INSECT ENTREES at

Typhoon Restaurant
3221 Donald Douglas Loop South
Santa Monica, CA 90405

WATERBUGS STUFFED WITH CHICKEN
Thai style deep fried

CRICKETS
Taiwanese stir fried style with raw garlic, chili peppers
and asian basil

CHAMBAI ANTS
Manchurian Ants sprinkled on potato strings

WHITE SEA WORMS
Thai style crispy fried on spinach leaf with ginger,
chili pepper, peanut, lime with Tamarind dipping sauce

The Typhoon True Love Punch
1 shot white rum
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz guava juice
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
1 dash Myer's rum
dash grenadine

Shake well and serve in a tall glass over crushed ice. Garnish
with orange slice, cherry and a broken umbrella (due to the typhoon).
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Typhoon & The Hump
3221 Donald Douglas Loop South
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 390-6565

Kalamazoo Brewing Co. in Kalamazoo, Mich., releases
Eccentric Ale
an herbal, spiced beer that's aged for a year, annually on the Friday before the Winter Solstice. If you want to try it, you'll have to go to the brewery when it's released, because that's the only place it's sold -- and the parties have become legendary. "People are in the parking lot at 8:30 a.m. waiting for the door to open at 9," said president and brewmaster Larry Bell. Eccentric Ale usually sells out on the first day.

This Eccentric Day party at the the Eccentric Cafe (attatched to the brewery at 315 E. Kalamazoo Ave., 616-382-2338) features an Eccentric Buffet. Choices include stinky, exotic food, which in the past has included eel, head cheese, blood sausage with tongue, assorted fishes, hot peppers and pickled onions.

Eccentric Recipes

Peanut Butter Pork Chops
4 Pork chops
Shortening or oil
4 Onion slices
1/4 C creamy Peanut butter
1/4 C Milk
3/4 C condensed Mushroom soup
1 t Worcestershire sauce
1 t Salt
1/8 t black pepper
Brown pork chops on both sides in a little shortening or oil. Pour off fat, leaving chops in frying pan. Place an onion slice on top of each chop. Mix peanut butter, mushroom soup, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Pour over chops. Cover and simmer over medium to low heat for 45 minutes. You may want to move the chops around in the pan from time to time to keep them from
sticking.

Potato Fudge
1 Medium sized potato
2 T Butter
1/2 c Cocoa
1/8 t Salt
1 t Vanilla
2 3/4 C Powdered sugar
1/2 C Chopped nuts (optional)
Boil potato until tender. Mash. While still hot, add butter, cocoa, salt and vanilla. Gradually stir in sugar until mixture makes a stiff dough. Spread 1" deep in greased pan. Press chopped nuts into top of candy. Let stand 2 hrs. to become firm. Cut into squares. Makes about 2 lb.

Tomato Jam
12 C Tomatoes (measure after peeling/cutting)
2 Oranges
3 Lemons
10 C Sugar
2 T Whole cloves
2 T Ground cinnamon Tie spices in cotton cloth bag.
Cut peeled tomatoes in small pieces. Slice oranges and lemons in thin rings and quarter the rings. Remove seeds, discard. Pour off juice from tomatoes. Add sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add oranges, lemons, and bag of spices. Place mixture in large heavy pot and place on high heat. Bring to a rapid boil, stirring often. (watch carefully!). Cook until clear and thick (45 to 50 minutes) Pour into sterilized jars and seal at once while hot. Makes 7 pints.

Coca-Cola© Cake
Coca-Cola is a registered copyright of The Coca-Cola Company.
Cake
2 C Flour
2 C Sugar
1 T Butter
1/2 C Buttermilk
1 C Coca-Cola
2 Eggs
1 t Baking soda
1 t Vanilla
1 1/2 C Miniature Marshmallows
3 T powdered baking Cocoa Icing
1 C Butter
6 T Coca-Cola
3 T Powdered baking Cocoa
1 pk Powdered sugar (a full box)
1 C Chopped Nuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour and sugar. Heat butter, cocoa and soda to boiling and pour over flour and sugar. In separate bowl mix buttermilk, eggs, soda, vanilla, and marshmallows. Add to flour mixture and mix well. Batter will be thin. Bake in 13 x 9" pan for 30-35 minutes. While the cake is baking, prepare the icing as follows: Heat butter, cocoa and soda to a boil. Pour over sugar and mix well. Add nuts. Ice cake while both cake and icing are hot.

