Eldritch
04-20-2010, 10:09 AM
Locust swarms tops off a profitable time for pizza maker, car wash firm
A cafe has capitalised on northern Victoria's biggest locust swarms in 30 years by slapping them on top of a pizza.
The eatery in Mildura was offering a locust pizza to patrons as locust clouds descend upon the area.
The ABC said the idea for the pizza came from Mayor Glenn Milne, who trapped the insects in a garbage bag.
"You can't stop finding them when they get killed on your car, but it's another story when you get out on the oval and try to catch them," he said.
Milne confessed he hadn't tried the locusts pizza himself, but revealed at least one local had.
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Locusts have infested a huge area of eastern Australia roughly the size of Spain after recent floods, and are causing widespread destruction to crops.
"I'm sure it's just as good as anchovies and olives," [Milne] said after confessing he didn't like either on pizza.
Chris Adriaansen, head of the Australian Plague Locust Commission, said the quick-breeding creatures had hit a region stretching from Longreach in Queensland to Melbourne and Adelaide - about 500,000sq km.
Link. (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/locust-swarms-tops-off-a-profitable-time-for-pizza-maker-car-wash-firm/story-e6frfku0-1225855444983)
A cafe has capitalised on northern Victoria's biggest locust swarms in 30 years by slapping them on top of a pizza.
The eatery in Mildura was offering a locust pizza to patrons as locust clouds descend upon the area.
The ABC said the idea for the pizza came from Mayor Glenn Milne, who trapped the insects in a garbage bag.
"You can't stop finding them when they get killed on your car, but it's another story when you get out on the oval and try to catch them," he said.
Milne confessed he hadn't tried the locusts pizza himself, but revealed at least one local had.
...
Locusts have infested a huge area of eastern Australia roughly the size of Spain after recent floods, and are causing widespread destruction to crops.
"I'm sure it's just as good as anchovies and olives," [Milne] said after confessing he didn't like either on pizza.
Chris Adriaansen, head of the Australian Plague Locust Commission, said the quick-breeding creatures had hit a region stretching from Longreach in Queensland to Melbourne and Adelaide - about 500,000sq km.
Link. (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/locust-swarms-tops-off-a-profitable-time-for-pizza-maker-car-wash-firm/story-e6frfku0-1225855444983)