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 HN> I suppose so. I was raised to only 
 HN> go after what I needed, and not more.

I'm not so far as to be on that end, but I'm reasonably
close. I think that society has to encourage these people,
as they are the bedrock of civilization.

 HN> I don't understand the mindset
 HN> that just wants it ALL.

I see it around me all the time. The accumulation of capital
depends on them, and if society wants that end, it has to
encourage these folks to some degree.

Pure capitalism would encourage just the latter sort; pure
socialism just the former. Unfortunately, there will be the
"just wants it all" kind even in a pure socialist society,
which is why those systems don't work.

 ->  -> CREAM OF CRAB AND CORN SOUP
 -> It's a real soup available in real Vietnam. The Vietnamese
 -> learned about corn from the Cantonese, who learned about it
 -> probably from C-rats or CARE packages.
 HN> Interesting! I still think 1/2 cup of crab is way too 
 HN> little! I like crab dishes though!

When crabs are affordable, 1/2 c of crab is just a mouthful.
When it's a relatively scarce source of protein and flavor,
it can flavor a whole pot of soup.

By the way, I was kind of flip about how the Cantonese learned
about corn: they've after all been trading around the world for
hundreds of years.

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      Title: Tarantulas
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           Tarantulas

  Awhile back I mentioned that I thought that it odd that nobody eats
  tarantulas because of their close relationship to crabs and the
  like--favorite foods in many cuisines. Last night I was watching a show on
  a tribe of Amazonian Indians and lo and behold, they were trapping and
  cooking the big ol' spiders. And I do mean big. These guys were the size of
  blue crabs. I would guess that they're at least eight inches across the
  spread legs.

  "Take one tarantula..." Not an easy process! First they catch the critters
  by luring them out of their tunnels with a long strip of grass. The hunter
  then very deftly grabs the spider by the thorax, folds the legs back and
  wraps the spider in a leaf for transportation to the camp site.

  At the campsite, the spiders are killed. Everything is used. The abdomens
  are removed and stripped of eggs. The eggs are wrapped in a leaf and
  roasted over a fire to produce a spider egg omelette. The bodies are tossed
  directly onto a fire to singe off the hair and to cook the meat. When
  they're done, the legs and thorax are cracked open and picked just like
  when you eat a crab. After the meal the fangs--which are a good inch and a
  half long-- are used as toothpicks. It was emphasized that the spiders
  taste *very* much like crab.

  Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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