Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
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That looks soooo good Try a bit of organic rice rat on the side, with a lovely salad dressing.
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
Anyway what's this nonsense? The dry season barely lasted from December 'til March. It's been raining for the last three months.
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
I've rarely ever seen local people eating them, unlike crickets or water-beetles for example. They can be pretty tasty if they are freshly fried, but usually they are not and have a load of old grease dripping off them. I asked a few old folks about them and they said they ate them way back in the 1940s-50s but as a medicinal food rather than a snack. They are thought to be good for sore-throats/ coughs, partly because of their hairy bodies.CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:16 am
They are popular with locals who prefer them to crickets and silkworms - which are other insects commonly sold in the street markets.
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
i tihnk theres a couple of provinces where they are popular with stalls along the highways but i dont think theyre a popular thing in the cities and towns, they sell them in Siem Reap as a touristy thing, and im sure they sell them at the night market in SHV which is used mainly by locals,John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:31 pmI've rarely ever seen local people eating them, unlike crickets or water-beetles for example. They can be pretty tasty if they are freshly fried, but usually they are not and have a load of old grease dripping off them. I asked a few old folks about them and they said they ate them way back in the 1940s-50s but as a medicinal food rather than a snack. They are thought to be good for sore-throats/ coughs, partly because of their hairy bodies.CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:16 am
They are popular with locals who prefer them to crickets and silkworms - which are other insects commonly sold in the street markets.
crickets are the main ones though, i cant say ive really witnessed any locals eating them, seem them eating a lot more cockroaches than spiders
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
Skoun in particular, where they even built a hideous statue of a tarantula. Seems like 90% of the tarantulas there are sold to soap-dodgers, flash-packers, and hipsters these days. They are also all over Pub Street now but this is a recent phenomenon and most Khmer I know don't eat them.
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I've seen locals eating crickets countless times, and often shared them. I've never seen anyone eating a cockroach, are you sure you're not confusing them with some other bug?Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:59 pm
crickets are the main ones though, i cant say ive really witnessed any locals eating them, seem them eating a lot more cockroaches than spiders
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
I have certainly seen cockroaches on sale though admittedly not often. And they are not quite the cockroach under my fridge but some other species.John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:42 amI've seen locals eating crickets countless times, and often shared them. I've never seen anyone eating a cockroach, are you sure you're not confusing them with some other bug?Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:59 pm
crickets are the main ones though, i cant say ive really witnessed any locals eating them, seem them eating a lot more cockroaches than spiders
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
There are Giant Water Bugs and black Water Beetles on sale a lot but I have never seen cockroaches.
Not cockroaches - Giant Water Bugs.
Not cockroaches - Giant Water Bugs.
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Re: Nyam nyam. It's tarantula season in Cambodia.
Uh, I know the difference between those.
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