
A type of grasshopper
The Chinese Dictionary's interpretation of "grasshopper" is "pinyin mà zhà, a common name for 'locust'." The meaning of this word is widely used in the northern dialect region, including the southwestern Lu dialect, and has been used for a long time, such as "we are two are a line tied to two grasshoppers, can't fly me, can't burst you", "pick a melon flower heart, catch a big mung bean grasshopper" in the "Biography of Hulan River" written by modern female writer Xiao Hong, and the explanation of "grasshoppers, locusts" in the dialect chapter of the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of China".
China's consumption of locusts has a very long history, grasshopper meat is relatively soft, delicious as shrimp, people are accustomed to washing the locusts with fried, accompanied by wine to eat, for example, before there was a sentence "a grasshopper leg can drink two or two wine" self-deprecating language. The author's "fried grasshopper" at home is to first remove the wings of the grasshopper, fry it in oil until it is yellow-brown, fish it out, and then soak it in the condiments with soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, green onion, and garlic, and then dry it, and eat it in the mouth, crispy and fragrant, and the taste is great. Tomorrow will be the autumn, the autumn festival, grasshopper fat, is also the best time to eat, friends can try to make a do, and then drink a bottle of beer, very emotional. Grasshoppers are not only delicious dishes, but also can be used for medicinal purposes, and there are also cures for diseases, such as "grasshoppers roasted and dried, studied at the end of the study, taken 3 grams each time, three times a day, taken with wine, treated tetanus, taken with sugar, treated pediatric convulsions" and so on.
Recently, seeing the locust plague in some places abroad, the author is thinking, why don't the locals eat it? Won't you be able to come to China to learn? It's a pity to see such a good grasshopper that no one eats.