Dan Aykroyd: ‘Squirrels? They taste better than rattlesnake’

The Ghostbusters actor, writer and comedian on his perfect clambakes, eating with John Belushi – and alien appetitesI was at [New York restaurant] Elaine’s with Paul Simon, Lorne Michaels and Chevy Chase when I came up with the sketch for Saturday Night Live in which I demonstrated the Bass-O-Matic, a blender to grind up whole fish. The inspiration came from my aunt, Helen Gougeon, who was the Julia Child of Canada and had her own TV cookery shows. I was at her house when I was 13 an