How does a person catch worms?

Question

and what's the best mothod of cooking them?

Answer 1

I like to put my tree stand in the west so you can see the shine when the sun is going down that the worms make.
I perfer to hunt worms rather then catch worms.
I have worm traps just like a bear trap but smaller
I also fish for worms from my tree stand
I have really small hooks and I use shrimp as bait
Some times I can catch 15 -18 worms a day

just boil them in butter milk

Answer 2

1. Get a headlamp that you wear around your head. Can be bought at any outdoors store.

2. Get an empty tin can.

3. About 3:00 on a dewy morning you go into a neighbourhood where they haven't mowed their lawns yet.

4. Get down on your hands and knees and shine that headlamp into the grass.

5. Worms will start popping up right, left and center, as they think that the sun is rising. Grab 'em quick before they sink back into the ground.

6. Once your tin is filled, grab another, until you have about 12 oz. of the things; about the weight of an average sirloin steak cut.

7. Take them around the back of the house. You can usually find a gas barbecue there.

8. Start the barbecue by turning the gas valve open and light the gas.

9. Go around the side of the house where you can find a garden hose. You want to put a small hole in the bottom of the can, big enough for a drain to form, small enough so the worms don't go through. You are creating your own 'GEORGE FORMAN GRILL'.

10. Open the water faucet at the side of the house and fill the tins up with water. Let it drain. Fill it again. Do this until all the dirt disappears.

11. Right, now you've got a couple of clean tins of worms. Go back to the barbecue now and put the tins on the grate. You can close the lid now.

12. Average cooking times vary but I would say 10 min@400 F.

13. If you prefer, you can close up the holes at the bottoms of the tins and add about two tablespoons of water. This will give you more of a boiled worm stew. It also helps to keep the juices sealed in.

14. Add pepper and consume. BON APPETIT!

Answer 3

Worms - and I assume that you mean earthworms rather than parasitic worms - live in moist soil and feed on vegetable matter such as dead leaves which they pull underground to eat (this is why they're so valuable for enriching the soil - they fertilse it from underneath).

Worms come to the surface to mate and search for food and prefer to do this in wet weather so the easiest way to catch them is to go to some grassy area like a meadow or lawn when it's raining and pick them up off the ground. They prefer to come out at night so nighttime is the best... take a torch!

There is also a method of catching worms which you can do by imitating rain. Thoroughly water an area of grass and then rapidly stamp on or tap the ground. This works because worms can tell it's raining by the vibration of the raindrops hitting the ground. This technique is called "worm charming" and (believe it or not!) there are actual competitions held in the UK for who can catch the most worms this way!

To cook them you must ideally starve them for a couple of days so that all the soil has been expelled from their guts (unless you like crunchy worms!). Just keep them in a plastic container with a little water added for moisture (not enough so that they drown!).

Then they can be crispy-fried, boiled or stewed according to your preference. They cook very quickly - just a couple of minutes but otherwise treat them the same as you would thin strips of pork, beef or chicken (think of them as "meat noodles")

Bon appetit!

Answer 4

The best way to catch them is to lightly tap the top soil like rain falling, the worms come to the top during rainfall, that is how blackbirds, fool them, by doing a little dance.

a good shovel, and a sieve should get you quite a few in a healthy garden, however, as for cooking them, I prefer to put a hook in them, dangle them in a nice clear stream, catch a little fish with the worm, then take the little fish, and dangle it under a bridge, to catch a big fish, and eat the big fish, which is great grilled over an open flame, with a bit of lemon thyme and coriander in the place where you took the guts out. salt and lemon help to disinfect it as well.

Answer 5

Get a fish and stick it on a line and hang it over the water. They'll just leap into the boat. But remember they are bottom feeders. So it will take a while for them to surface.

As for cooking, generally they are boiled and served with tomato sauce. In Italy this is called spaghetti. You should be able to find more recipes on the internet.

Answer 6

Worms move rather sloooooowly.... so it shouldn't take much skill to catch one. Try using a flashlight after a good rain shower and you will most likely up the chances of catching one.

Answer 7

First, you have to remove the tequila from the bottle. Dump it out and then you just pour the worm out. No need to cook 'im; he's already well done! Just pop 'im in your mouth and chew slowly. It helps if you put the last shot from the bottle in your belly first...

Answer 8

Stamp up and down on your lawn (you'll work up an appetite) to make the little critters think it's raining. When they pop their heads above ground, grab em. They're nice and crispy deep fried, but if you want a healthier option, marinate them in soy sauce and serve with noodles for a confusing but strangely satisfying experience. Bon appetit.

Answer 9

Stun gun or tazer works every time.
Best eaten raw in a bunch.
Blood worms are very tasty.

Answer 10

get a shovel & dig about 4" down & you'll find worms. as far as cooking them, not a clue.