Because everyone has different tastes, eating bugs has become a trend now. It cannot be said to be a heavy taste. Some people may think that bugs are rich in protein and taste good.
Eating bugs is also a food culture that has become popular in recent years. In the early years, bugs were everywhere in the countryside, and no one would catch a few and cook them.
People in cities like to engage in some novel "foreign eating methods" that we have never seen before. Eating bugs is gradually being accepted by more and more people.
There is a kind of insect in particular that is very popular in the city now. In ancient times, let alone eating it, this insect would have been a nightmare for ancient people. Huge, it is often synonymous with disaster, it is - locusts!
Locusts
I remember living in the countryside when I was a child. There were really many wildflowers and weeds in the countryside and fields, and you couldn’t run around in the summer because you were easily targeted by some bugs.
It would be terrible if you accidentally get bitten by one of them. It’s okay if you are not poisonous. But if you encounter some poisonous bugs, it will be very troublesome.
What I remember most are dragonflies and grasshoppers in summer. In fact, dragonflies are not bad. We always catch and play with them and then let them go.
But locusts are different. We all think that this kind of plant is ugly and strange, and can even bite people. It is also very destructive to crops, so we are not optimistic about it.
Many farmers use pesticides to drive away or eliminate this pest, and it takes a lot of effort to eliminate locusts every time.
In ancient times, there were no modern pesticides, and it was difficult to eliminate locusts. Therefore, the probability of locust plagues was quite high. They usually occurred once every few years or decades. Wherever they passed, crops were destroyed and flowers and plants were destroyed. The leaves of trees will be chewed clean, so ancient people "talked about it with disdain"!
But now locusts have become a delicacy again, and locusts, a pest that is scorned by farmers, are sold at a very high price.
Locusts are now generally called grasshoppers!
The value of grasshoppers
Due to serious urbanization, farmers have also gone out to work, and the elderly at home are no longer farming.
Many people now cannot eat grasshoppers even if they want to. Some people even breed grasshoppers artificially in order to experience this delicious food again.
Are these 20 yuan per pound bugs really that delicious? Grasshoppers look a little strange, but research shows that their nutritional value is very high.
Many health-preserving people like to buy this kind of bugs to eat. In some hotels in big cities, there will also be fried grasshoppers.
The bombed grasshoppers are dark red in color and look a bit tempting.
This rare game is rich in protein and very rich in trace elements. Moreover, grasshoppers have relatively low fat and cholesterol content, so it doesn’t matter even if they are obese.
The shell of grasshoppers contains chitin, a substance that can improve the acidic environment in the human body and eliminate free radicals.
It is helpful to delay aging, promote the discharge of toxins in the body, and achieve the effect of beauty.
But one thing to note is that grasshoppers are not suitable for people who are allergic to protein. In particular, the protein contained in insects is a heterogeneous protein, which is different from the ingredients in vegetables. It is easy for the body to be abnormal. Condition.
But this has not happened so far, probably because there are few people eating bugs.
But it is hard to find grasshoppers nowadays. Many grasshoppers sold in the market are not real. There are many insects with similar shapes to grasshoppers. It is best not to make a mistake.
As a pest in the past, it has now become a rarity in the eyes of many people. I really have to lament the diversification of social trends.
Perhaps something we haven’t noticed today will be hard to buy for us even if we spend a lot of money more than ten years later.
Many business opportunities are unimaginable. Nowadays, businesses have to spend a lot of money to catch grasshoppers. There are very few wild plantations, and the ones we see most are man-made plantations.
There are basically no insects in this kind of plantation, let alone grasshoppers that destroy plant growth.
Therefore, some businesses use the reproductive characteristics of grasshoppers to conduct additional artificial cultivation of grasshoppers, but most of the grasshoppers cultivated in this environment are not strong enough.
As a dioecious oviparous animal, grasshoppers can reproduce twice a year, in summer and autumn.
They feed on plant seedlings and are suitable for reproduction in high-temperature environments. Nowadays, there are very few indoor environments that are truly suitable for the healthy growth of grasshoppers.
I have to lament that locusts were infested in many places before, but now it can only be said that locusts are hard to see.
Grasshoppers have both edible and medicinal value, and their sales in the market will not stagnate. I hope that businesses who want to sell grasshoppers as a delicacy can find a way to breed grasshoppers that benefits the people. grasshopper.
Let grasshoppers, which were once harmful to crops, be able to exert their maximum effectiveness, create income for farmers, and provide a way for those who love this delicious bite to purchase.
This kind of insect that once made ancient people talk about it has become a delicacy that city people like very much. It is estimated that it would be difficult for ancient people to imagine such an ending.
Dear friends: Do you like to eat insects? Do you have any more different views on grasshoppers? Do you dare to eat grasshoppers? What other bugs have you eaten? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area and let’s discuss it together!