Living Off The Land Recipes

As per request, I was able to dig up my old posts in DPF:

Let's start off:
Note: Quantities are based on availability of supply

Grasshopper Fries:
1) Wash the grasshoppers (large variety)
2) Cut off wings, legs, and head
3) Season with either salt and pepper or soy sauce
4) Heat oil in a pan. Fry until crunchy

Ant Thorax "Nuts" (this takes a lot of ants and I mean, a lot! )
1) Get the large ants
2) Cut off the thorax and put aside in a bowl
3) In a dry pan, dry fry the thorax.

Bougainvillea Salad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea)
1) Get the flowers (only the flowers)
2) Wash in water twice then blanch in hot water for about a minute
3) Slice tomatoes and onions. You can also add thin strips of garlic and grated ginger
4) Combine flowers, tomatoes, and onions in a bowl
5) Season with salt, pepper, vinegar

Rose Petal Tempura
1) Separate the petals and wash
2) Make a batter using flour, eggs, and salt & pepper
3) Coat petals with batter
4) Fry until golden brown

Fried June Bugs
1) Remove the wings and legs
2) Fry in a bit of oil.
3) Add salt and pepper to taste

"Adobo" June Bugs
- June Bugs (cleaned of wings, legs, etc.)
- Soy sauce
- Vinegar (1 part for every 10 parts Soy Sauce)
- Peppercorns
- Bay leaf
- Garlic

1) Saute the garlic in oil, add the pepper corns
2) Add the June bugs
3) Put in the vinegar and the Soy Sauce. This is to evaporate the vinegar a bit
4) add the Bay leaf

A variation of the above:
invasivore.org/2013/05/recipe-adobong-salagubang-adobo-style-june-bugs/

"Metal" dish (this is from a province up north) from the phrase "ME TALbos ng ..., ME TALbos ng ... meaning "There are sprouts of ..."

Any leaf sprouts of the following plants:
Malunggay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera)
String Beans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_bean)
Bitter Gourd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_charantia)
Saluyot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Saluyot)
Kangkong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica)
Alugbati (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basella_alba)
and other edible plants you may have even the newly sprouted leaves of the mango tree.

Saute garlic, onions, and tomatoes, put fishstock (or even a pieace of roasted/fried fish/pork/chicken then water)
Let boil. Dump the leaves into the pot. let boil for 2 to 3 minutes then serve.

Goes well with fish sauce or fermented fish sauce (bagoong balayan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagoong)