mexican cricket
NaeNae55
3,243 Posts
Hi All!
I had an experience at lunch today that I just have to share.
Today is my husband's birthday. For a change, we decided to all go out for lunch instead of dinner. We made a reservation at a favorite Mexican restaurant for 9 people and showed up at noon as scheduled.
The food is always great there, and when it arrived we began to dig in. I happend to glance up at my daughter Amanda when something very small and black popped out of her plate. Amanda was jumping around so I couldn't figure out what was going on. When she stopped, she looked shell-shocked. It turned out the little black object was a live cricket.
I was sure she must be mistaken, but she had the thing trapped in her napkin. I asked if it had jumped into her plate and then out, but the answer was no. She had taken a few bites of a her burrito, and when she cut into it with her fork the 3rd time the thing jumped out of the area she had just opened up.
Needless to say, my daughter disappeared in the bathroom for awhile, and the rest of us stared at our plates and then pushed them away.
The restaurant was VERY apologetic, and of course, did not charge us anything. I wasted several minutes trying to figure out how it survived in her hot burrito. Finally Amanda pointed out that there were cold items in there too. Either it was in the cold items or it jumped in as the burrito was being wrapped up (it was a loose wrap). Either way, we were all glad to see the little thing wasn't missing any parts.
I think we will go back to birthday dinners from now on and forget any ideas about birthday lunches.
I had an experience at lunch today that I just have to share.
Today is my husband's birthday. For a change, we decided to all go out for lunch instead of dinner. We made a reservation at a favorite Mexican restaurant for 9 people and showed up at noon as scheduled.
The food is always great there, and when it arrived we began to dig in. I happend to glance up at my daughter Amanda when something very small and black popped out of her plate. Amanda was jumping around so I couldn't figure out what was going on. When she stopped, she looked shell-shocked. It turned out the little black object was a live cricket.
I was sure she must be mistaken, but she had the thing trapped in her napkin. I asked if it had jumped into her plate and then out, but the answer was no. She had taken a few bites of a her burrito, and when she cut into it with her fork the 3rd time the thing jumped out of the area she had just opened up.
Needless to say, my daughter disappeared in the bathroom for awhile, and the rest of us stared at our plates and then pushed them away.
The restaurant was VERY apologetic, and of course, did not charge us anything. I wasted several minutes trying to figure out how it survived in her hot burrito. Finally Amanda pointed out that there were cold items in there too. Either it was in the cold items or it jumped in as the burrito was being wrapped up (it was a loose wrap). Either way, we were all glad to see the little thing wasn't missing any parts.
I think we will go back to birthday dinners from now on and forget any ideas about birthday lunches.
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25 years ago or so my aunt took me on what I then thought was the most boring trip ever, trekking through the jungles of southern Mexico and South America. Roughing it would be an understatement. I remember climbing so many pyramids and visiting so many archaelogical sites that I thought I had Cousteau beat. I only began to appreciate that trip about 10 years ago.
Gene
A friend of mine had the cricket thing happen at an Applebees - we both got the same salad, but her cricket didn't jump out, it was just laying there. Neither of us ate another bite after that, either.
I keep trying to think positive thoughts about the restaurant since the food there is always so good. However, I am afraid I won't ever be able to eat there again.
I discovered an employee is planning on having dinner there tonight (it is a real favorite among our employees). I decided to wait until tomorrow to tell her about our adventure...or should I say, MISadventure. I don't want to put the place out of business, I just don't want to share my lunch with any critters.
We bought a jar of dried grasshoppers before we left. I brought them to work, and passed the jar around at the staff meeting. (I said I brought a special treat back from Mexico to share.) A few tried them. It was quite the talk for the week.