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Eat to defeat: Russian region to produce locust snacks

Published: 30 June, 2010, 23:06
Edited: 13 October, 2010, 23:33

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A new way to tackle locust invasions has been invented in southern Russia.

The Astrakhan region, southern Russia, is suffering from swarms of locusts and all attempts to fight the insects proved ineffective.

Fortunately, the governor of the region came up with a brilliant idea. He suggested exporting the locusts to Asian countries.

According to the governor, dried, salted and frozen locust-snacks would be a hit in many restaurants around the world, and even in Moscow.

He admits that idea is a bit crazy but notes that many of the best ideas look crazy at first.

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Well, locusts indeed is a very dilicious food. Chinese and Japanese eat it for a long period. In fact, in China, we make locust dumplings, and locust-fermentation wine because of its unique fragrance from rich of proteins. We may start to eat because we need to defeat it, but now the end, we breed it as food for satisfying appetite and enhancing our heath. try the simple recipes: 1. Snap: Fried with high temp. oil about 20 seconds, then the locust wings are spread up. Then spray some sugar, salt, and pepper. 2. BBQ......