Friday, February 18, 2011

Worms!

The following was written by my youngest daughter, Jayde.



Amazonian worms.



The earliest memory I can recall clearly is eating worms instead of my mom's chocolate chip cookies. I may have been crazy, or simply craving worms. I don't know. But they were smoked, and they were very tasty. They taste a lot like beef jerky only a little bit more...um...wiggly. Plus, they are long. About a foot long. Let's just say that they are like Slim Jims. Only living.

They are much tastier when they are cooked, as are most foods. But, eating them live and raw can gross out any tourists or city-folk and it is fun. I used to snack on them like potato chips. I prefer them over potato chips.

Anyways, I'm guessing myself to be about five to six years old, and obviously, I was hungry. I was growing anyway, and I needed something to hold me over until Mom finished making lunch.
"Mama." I said, and looked up at her as she stirred the pot...Or cut the vegetables...Or baked or whatever she was doing. And she looked down at me.
"What?"
"I'm hungry." As I said this, I rubbed my tummy.

Mom told me to go look in the fridge, as there was something to snack on. "Go look."
I walked over, and opened the fridge. Inside was a wild array of meat, fish that the Indians had brought, baby veggies, leftovers and...Worms. I dug in for the worms. I took them out, and carried them up to the loft while I played.

As soon as the Ziploc was empty, I quietly slipped back down the ladder, and threw the bag in the sink as Mom had always instructed me to do, because 'those magical bags didn't grow on trees'. I found this odd, because, to me, everything grew on trees. Fruits, vegetables, and I thought birds grew on trees. And the fact that they were magical meant they had to be cleaned every day, to be used again. And then stuck against the window when wet, to dry.
Anyway, once I threw it in the sink, I looked over and saw Mom leaning into the fridge. (I remember this clearly).

I went over and asked what she was doing. Mom stood back up, and said, " Where are they!?!?! They're--They're---They're GONE! What happened? Do you know??" She asked me.
I shook my head. Then Mom saw me. And looked in the sink.
"Did you eat the worms??"
I nodded. "You said there was a snack in the fridge."
"But--Those were for your cousins for when we see them next week. Oh...I was gonna surprise them!..." Mom looked so sad. So I looked at her, smiled and said,
"They wouldn't like them anyway. They would think that they were gross. So I eated them."
"I'm sure you did."

Turns out, she had meant the chocolate chip cookies when she said a snack. Who knew?
Jayde 'helps' her dad while a friend gets stitches.

6 comments:

Davey said...

Eewwww!

Anne said...

OHHHH! My goodness. I could barely finish reading this! SO gross! I can't even look at or touch worms let alone eat them! I usually love reading the stories you post, the worms though... oh my goodness!!!

groovyoldlady said...

AHhahahahahahahahaa!!! This is even better than your mom's story about the first time she ate worms by the river!

Oh my word...I'm gonna be snickering all day now!

ABNPOPPA said...

JM,
I hear worms are full of protein and can be eaten with a touch of garlic and pinch of soy sauce. They taste like chicken when fried properly.
What do you know about Ecuador? My SIL is going there in June on a mission trip to build ....ah....sanitation facilities. Should I be concerned?

Pops
@Conservative Outrage

Amrita said...

I should read this out to my mother - she keeps asking me have you checked the veggies for worms before you chop them. LOL.

Really enjoyed reading this

Kathy said...

Scream!!! I'm with the cousins--I'll take the choc. chip cookies (and the potato chips!)!!! :)