There are 163 days till 2009 In many places outside big cities, food with more than four legs is part of good, nutritious home cooking. Fried or grilled ants are a tasty but expensive snack in Columbia, South America. In various parts of Mexico, over 300 types of insects serve as food. In southern Africa, many people like to eat at least one kind of caterpillar or worm. They enjoy it fried, dried, or cooked in tomato sauce. In Thailand, cooks create a spicy hot-pepper sauce with water bugs. In Vietnam, grasshoppers filled with peanuts are a special dish.