BS: What do you call woodlice?

Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice?
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 01:42 PM

sowbugs or pillbugs

Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice?
From: GUEST,TIA
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 01:39 PM

Are we talking about the little grey land crustaceans? If so, how about...

sow bugs

sow beetles

pill bugs

roly polies

potato bugs

potato beetles

All are used here in eastern USA

Subject: RE: BS: What do you call woodlice?
From: Ebbie
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 01:36 PM

I don't know any other name for them but here is something to do with them:

"These recipes have been provided by a "Wild Foods" enthusiast. I couldn't bring myself to eat these creatures, however for those interested in survivalist foods here are the details. Apparently they smell of fish as they cook and add a crunchy texture and a slight fishy taste to the food. - Perhaps they should be mixed in a blender after killing and before cooking?

"Woodlice are raised on clean paper and fed with potato for a number of days before cooking. Before cooking they must be killed. This occurs instantly by placing in a sieve and dropping it into a pot of boiling water.

"In view of the size of woodlice I would suggest that it wouldn't be a profitable exercise to rely on them to provide enough food to survive on.

Woodlouse fritters Woodlouse sushi Woodlouse scones
Woodlouse fry-up "

Oh, Yum

Subject: BS: What do you call woodlice?
From: *Laura*
Date: 01 Jul 05 - 01:22 PM

Apparently the different nicknames for woodlice is one of the biggest dialect variations there is.
Im from Somerset, England and I always knew them as Billy Bakers.

Where do you come from and what was your nickname for woodlice?

xLx