Kumbikumbi

Posted on January 30, 2008

At the first big rain of the season, we get swarmed with these huge flying termites. Swarmed! They hatch, live for a day, and die. So, the last few nights, our house was full of these mad zombie termites lurching about in the throes of death.

Lovely.

What better to do than to eat them?

No joke. Before I knew it, Sylvia had gathered them all up, cooked them in a pot in the garage, and brought me a plate, saying, “Here, try these, they’re delicious!”

I did.

They weren’t.

A handful of fried kumbikumbi

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  1. Andrew Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:23:06 GMT

    Hahahaha. I remember the flying termites at the beginning of rainy season in Liberia. They were a lot smaller than that. BTW, I am a probably for August, I don’t think I emailed back.

  2. unacoder Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:17:14 GMT

    i like mine shelled. it’s more like peanut butter that way.

  3. Matthew Todd Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:40:15 GMT

    Here’s the whole plate:

    A plateful of fried kumbikumbi

  4. Kathyjj29 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:14:18 GMT

    My guess is that your calendar for ‘08 must be filling up quickly, and you’re trying to discourage potential company from visiting you. If you showed pictures of a TYPICAL Sylvia meal and could somehow use an aroma-blog to convey its seductive allure, friends would be racing to buy their tickets and reserve a spot at Nyumba Todd.

  5. Matthew Todd Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:34:10 GMT

    @Kathyjj29: I’m trying to decide how long to wait until linking to the big bug picture again. These things need to be timed just right, you know…

  6. jamie Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:30:56 GMT

    oh dear Lord… you know, the Lord gives us all special gifts… i am so glad he gave you the gift of bug eating… :) cause he DID NOT give it to me!