As for the pepper, many people said that they were stung by it when they were young, but they didn't expect it to be eaten anywhere. So, what is a pepper? Can you eat spicy peppers?

what's a pepper?

a pepper, a brown-edged green thorn moth, belongs to Lepidoptera. Alias green thorn moth, green thorn moth, yellow edge green thorn moth, four-point thorn moth, curved green thorn moth, etc., commonly known as itchy chili pepper. Widely distributed, almost all over the country.

The adult is 15-16mm long, with wings spread 36-4mm, and its body is green. Compound eyes are dark brown; The egg is oblate oval, yellowish green, and the mature larvae are slightly rectangular, initially yellow, and then slightly yellow-green to green; The pupa is ovoid, initially milky white to light yellow, and then gradually becomes yellowish brown; Cocoons are oval and hard, and the color is mostly the same as that of the host bark, generally from taupe to dark brown.

Can you eat the pepper?

If you plan to eat more, you can organize people to pick it up in the mountains, but I hope the price is reasonable. The nutritional value of this thing can support four silkworm chrysalis, and it is said that it can treat facial paralysis and leave saliva when sleeping, and it is very fragrant and delicious when fried.

How to eat the pepper

The pepper is not useless in the countryside. Do you know that its pupae can be eaten? I don't know how many people, like me, went to the mountains to dig a spicy pot when they were young.

When we catch a pepper, there are usually two consequences. One is to burn the whole body hair with a lighter and step on it. The other is to feed it directly to the chickens. The chickens and ducks at home are not afraid of it. After the winter, the pepper will form a pepper pot, which is what we want to talk about. These pots are valuable, much more expensive than the same volume of copper.

Pepper jar is a kind of delicious food in rural areas. In fact, there is nothing special to do. Generally, it is baked in a charcoal fire or thrown into the firewood ash of a burning earthen stove.

it's crispy and delicious, with a golden luster. It is a delicious food for many rural people when they were children! According to the old people in the village, eating spicy pot can also treat children's drooling.