Ungrateful Aussie Damns Delicious Termites With Faint Praise

Theo Rosmulder, 52, is a former pest-control officer turned gold prospector who stupidly got separated from his group in Australia's Outback, while engrossed in looking for the noble metal. As expected, he almost perished from thirst and hunger but then lady luck smiled on him.

According to the BBC, he found a treasure trove of living, delectable, life-sustaining termites, creatures that in his previous incarnation he had exterminated without mercy for a living. In all, he managed to survive for four days by feasting on them as well as other insects before local Aborigines rescued him.

"Termites don't taste too bad," he told reporters in the mining town of Laverton in Western Australia.

Frankly, Rossmulder ought to be ashamed of himself for calling these unpolluted, pesticide free desert insects, which are highly prized by aadvarks and other gourmet anteaters, as "not bad".

Which reminds me that red ant or fire ant eggs are considered n even greater delicacy. If you have the courage to raid a red ant's nest and steal their eggs, and if you survive their fiery alkaloid bites, then those in the know will assure you that you are in for a treat in no way inferior to the best Caspian Sea caviar. For best results, eat them with lemon, onions and soya sauce on toast. The eggs exude a distinctly buttery flavor, so I have been assured, and have certain other uses and benefits that I am not at liberty to divulge, for fear that the species may become endangered as a result.