But a small subset of us were already familiar with this bug, becausewed eaten it.
But enough of that.
How do you eat them?
Many cultures around the world eat insects.
Thats especially important for a warming world that will need to feed 9 billion people by 2050.
This is just a very simple dish, no fuss, no muss, he explained.
I just love to show and demonstrate how easy it is to add insects into our cuisine.
People may criticize me and say, all you did was put it on top of popcorn.
Yeah, and you’ve got the option to do that too.
Yoon said that if someone requested he take the stinger off, he would.
But were living in a pandemic.
But you dont have to eat them raw.
For the appetizer, Yoon put together a spring roll full of hornets.
He paired this with gochujang sauce for dipping.
It was a fucking smash, he said.
Nothing like a little liquid courage to get you to try something new, Yoon said.
In terms of preparing them at home, you have a lot of options.
But Yoon advised against the latter in the case of the hornets, since theyre pretty expensive.
Eating insects sounds gross to some, but people do eatandenjoy them.
It just takes a collection of recipes and a knowledge of best practices to transform them into a dish.
If done properly, they can actually taste really, well, good.
