Yunnan Eighteen Monsters, three bugs and a dish, although there are exaggerated ingredients, but it can also be seen from the Yunnan people's enthusiasm for eating insects. Because of the diversity of ethnic groups in Yunnan, the objects of eating are strange, and most insects only need to be slowly fried over a small fire, which is a fragrant appetizer. Do you dare to eat it?
Fried bee pupae is one of the insect delicacies that can be encountered in Yunnan. Generally, the selection of wild bees such as wild bees such as wasps, yellow earth bees, gourd bees and other fresh larvae in the mountains, so in Yunnan people often go to poke horse honeycombs, the nutritional value of bee pupae is extremely high, containing a lot of high protein and calories, and people with allergies are cautious. The bee pupae is fried and followed by a delicious appetizer.
Bamboo insects, also known as bamboo bees, parasitize in bamboo tubes, mainly eating tender bamboo, eating from the tip of bamboo section by section, and finally hiding in the root tube. It has a very high nutritional value because it is rich in high protein and amino acids. Pick a large fat bamboo worm, fry it in oil until golden brown, and the fried bamboo worm is golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet in the mouth, and has a creamy smell if there is none.
Fried grasshoppers, as the saying goes: grasshoppers after autumn can't jump up, grasshoppers in Yunnan are more popular insect food, usually fried. Eating grasshoppers, many people may not be able to accept, always feel strange. But for some people, this is a fine dish. First of all, it is a pure natural green additive-free bug, they feed on green plants, and the meat quality is of course absolutely natural. And grasshoppers are not as high-protein foods as pupae, bamboo worms, and woodworms, so you don't have to worry about health.
Fried coconut worms, "coconut worms" are called coconut heart leaf beetles. Before the coconut worm is feathered, it is fat, golden in color, resembling a silkworm pupae, and after frying, it has a coconut flavor, creamy taste, sweet and fragrant teeth, which is much more delicious than fried silkworm pupae. Stir-fried with green peppers, onions, and beautiful fresh soy sauce, it is even more crisp and pleasant, fresh and slightly spicy, and beautiful and umami. However, the teeth of the coconut worm are very hard and can bite the wood, so the coconut worm must remove the head when eating, otherwise the mouth will be accidentally injured.
Cold mixed ant eggs are a traditional insect dish in Daijia, which is not only delicious in taste, but also has high nutritional value. However, although the ant egg is delicious, it is extremely rare. The acid ant is a slender yellow ant in the tropical jungle. Adults have a strong sour taste, and they often build round nests several times larger than the melon on bamboo bushes and tree moats. When climbing a tree to fetch eggs, it is inevitable to bear the pain of ant bites, so in the Dai people, there has long been a saying that "not a strong person, do not want to eat ant eggs".
Although curious, people with allergies should use it with caution!