Today, I was browsing through some of my grandmother’s old cookbooks. I have been wanting to find some great, but easy recipes for Halloween and fall. I was perusing the Community Cookbook (1978) from the tiny town of Doland, South Dakota. I don’t know what the population of Doland was in 1978, but in July of 2006, it was an estimated 269 residents. WOW!!! That is small! Actually, I love cookbooks from small communities, churches, etc. They have recipes from real folks like you and me. They are not “expert” level recipes from Emeril or Julia Child.
Today, as I was looking through this particular cookbook, I came across this recipe called Earthworm Pie. At first glance, I thought it was something like Grasshopper Pie which is a legitimate pie made with Oreo Cookies, lime Jello, and evaporated milk among other ingredients. To my surprise, Earthworm Pie was not the same. Here is the recipe, taken straight from the Doland Community Cookbook in 1978:
1 egg
1 pie crust bottom
1 C evaporated milk
1 C Swiss cheese, grated
earthworms
bacon bits
chopped onion
To prepare earthworms: Boil 3 times in clean water each time then bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes, to crisp. Then crumble. Sprinkle onions in pie crust. Cover with egg, evaporated milk and cheese mixed together. Add bacon bits and top all with earthworms.
This is a joke, right? Or is this for real???
Never ever never…. yuckkkkkkkk!!!
My guess..real. You said it yourself, gotta love those small town recipe books (I have a few treasures myself!).
Bon Apetit! 😛
ummmmm no thanks???
I guess anything can be eaten but who would want to?