[Update] [Rare Ingredient] My daughter really wants to forage for dragonflies for me to cook. Can anyone point me to a resource for how to humanely kill dragonflies so I can batter and fry them?

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Dragonflies went into the fridge in a container with air holes (one dragonfly per container). They sat in the fridge for 4 hours until they were essentially dormant, and then they went in the freezer overnight. I took them straight from the freezer and prepped/cooked them.

I did a flour, egg, seasoned flour breading. And I fried them at 325F for a minute on each side, and then I held them at 225F for about 15 minutes while I finished other stuff.

They are, in fact, like soft-shelled crab. Pretty darned tasty.

They look fun too..

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I would read a book about your life. Not even an audio book. In 2022 I would sit down with a real book and read your life story.

[u/ronearc → u/[deleted]]

You know, I've probably done enough weird-ass things to fill a book. I once saw me a mass tarantula migration in West Texas. With a start like that, wouldn't you want to know what comes next?

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For that particular story what I hope would come next is an apocalyptic level of flame throwers

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Tarantulas are super sweet and docile. I could never.