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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Ruud Kleinpaste: Dinner from the Garden
Description: This is the moment when adult Huhu Beetles emerge from their rotting logs. If you are nearby a forest (especially a pine forest) you will be familiar with the sharp collision noises on your kitchen window when preparing dinner. Those huhu beetles fly towards the light and crash audibly. They’ve spent a few years as huhu grubs in dead wood, where they help with the decomposition – ashes to ashes, dust to dust! The grubs, of course, are a famous New Zealand delicacy: massive bits of protein can be quickly fried in a pan with a bit...