Fried grasshoppers - a unique dish in the land of flowers Champa
(Baonghean) -At a market near the border between Laos and Thailand, a woman carries a tray full of fried grasshoppers, sprinkled with fragrant lemongrass leaves. If you don’t pay attention, you wouldn’t know it was grasshoppers.
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A tourist entered the market, recognized the woman and the strange tray, immediately opened a can of beer, took a sip, then used his bare hands to pick up a fried grasshopper on the tray, added a few strands of lemon leaves, put it in his mouth, and half-closed his eyes to enjoy it... to the astonishment of many eyes.
One person ate, many curious people gathered, and we the press were also drawn in. It is truly a “unique” dish in the land of Champa flowers.
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During the summer of 2004, swarms of locusts from the northwest invaded the Sahara desert in West Africa, attacking crops, creating one of the largest locust disasters since 1989. Over time, the locusts moved deeper into the continent to wreak havoc. By November 2004, northern Egypt, Jordan and Israel had seen their first appearance in 50 years. A 230 km long, 150 m wide, 69 billion locust swarm in Morocco provided a rich food source for 33 species of birds. Locusts also invaded the Canary Islands, Crete and southern Portugal. Low rainfall and low winter temperatures in northwest Africa have somewhat slowed their growth. Locust control teams from 20 countries seized the opportunity to disrupt their growth cycle (early 2005). The cost of the 130,000 square km land and air sweep was estimated by the FAO at over $400 million... Crop losses amounted to $2.5 billion, causing food insecurity in West Africa. However, a bumper harvest combined with tight control of the spread of pests helped Africa avoid a food shortage disaster. (According to Interneter) |
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