Commentary for Avodah Zarah 75:7

כי האי גוונא מי אסיר והאמר רב חנן בר אמי א"ר פדת א"ר יוחנן האי עובד כוכבים דחריך רישא שרי למיכל מיניה אפילו מריש אוניה אלמא לעבורי שער קמיכוין ה"נ לגלויי אגמא קא מיכוין

Rather it must on account of [the locusts] having been cooked by a non-Jew? But in such a circumstance would they be prohibited! Did not R. Hanan b. Ammi say that R. Pedat said in the name of R. Yohanan: If a non-Jew singed the head [of a animal], it is permissible to eat of it even from the tip of the ear! For it is assumed that his intention was to remove the hair; so similarly [in the other case it should be allowed] because his intention was to clear the ground!

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