For people living in the city, the life in the countryside is colorful and fresh and interesting, flowers, grasses, insects, fish and fish, many of which can not be named, these are not rare in the eyes of people who grew up in the countryside since childhood, the life of rural children is not as rich as the children in the city, and when a small bug is caught, it will play for half a day. For farmers who depend on the land for their livelihoods, the beneficial insects in the farmland will be carefully cared for; if they eat pests from crops or vegetables, they will pinch them to death when they see them.
In the rice fields of the south, there is a kind of insect, which eats the roots of rice, and in the eyes of the farmer, it is a big pest, and this insect is a grass worm. At that time, farmers did not have many ways to deal with this insect, which was very headache, but the grass insects had excellent taste and nutrition, and people fished the grass insects to steam eggs to eat during the season when the grass insects appeared.
Grass worms are distributed in the silt of rice fields at the junction of brackish and fresh water, and the scientific name of grass worms is warthog kiss sand silkworm, also known as flowing centipede, sea centipede and sand silkworm. Grass insects have densely packed small feet that look like centipedes, adult insects are about 8 cm long, the color of the insects is golden yellow with red and green, the grass insects are plump, slow in movement, green in flowers, and the appearance of squirming makes people goosebumps.
You don't want to take the insect by appearance, although the appearance of the worm is terrible, but it is a delicious ingredient, the worm is rich in protein and vitamins, in addition to being used as an ingredient as a traditional Chinese medicine and has the effect of reducing swelling and qi.
Grass insects have extremely high water quality requirements and grow seasonally, only coming out during the first and fifteenth tides of March, April and August of the lunar calendar. When the grass insects appear, they float densely on the surface of the river, which is quite spectacular. Sometimes hundreds of catties of grass worms can be caught at a time, but since the application of pesticides to the field, the grass worms have gradually decreased.
Cantonese people call the grass worm is "cordyceps in the water", the grass worm flying water after adding tangerine peel, pepper, olive kernel, pumpkin flower, egg liquid on the iron plate, after the beer is cooked sprinkled with peanuts and rice to eat very delicious. Grass worms can be steamed, stewed, fried, fried are all delicious in the world. The soup is made with grass worms, lotus root and eyebrow beans, which is tender and sweet, and is a delicious tonic soup.
Although the grass worm is fragrant, but not everyone dares to eat, the northern friends will "kill the all I eat" and gently say how terrible the grass worm is, so the Guangdong friend created a happy, delicious, fresh and sweet atmosphere to infect him, and finally someone was wary of eating a bite, and then said with feeling: The original grass worm is so delicious, Guangdong people really know how to eat.
Although the grass worm looks a little disgusting, it is wonderful to eat. To be honest, there are very few insects that can taste as good as grass insects. Grass worms, it is estimated that the relatives of the north may be afraid of eating unaccustomed, have you eaten?