OT-Alternate fate for Tomato Hornworms ?

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catmad Pelzer, SC(Zone 7b) May 09, 2012

Well, I thought I had a solution for my occasional hornworm problem. Watching Top Chef Masters, Hornworms (yes, alive) were presented as an ingredient. Just think, I could harvest them and sell them to local fine-dining restaurants!

Unfortunately the recipes (including Coconut Hornworm Soup) flopped.

But then again, finding a local "fine-dining" restaurant might be an insurmountable obstacle anyway.

Can't see really hornworms as a part of Meat and Three.....

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carrielamont Milton, MA(Zone 6a) May 09, 2012

Ugh! None for me, thanks.

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tarheel2az Tonto Basin, AZ May 09, 2012

Gross!!! Although I must say the road runners love them.

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) May 09, 2012

Only my chickens, pea fowl and guinea birds would agree. LOL

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catmad Pelzer, SC(Zone 7b) May 11, 2012

I tried offering them to my chickens. The responxe was a bunch of feathered faces looking at me incredulously. "EAT that? YOU eat it. I'll take the tomatoes....."

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) May 11, 2012

My dog loves Japanese beetle grubs. I've never offered her caterpillars - hmm... maybe I should try one to see if she likes it.

Here wormy, wormy wormy!

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Ozark Ozark, MO(Zone 6a) May 11, 2012

I used to throw hornworms in our pond. They're very light and they float, and it was fun watching the bluegills go on a topwater "feeding frenzy".

I haven't seen a hornworm for years now, though. I started mulching my garden paths with grass clippings from our lawn, and small black brachnid wasps live in the mulch all summer. They constantly patrol the tomato plants at high speed like a bunch of little fighter planes, and that was the end of hornworms in my garden.

But as far as eating hornworms in any form - naaah. I'll eat the fish that ate the hornworm. :>)

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1lisac Liberty Hill, TX(Zone 8a) May 11, 2012

Me, Im still wondering were all the snails came from and where all the Fire Ants went.....?

Orazk-also, by mulching the paths, the moths cant get to the ground to lay their eggs, and the worms that do hatch cant get out. " I'll eat the fish that ate the hornworm." I agree.

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