Eating Live Sago Worms

Posted: February 19th, 2009 ˑ Filled under: Island Life ˑ  No Comments

My wingmen Charles and Warence thought it would be fun if I ate some live sago worms so we drove to Monsopiad Cultural Village on Wednesday morning in search of some wriggly snacks. After surviving the spooky tour of the “House of Skulls” which featured the heads of 42 enemies of Monsopiad the Warrior, we proceeded to have some fat and juicy sago grubs. The local Kadazan-Dusun tribe call the sprightly rotund larvae Butod, which is harvested from the inside of a dead palm treetrunk. These grubs are traditionally eaten raw or fried with garlic and oil, though as you will soon see I braved it completely au naturel. It is regarded by the villagers as a nutritious beauty supplement to be enjoyed by women for anti-aging insurance. So far there have been 146 views on this video! I’m pretty impressed since it’s only been a day since I uploaded it to YouTube and already it is generating a lot of reaction! Check it out for yourself. :)



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