On Jun 9, 2:34*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> merryb wrote:
>
> > I am really looking forward to this- any ideas are truly appreciated!
>
> Do you have a Japanese food store anywhere nearby?
> A good one may have, in their snack food section,
> little dried crabs glazed with a flavoring coating.
> You get a whole bunch of them, maybe a dozen, in
> a bag. *More like an envelope, with a thin plastic
> stiffening tray, as I recall. *It's a dramatic
> presentation, because they have their little
> pincers and legs which makes them look more
> nasty.
>
> I bought them once to include as a sort of gag
> in the snack bowl I prepared for a meeting at
> work. *A couple guys ate them, and said they
> were awful. *One guy said it was the nastiest
> thing he'd ever eaten.

Great idea- thanks! I have also seen canned dried worms in some kind
of sauce which should go over well! I'm just hoping that no one will
have the kahunas to eat the balut as I'd surely barf!!!