When it comes to winter food, many people will think of water chestnut, its edible taste is very crisp and delicious, it is also very sweet to eat, and the market price is not too expensive. Of course, winter shoots are also a seasonal ingredient, at this time many farmers will go to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots, after all, its edible taste is relatively high, eat more delicious.
This year is the big year of winter shoots, the output is much higher than in previous years, so the price has also been reduced, but it is still 15-20 yuan per catty. Many people will buy food, so farmers will also take this opportunity to dig in the bamboo forest to earn a pocket money.
However, the old farmers who dig winter shoots know that the growth of winter shoots is not easy, once they encounter those pests, the growth will be affected, and it will also cause a phenomenon of yield reduction, so farmers hate it. And these bamboo insects mainly feed on bamboo fiber, because the intake of nutrients is relatively high, so the nutritional content of bamboo insects themselves is also very high, let's take a look at these bamboo insects.
<h1>First, the characteristics</h1>
Bamboo worms like to gnaw on those young bamboo shoots, generally in 20 days can grow from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a finger, it will also parasitize in the bamboo tube, starting from the tip of the bamboo and gradually nibbling down, and then hiding in the roots.
Its body length can be about 3cm, the body appears spindle-shaped, it looks round and round, the mouth is black, in fact, it is the larvae of the borer, the whole body is white, the appearance is like cordyceps, the female can lay 20-50 eggs at a time, after hatching 2-5 days, it can become a larva, and it will come out every May to harm the bamboo, mainly to absorb the bamboo liquid, and it will fly out in the form of adult insects in June of the following year.
Bamboo insects generally exist in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Guangxi and other places, the harm to the bamboo forest is very large, want to treat it then need to cut off the affected bamboo, and use the fire to burn off the branches, of course, you can also use chemical agents for prevention and control, but if you use pesticide treatment, it will cause pesticide residues, so that the edible harm of winter shoots increases, it can be said that the difficulty of rectifying bamboo insects is still very large, in fact, the way of eating treatment is better, the pests into delicacies.
<h1>2. Value</h1>
The bamboo worm really makes people have no appetite and want to vomit when they look at it. However, the protein component in bamboo worms is relatively high, and there are more than ten kinds of amino acid components, which have more effects on nourishing the stomach and spleen, and are popular and loved by people, and have been captured and eaten in a long time. According to the study, the protein component in the bamboo worm is 30-40%, the amino acid component is 29.90%, the crude fat is 60.42%, and the unsaturated fatty acid component is 55.9%, its nutritional composition is relatively rich, it is more crisp and refreshing after frying, the taste is very delicious and natural, and it is more refreshing to eat with small wine.
There are also many ways to eat bamboo worms, but the most important thing is to fry directly, first use 70 ° C hot water to burn, and then control the water, then pour in the oil, fry for 3 minutes, and then fish out the plate when it is dark yellow.
Do not underestimate the bamboo insects, its value is comparable to the bee pupae, with the development of the land, the bamboo forest is getting less and less, the amount of bamboo insects is also decreasing, so it also sold 120 yuan per kilogram, many traders come to the countryside to buy bamboo insects at a high price. However, bamboo worms can not be tasted and eaten at all times, usually from October to February of the following year, the taste is better, which means that if you do not eat bamboo worms this season, you need to miss a year.
At present, bamboo insects are mainly popular in the south, but they are rarely seen in the north, and people who eat bamboo insects, how can you eat them? Have you ever eaten it?