Garlic Ice Cream
1-1 1/2 T unflavored gelatin
1/4 C cold water
2 C milk
1 C sugar
1/8 t salt
2 T lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 C whipping cream Soak the gelatin in cold water. Bring the milk, sugar, and salt to a boil. Dissolve the gelatin in the hot milk. Cool, then add the lemon juice and garlic. Chill the mixture until slushy. Whip the cream until thick but not stiff and fold carefully into the mixture. Freeze in a mold, or in a foil covered tray.

Dandilion Wine
1 qt. dandelion blossoms
1 gal. hot water
3 1/2 lb. sugar
2 lemons, cut in chunks
2 oranges, cut in chunks
Pour hot water over dandelion blossoms. Let stand for 24 hours. Strain through a jelly bag. Heat juice (throw away what gets caught in the jelly bag) and add sugar, lemons and oranges. Reheat (do not boil), then put in a stone jar. Let ferment. Skim everyday for 6 or 7 weeks, removing fruit after 2 weeks. Put in sterile, sealed bottles.

Two Recipes for Beer Bread with variations
Recipe #1
3 C self-rising flour
1 T sugar (optional)
1 normal sized can beer (room temperature)
1 egg
1 T water variations 3 C self-rising flour
2 C cheddar cheese
2 T Caraway or dill
1 chopped jalapeno
2 C minced tomatoes
1 t each oregano, basil &thyme
1/2 C chopped fresh basil
1/2 C grated Parmesean cheese
Preheat oven to 375. Combine flour and sugar and any optional ingredients you choose, pour in beer and stir until moist. Pour batter into greased &floured loaf pan and let sit for about 15 min. to rise. Dough will be gooey. Beat egg and water together. Brush top with egg mixture and bake for about an hour or until pick comes out clean. When done, brush top with butter. I like to do just the cheeses, or cheese and herbs together, or cheese and jalapenos, orherbs and tomatoes, or tomatoes and cheese, or cheese, tomatoes and herbs, or just herbs. Basically, just use your imagination and try what sounds good.

Recipe #2
3 C Flour (NOT Self-Rising)
1 T Honey or Sugar
4 t Baking powder
12 oz Beer (room temperature)
2 t Salt variations 3 C self-rising flour
2 C cheddar cheese
2 T Caraway or dill
1 chopped jalapeno
2 C minced tomatoes
1 t each oregano, basil &thyme
1/2 C chopped fresh basil
1/2 C grated Parmesean cheese
Grease 9x5x3" loaf pan and preheat oven to 350. Mix flour, salt, baking power and any optional ingredients you choose together in a large bowl. Add beer and honey. Stir together until well mixed. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake for 45 min or until browned and a wooden pick comes out clean. Turn out on cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing. I like to do just the cheeses, or cheese and herbs together, or cheese and jalapenos, orherbs and tomatoes, or tomatoes and cheese, or cheese, tomatoes and herbs, or just herbs. Basically, just use your imagination and try what sounds good.

- Rotten Shark | Iceland
Shark is supposed to be dangerous to eat so it is buried deep in the sand, usually far away from and houses to keep the smell away. It results in both soft and hard pieces of shark (skyrhakarl and glerhakarl) which is cut and served in small cubes. According to Learning Space, "the tough glerhakarl is recommended for beginners, as the soft skyrhakarl can cause an involuntary gagging reaction due to its texture."

- Fritto Misto alla Piemontese | Italy
This lovely dish features beef testicle(s) as the savory star. Some instructions..."Boil the testicles for five minutes in lightly salted water, then drain them, cool them under running water, peel the brains, and cut the meat into pieces about an inch in diameter." Artichokes, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes, and porcini mushrooms are then added and it is all seasoned with fennel. Probably not bad if you didn't know what you're eating.

- Bush Tuckers &Pie Floaters | Australia
While the ingredients are hardly as exotic as the others, these concoctions have funny names. A pie floater is a meat pie, floating in a pool of pea soup, topped with some ketchup. I can get you the full recipe if you want.

- Black Pudding &Drisheen | Ireland
No, the following is not a Halloween prank. These culinary delights are made with a bag of lamb's intestines and 20 cups sheep or pig blood. These dishes are typically served with bread and butter. If you'd like the recipe please visit Ireland.
Pickled fish eyes | Japan
These can be served on a cracker as a bar snack or appetizer. Also, they can be served in soups or on toothpicks at a party. I'm sure this trend will reach North America very soon, be sure to keep an eye out.

- Banana Worm Bread | Iowa State
The entymology club <http://www.ent.iastate.edu/Misc/InsectsAsFood.html> at Iowa State likes to make food from the insects they study. They have recipes for the above and more such as Rootworm beetle dip, Mealworm fried rice, and Chocolate Chirpie cookies.