprinkling of brown sugar Then hen the confectioners make maIm up g grass grasshoppers hoppers with sugar chocolate trimmIngs trim trimmings trim trimmings and colored candies candles in jn such a away away away way that a v very ry nice tasting piece of conf confectionery is is obtained The house hous housewife housewife wife of the Philippines takes consider considerable able delight in placing before you youva a anice nice grasshopper pie pie- or cake The grasshopper pie is t the e most wonderful wonder wonder- I ful dish as the big hoppers are prepared prepared pre pre- pared in su such h a way that they do not I lose their form i |