Two days ago, when I was brushing Weibo, I accidentally saw an insect food on the hot search. When I opened it, I found that it was the spicy fruit that we were most afraid to eat when we were children.

When I was stung by a pepper, the taste was really unbearable, so when I was young, whenever I saw a pepper, I usually stepped on it directly. I don't know today, this pest that once tickled our teeth has become a kind of food and is sought after by people. The most expensive one has been sold to 200 yuan for a catty, comparable to sea cucumber.

In recent years, insect food seems to be dying out. Take cicadas for example.

This was originally the summer of our childhood? Toys In fact, this kind of insect is worth a hundred times now. The price of a catty of cicada larvae has exceeded 100 yuan, and the price of cicada slough has reached 400 to 500 yuan. Although the price is high, it is still in short supply every summer. It should also be born? Cicada catcher? This kind of occupation. Every summer, in the rural areas of Jiangxi and Anhui, strange scenery will appear at night, and local residents will shuttle through the Populus euphratica forest with flashlights and start catching cicadas.

Every night after 8: 00,

Villagers go out in groups. Sometimes children catch cicadas with their parents. Everyone carries a flashlight and a small bucket of water. After a period of fishing, those lucky people may have caught a small bucket, but those who are almost lucky may be less. The cicadas usually caught will soon be taken away by the vendors in the village, and the vendors will quickly resell them to foreign merchants to earn the difference. These cicadas are usually sent to the table in big cities the next day.

There is also an insect food in Lianyungang, Jiangsu? Worm Dan, I wonder if many people have the courage to eat it when they first see it.

But in fact, when Worm Dan goes on the market every year, it is often robbed and the price is ridiculously high. At the most expensive time,

The price per catty reaches 3000 yuan per catty, but even this price is in short supply.

Many times, when we travel in many scenic spots in China, there will be many snacks to spread and sell all kinds of insect food.

Fried scorpions, centipedes, etc. Compared with ordinary snacks, the prices of these snacks are often not low, but they are also very popular.

The nutritional value of insects is indeed much higher than the meat we eat now, but there is almost no place in the world where insects are the staple food. In fact, many scientists have called on people to eat insects very early, but the effect is not particularly obvious. On the contrary, in recent years, insect food has unexpectedly become popular in China, and the reasons are worth pondering.

On the one hand, it is undeniable that with the progress of material life, more and more people are beginning to realize a healthy diet, and the existing meat products contain high cholesterol and other substances that are harmful to the human body. The high incidence of various chronic diseases in recent years is the best example. Eating insects will really reduce the trouble in this respect. To some extent, this is the embodiment of social progress. We should really change our misunderstanding of insects and start eating them, which will be beneficial to our health.

But behind the popularity of bugs, we should also be vigilant. What is the motivation of many people to eat worms? Whether it is a healthy way or a curiosity, if it is the latter, it will be very dangerous, because some bugs are precious protected animals, and this curiosity will undoubtedly prompt some illegal traders to engage in some illegal activities to some extent. This should be worthy of our vigilance.

Is it the change of China people's eating habits or the pursuit of novelty behind the popularity of insect food? I think it's worth pondering. Eating habits with insects as the staple food may still have a long way to go.