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Title
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The Great Grasshopper Dinner in Warrensburg in the Spring of 1875
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Description
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A two-part article recounting the grasshopper invasion of 1873-75, especially its effect in Johnson County, Missouri. It includes short newspaper and diary accounts of the disastrous effects of the grasshopper plague. A grasshopper dinner was served at the Eads Hotel with Charles Riley, "the state-hopper-olo-gist" as host. "The meal consisted of grasshopper soup, which some people say has a 'mushroom flavor,' batter cakes with grasshoppers mixed in, dry-roasted hoppers, with optional condiments, followed by a dessert of baked locusts and honey 'a la John the Baptist'." Includes a recipe for grasshopper brownies.
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Date
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2007-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
