Beginning of Summer is the first solar term in summer, which means that summer will gradually enter people's lives, with the days getting longer and the temperature getting higher and higher.
Recently, friends in the circle of friends are sending out beer and lobster every day. Crayfish has become one of the must-eat summer delicacies for people across the country.
In addition to crayfish in the hot summer, what we Lishui people love most is cicada.
Friends may be shocked, what?
Got it?
Yes, it’s the cicada that grows on the big trees on both sides of the streets and roads in summer. The one that makes you upset and keeps chirping in your ears.
Some people say that in Lishui in summer, there is nothing that a plate of cicadas cannot solve. If there is, then~ just~ two~ plates!
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As far as I know, people in Lishui have been eating cicadas for at least more than 30 years. When I was not in elementary school, my friends would go to catch cicadas together. They would take their own thin bamboo poles and eat them on the ground.
Make a circle around the head with wire and put it on top, then take a big bag and sew it on the wire to make a net.
Then I went to catch it. At that time, a pound of cicadas was about 6.7 yuan/jin. As a child, I had no idea about 6.7 yuan/jin. What I had the impression of was that cicadas were really delicious.
According to statistics from relevant departments, people in Lishui eat hundreds of millions of catties of cicadas in one summer, and can eat tens of thousands of catties in a day. The price ranges from 160 yuan/catty in the off-season to more than 60 yuan/catty in the peak season, and demand exceeds supply every day.
We now have enough cicadas to eat, but our local food in Lishui is far from being able to meet everyone's needs. We need to buy a lot of cicadas from surrounding cities such as Jinhua and Quzhou to meet everyone's needs.
In the eyes of many foreign friends, not only do cicadas look ugly, but many people also think they are edible? It’s a bit disgusting, but that’s not the case. The shell of cicadas has the function of treating rheumatism in traditional Chinese medicine, and the meat of cicadas is very
Tender and delicious.
Cicadas contain extremely high medicinal nutritional value, especially the newly unearthed golden cicada nymphs contain 58.58% eggs, which are 4.3 times that of lean pork, 3.8 times that of mutton, 3 times that of chicken and beef, 4 times that of carp, and 6 times that of eggs.
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Jinchan contains only 10.23% fat, which is a rare high-protein, low-fat, natural and pollution-free advanced nutritional product.
Many insects, including cicadas, have been listed as one of the nine popular foods in the 21st century.
The main ways to eat cicadas are deep-frying and stewing in oil. Frying means cutting off the head, tail and wings of cicadas (there are people at the market who specialize in handling these), frying them in oil, and then adding chili, garlic, and minced ginger.
Stir-fry and serve.
Stewing in oil is to put cicadas into a pot and add various seasonings and simmer until the flavor is absorbed.
Cicadas are delicious, but don’t be greedy!
Since cicadas grow in an outdoor environment, they may carry some germs and parasites, so they must be cooked and cooked thoroughly.
In addition, patients with kidney disease and some people who need to limit protein intake need to eat less.