The Maggot Sandwich At The Colorado State Fair (VIDEO)

We're getting pretty exhausted by all the crazy fried fair food this year, but lucky for us, now we've moved away from batter and toward...fly larva.

At the Colorado State Fair, George Sandefur, of Jungle George's Exotic Meats and Bugs, explains that his maggot sandwich "isn't bad." The maggots are USDA-approved and grown on an insect farm in California. Sandefur went through 23,000 critters at the California State Fair and about the same amount for Colorado.

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[K White]

07:37 PM on 09/11/2011

Hmmph! How much is he charging for that maggot burger? I'm sure it's safe and it might be tasty, but I would still likely vomit after a bite.

[rbchilds]

05:36 PM on 09/11/2011

Come on Pueblo you can do better than this, how about fried Rocky Mountain Oysters on a stick?

[Gronkie]

03:13 PM on 09/11/2011

No.

[kinogod]

11:38 AM on 09/11/2011

Kale.

[BoycottFox2]

11:03 AM on 09/11/2011

It's classifed as the food of choice by the GOP/TP.

[slocomgp]

01:35 PM on 09/11/2011

Most likely gourmet.

[BoycottFox2]

01:37 PM on 09/11/2011

As always.

[hazyafternoonsunshine]

10:47 PM on 09/10/2011

ummmmm. hell no.

[WHOGIVESADAMN pluh]

10:05 PM on 09/10/2011

Maggot's are so good for you dude. Protein hyperboost! :D

[Sorenson]

02:24 PM on 09/10/2011

And this is why you're considered fly-over country.

[zekolama]

10:23 AM on 09/10/2011

Hey down south they eat deep fried cow brain sandwiches. And eating bugs and worms is common in Asian countries.

[Annette Hammond]

06:04 AM on 09/10/2011

ewwww!

[mgibson17]

04:44 AM on 09/10/2011

Yummy!
Reminds me of a childhood treat; Angleworms, creamed on toast.
Just like Mom used to dig up and make.

[Ken Scherer]

02:34 AM on 09/10/2011

I've thought about trying fried crickets. We have a lot of them around our property, but i don't know that frying them is safe enough if pestisides are involved. Might go to the pet store and buy some of their crickets to try. Yum?

[amaboss52]

03:10 PM on 09/09/2011

I think I'd rather eat fried butter!

[French Toast]

02:15 AM on 09/09/2011

These aren't the same kind of bugs you find in your yard. They are professionally grown in an FDA approved type of environment. Also they are not fly larvae but beetle larvae.

I think most would be surprised at how great bugs taste when you get over the foreign western concept of eating them.

I personally find it no more or less visually offputting than crustaceans.

[douttfire]

03:36 PM on 09/08/2011

Those aren't maggots, they're meal worms. USDA probably wouldn't approve real maggots since you have to harvest them from some bloated dead animal carcass on the side of the road!

[MagicalPossibilities]

12:27 AM on 09/10/2011

Yep I was going to say those are meal worms. Maggots look like grains of rice.