The strangest thing is the insect feast that many people are familiar with. Yunnan is a paradise for insects. There are all kinds of insects. It is normal for people in Yunnan to eat insects. Catch insects and clean them. Remove the internal organs, fry in the oil pan once, and fry until golden and crisp. Like grasshoppers, breadworms and wood worms, you can eat them. In some parts of Yunnan, many people eat scorpions and spiders. For these can only be regarded as nine Niu Yi Mao. I once saw a Shanghainese in my father's company cry when eating worms. Therefore, insects should be regarded as a strange dish. There is a saying that there are eighteen monsters in Yunnan, three grasshoppers and one dish.
In many places, they shouldn't eat worms, but they also eat pig blood. This is Baiwang in Dali. Pig blood is one of the dishes for foreign friends to take the postgraduate entrance examination. There is also an insect feast. In some parts of Dali, spiders in the mountains are also used for frying and eating. Remove the spider's feet. Put it directly in the oil pan. I believe many people will be scared when they see it, let alone eat it. Sometimes people like me are even more reluctant to eat spiders.
Some stockyards in the deep mountains also have the habit of eating scorpions. Generally speaking, scorpions are nontoxic, but eating them is still challenging. Some brave people don't need frying at all. But directly eaten raw. It scares me just to think about it.
These are the main dishes of Yunnan Insect Banquet. In fact, I think people in Yunnan will eat it, because now they are eating some original ecology, and what they eat is a gift from nature.