Sunday, October 11, 2009

Alternative protein source

Beef, chicken and pork are too expensive? Get bored of eating meats?
Maybe you should try insect based food, in future.
Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects as food had occurred from time immemorial in Africa, America, Asia as well as Australia. In China there are a variety of preparation of these edible insects, by frying, braising, stewing, stewing after frying, boiling and roasting. The forms of insects eaten are from eggs to adult, but mostly are larvae or pupa. There are also records of medicinal uses of insect from the ancient China, which are practiced to date. As what i know the examples are centipede (蜈蚣) and scorpion.
Edible insects are of current research interest.
How do you feel if insects will be introduced to your meal? I think it is acceptable, especially crispy fried insect should be not too bad, as long as they are not living crawling ones or the disgusting cockroaches !

(Source : Entomological research,
Volume 39, Issue 5, 2009)

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