My hometown is in the southwest of China, where the first step of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau transits to the second step of the Chengdu Plain, and where the Sichuan Basin meets the parallel ridges and valleys of the Kangdian Hengduan Mountains. There are mountains and waters, as well as human beings who have lived and multiplied for generations. Because there is plenty of rain here, the mountains are all green, and thousands of kinds of animals and plants such as giant pandas, pronghorn, Davidia involucrata and spiny spiny spiny spiny are multiplied in the green; The water here is very clear, the mountain stream springs are tinkling, and a Qingyi River passes around the city, which adds aura to my hometown. The fish swimming freely in the water add a layer of fun to the guests from afar and satisfy the taste of a river fish. Growing up in such a landscape environment, I can't forget the fun of eating insects with my friends in the depths of my childhood memory. Of course, eating insects is not about eating all kinds of insects, but it is exquisite. I remember that there are probably old wood insects, bamboo shoots, bee pupae, oil grasshoppers, fart eggs ...

When it comes to eating insects, some people may think that it is an open city in the south, and people are curious about how to eat; Others think it is a custom of ethnic minorities. We are not a minority area here, nor is it a particularly developed coastal area. However, most of the residents here immigrated hundreds of years ago, even more than 1000 years ago. So far, there are many arguments about whether the people living here are ethnic minorities or not. Having said that, it seems that we have gone too far. Now, let's get down to business and talk about eating insects. If you want to eat insects, you have to catch them first, and different insects have different ways of catching and eating.

Both the old wood bug and the bamboo shoot bug live in the bamboo forest, so it is natural to catch them in the bamboo forest. However, as long as it is a bamboo forest, it is possible to have old wood bugs and bamboo shoots, but the old wood bugs and bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest are larger than those in other bamboo forests, and bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest only come out in summer when it is particularly hot. After a rain, you can hear the sound of bamboo shoots snapping at jointing. At noon after a storm, the sun was blazing. I got into the bamboo forest to find out if there were any newly drilled insect eyes on the new bamboo shoots. I listened with my ears to the buzzing sound of the bamboo shoots flying out from under the bamboo, and saw that they landed on that bamboo shoot. I quietly walked over, generously grabbed its back, carefully broke off its toothed feet, inserted a bamboo stick into one of the first legs of the bamboo shoots, and shook it gently. That guy faced the wind, but he did not. Then retrieve a straw from the corn field, put the other end of the bamboo stick through the straw, and then insert it into the leg of another bamboo shoot worm, and then thread it into a rice shape or more in turn. When the straw is rotated, the bamboo shoot worms fly in groups, and the straw is placed in a bamboo tube, and the straw is driven by the bamboo shoot worm to rotate, which is called "pushing mill". When you've had enough fun, unscrew the head of the bamboo shoot worm, pour it into salt, agastaches and leeks, then put it on the head, put it in the fire of the mother and son, burn it for a few minutes, then unscrew the head, wings and legs of the bamboo shoot worm, and put it in your mouth to chew it, which is crispy and fragrant. But I don't remember clearly how to catch the old wood worm. I just saw my brother get it back from the bamboo forest, fry it in the oil pan, and then add seasoning to it, which can be used as a kind of snacks and drinks, and also for everyone to eat and play.