(16 Oct 2004)
1. Spiders being shown to visitors
2. Child with spider in hand
3. Spider in child's hand
4. Visitor with spider on arm
5. Cutaway visitors watching "(Cock)roach Race"
6. "Cockroach Race" in action
7. Cockroaches racing
8. Chef preparing salad, tilt down to Mopane worms in pot
9. Mopane worms being prepared
10. Children watching chefs in action
11. Worms in bowl
12. Chefs working and Mopane worms being cooked
13. Mopane worms cooking
14. Visitors watching and tilt down to chef adding sauce
15. Visitor eating dried termites
16. Chef explaining method to visitors
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Rob Toms, Festival Organiser:
"If we develop our own eating insect culture in South Africa then that will actually be something which will be of value to tourists, because if we can serve interesting local insect dishes in our restaurants it will be something that our tourists will remember, and it will be something that will make their visit to South Africa more enjoyable."
18. Chefs serving dishes
19. Mopane worms on plate
20. Visitor eating Mopane worms in a hot tikka sauce
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop, Visitor:
"I think the weirdest thing I ever ate was scorpion, so this is not bad in relation to that."
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop, Visitor (as he tastes Mopane worm in sweet sour sauce):
"They taste like something meaty, tastes like chicken."
23. Chefs pouring sauce over Mopane worms
24. Various of visitors sampling food
STORYLINE:
Some people may find playing with spiders a little unpleasant and wouldn't be tempted by chocolate termites, stinkbug pizza, Mopane worms tossed in garlic butter, or poached cockroach.
Such culinary delights were on the menu at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa - part of an attempt to educate the public on the nutritional and medicinal value of edible insects.
The event's organiser, Dr Rob Toms, hopes to encourage an insect-eating culture in South Africa and to encourage tourists who visit the country to do the same, even after they leave.
First time "insect eaters" seemed positively surprised by the taste and texture and said they might even help themselves to seconds.
For those with a strong constitution, there was Mopane worms cooked in a tikka curry paste, termites in chocolate sauce, stinkbugs fried in a sweet and sour sauce, as well as dried bugs and termites.
Mopane worms are eaten widely all over South Africa and it's hoped to export them to other parts of the insect-eating world.
Watching the cockroach world's answer to Formula One may not be your idea of a spectator sport, but cockroaches from the US and Germany battled it out against their South African counterparts in the so-called "Roach Race" - much to the amusement of the crowd.
And if all of that excitement has made you feeling a bit hungry, how about eating the creatures?
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