>>>>It's to tell someone to do something that they themself think is beneath them and would never think of doing that is insulting.
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>>>Yes, you are right. I hadn't understood that part at first.
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>>When I was in Korea few years ago, some of the local kids were eating a bug larvea called "puhn-doo-gee" for snack (cooked not raw). I tried it and it was quite tasty.
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>And while I lived in the jungle, I have eaten snakes, on several occassions. (Not exactly an insect <g>, but it seems that some people consider it disgusting.)

I don't think snakes are disgusting. I've eat'n plenty of fried snakes in my Boy Scout days. We also eat alligators and mud-bugs (cray fish) here in America (Cajun food). They all taste like chicken. :)