Can locusts eat?

Locusts, commonly known as grasshoppers, are Orthoptera insects of the family Acrididae. There are more than 10000 species in the world, mainly harming Gramineae plants and agricultural pests, but now they have become delicacies on the dinner table. They are not only rich in nutritional value, but also delicious in taste. They are of great medicinal value. Let's take a look at them.

Can locusts eat?

Locusts can eat. Locusts are not only reasonable in nutritional content, but also lower in fat and cholesterol than livestock and poultry meat. they are ideal food for patients with obesity, high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. Locusts are in the habit of eating locusts in many parts of our country. Tianjin people like to eat fried locusts. Java, Mauritius, Reunion and other island residents like fried locusts. Nowadays, many enterprises also sell locusts in cans, and some restaurants also have locust special meals.

Nutritional value of locusts

1. Locusts are rich in chitin: nutrition experts believe that chitin is known as the sixth element of human life after protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Chitin can increase the PH value of body fluids, improve the acidic environment in the body, clear free radicals, inhibit the damage of peroxides to human tissues and cells, activate cells, delay aging, and eliminate toxins in the body. To achieve the effect of detoxification and beauty (chitin is used as a preparation for sewage treatment in Japan). Therefore, chitin is recommended by nutrition experts as the last treasure of mankind in the 21st century.

2. Locusts have high medicinal value: according to Compendium of Materia Medica, single use or combined use can treat a variety of diseases, and has the effects of relieving cough and asthma, detoxification, rash and so on. It is mainly used for the treatment of pertussis, bronchial asthma, infantile wind, sore throat, dysphagia, bronchitis, spasms and so on. And it has the effects of reducing blood pressure, losing weight, lowering cholesterol, nourishing strength and nourishing stomach and spleen, long-term eating can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, external use can treat otitis media, grasshoppers hit by frost to treat bacterial dysentery, enteritis and so on. The nutrition is rich, the meat is fresh and tender, the taste is as delicious as shrimp, and the structure of nutrients in the body is more reasonable than that of livestock and poultry.

3. Locusts have low fat and cholesterol content: locusts have a fat content of 5.25%. They mainly eat grass of Gramineae and do not eat other fodders. it is reported that some patients with obesity and hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases tend to eat insects at present. In order to achieve the goal of losing weight and dispelling diseases, according to relevant expert research, it is an ideal space food for human beings in the future, and an ideal food for weight loss and bodybuilding in modern society.

The characteristic eating method of locusts

1. Eighteen monsters in Yunnan, a dish of three grasshoppers: grasshoppers cook, and in some places in Yunnan, they are also called "jumping vegetables". They take the collected grasshoppers home, scald them with boiling water, remove their wings, slowly roast them in a pot, and bake them until the water dries up. When the scorched yellow is bright, add sesame oil and pepper seasoning, Huang Shengsheng's grasshopper shows an attractive aroma. There is a delicate smell of millet grass in the crisp. Or dry the grasshopper, "friends come from afar", stir-fry a plate, get two or two small wine, entertain friends.

2. The unique grasshopper pickle of the Hani nationality in Mojiang: after catching the grasshopper, it is hot and dried, removing wings, prickle feet, tail and intestines, leaving only the head, body and thighs. After rinsing clean, stir-fry and stir-fry incense in an iron pan and cool in the sun. Add salt, ginger, garlic, pepper, pepper, star anise, brown sugar and other seasoning in proportion, mix well, put it in a tile jar, seal the mouth of the jar, and take it out when eating.

3. Tianjin's unique deep-fried grasshopper: in the past, people in Tianjin hated grasshoppers to the extent of "peeling their skins and eating their flesh." over time, locusts were not eradicated, but they ate a famous special snack. It was a great pity that deep-fried grasshoppers were fat but not greasy, crisp and crispy. If they were sandwiched in a hot cake just cooked, it was really delicious and delicious. So there is a popular Xiehouyu saying in Tianjin Wei, "Pancake roll fried grasshopper-clip (home) to eat!" .

4. "pancake roll grasshopper" is also a unique way to eat grasshoppers in Tianjin: people in Tianjin love to eat grasshoppers. Around autumn, before grasshoppers give birth, the meat is fat and delicious. At this time, vendors selling deep-fried grasshoppers can be seen everywhere. Pancake, Home Style, branded with white flour, rolls the grasshoppers to eat, take off their wings, pinch their calves, keep their body, fry them in a pan, drain the oil, sprinkle with fine pepper and salt, mix them with chopped onion soy sauce, roll them on the cake and eat them. Tianjin speech "how beautiful it should be"! Mr. Zhang Boling, president of Nankai University at that time, said very amusingly: "the fried grasshopper was sprinkled with pepper and salt to serve wine. I was invited to Shangyishun and Russian food, but I wouldn't go." Although it is a joke, we can see how sweet and attractive the fried grasshopper is.

5. Northern folk barbecue locusts: remove the wings and legs of the locusts, put on bamboo sticks and slowly roast them with carbon fire, and brush the locusts with cooking oil to ensure that the roasted locusts are tender on the outside. Sprinkle a little cumin powder, salt, monosodium glutamate, rosemary powder, chili powder and so on according to your taste. The wonderful fragrance of roasted food must make the viewer salivate.