PhilinYuma
Well-known member
Yen Saw eats organic yellow soybeans, purchased from the Central Market in Austin, and if that is what makes him such a celebrated mantis breeder and all-round good guy, soybeans, here I come!
I ordered half a dozen Arizona unicorn nymphs from him at a more than reasonable price, and mentioned that this was the first species that I had purchased, in November, and that, no doubt due to my gross inexperience, they had all died quite suddenly at F5.
I got half a dozen lively, well fed nymphs, half of whom had molted in transit without ill effect, enough free budwings to have a good chance of raising a pair, and some good advice on not giving the unicorns too much humidity. The box was well packed, with a heat pack, and he had taken the extra measure of attaching paper toweling to the top and bottom of the bowl in which the unicorns were packed, to give them extra purchase. This was my first purchase from Yen. It certainly won't be my last.
I just looked up soybeans in my lentils cookbook and found a recipe called Soy Gevult, which uses sour cream and dried Chinese mushrooms with the soybeans. I have no idea what a "Gevult" is, but if it's a corruption of Gewalt, it can be called Soy Power! I think I'll try it out on Sunny first...
I ordered half a dozen Arizona unicorn nymphs from him at a more than reasonable price, and mentioned that this was the first species that I had purchased, in November, and that, no doubt due to my gross inexperience, they had all died quite suddenly at F5.
I got half a dozen lively, well fed nymphs, half of whom had molted in transit without ill effect, enough free budwings to have a good chance of raising a pair, and some good advice on not giving the unicorns too much humidity. The box was well packed, with a heat pack, and he had taken the extra measure of attaching paper toweling to the top and bottom of the bowl in which the unicorns were packed, to give them extra purchase. This was my first purchase from Yen. It certainly won't be my last.
I just looked up soybeans in my lentils cookbook and found a recipe called Soy Gevult, which uses sour cream and dried Chinese mushrooms with the soybeans. I have no idea what a "Gevult" is, but if it's a corruption of Gewalt, it can be called Soy Power! I think I'll try it out on Sunny first...
