Village boys in Thanh Chuong are busy "hunting" crickets to prepare dishes.
(Baonghean.vn) - After storm No. 3, many young people in communes along the Lam River in Thanh Chuong district went to the fields to hunt crickets to prepare food.
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Affected by storm No. 3, the prolonged rain caused the soil to become loose, so many people, mainly teenagers in Thanh Giang, Thanh Yen communes, etc. (Thanh Chuong) took the opportunity to go to the fields to hunt crickets. Photo: Diep Phuong |
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To catch crickets, you must first identify the cricket hole, then use a hoe to dig deep into it to catch them. Photo: Diep Phuong |
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Crickets can also be caught on low tree branches along the fields, because crickets cannot live in flooded areas. Photo: Diep Phuong |
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According to local people's experience, this season crickets are abundant and especially fat. Photo: Diep Phuong |
The result of an afternoon of cricket hunting in the fields for one person can be from 2-3kg. |
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Many people carefully put on life jackets to go catch crickets. Photo: Diep Phuong |
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Crickets can be made into many delicious dishes such as: fried crickets with fish sauce, grilled crickets, stir-fried crickets with lemon leaves, etc. These are very "addictive" dishes because of their very characteristic, fatty aroma. Photo: Diep Phuong |