Locusts? We periodically have plagues of them much to the delight of the godbotherers. ... Until their car engines blow up because the radiator becomes blocked and ceases to function.

@FrayedBear Hehehe....

We get giant grasshoppers here, too! They hold on for dear life when you try to remove them from the plants!

@JBeberstein Yeerrrr........ and those serrated legs aren't too comfortable if they stick in your fingers either.

@Abbelyne wear gloves...do not arm wrestle and the bite can be painful.

@FrayedBear I didn't know they bite.. I always try to grab them with my hands when I see them. They're so destructive and good at escaping.

@Abbelyne try a 2x4.

@Abbelyne lol. What do you think they use to decimate crops? Chainsaws and motor mowers. Rofl.

Try them dusted in good garlic powder.

@FrayedBear ooooooh that sounds good.

@Rugglesby I only discovered it last year but the supplier travelling to the local market seems to have disappeared. I'm thinking of hitting the dried garlic chips with the stick blender otherwise it will be pestle and mortar.
The thing that I like is that you can add it almost at the end of cooking and thus avoid the bitterness arising from overcooked or burnt garlic. It works equally well on zucchini, potato, pizza, cauliflower, beef or pork and of course fresh fish. You should join "Food Glorious Food" we have a professional chef and some very gifted gourmands contributing.

This is awesome! I had never eaten eggplant the first time I grew it, I just bought the plants because they were so beautiful!

@JBeberstein They are beautiful. Some varieties have little thorns so look out!

What do you do with the ones you grow F? If you put them in a stew or something that has sauce they're really good......... quite different from using them as a feature veg for dinner.

@Abbelyne I have friends who like it so it doesn't go to waste.

@farmboy2017 Excellent! I've just discovered a local 'Buy Nothing' group and that's where my surplus fruit and veg goes. Sometimes giving it away is more satisfying than eating it yourself