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Cambodia: Insects as Source of Protein

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 While insects as a source of protein is now widely recognized, it still takes some getting used to. But the rural population of South-East Asian nations like Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Mynmar have been eating insects for hundreds of years. Here is my gallery of insects as food.  See captions for descriptions though I can't make out what some of the creepy crawlies are.  The meal we bought for out pedicab driver: Assorted insects with glutinous rice. A closer look at the meal Beetles  with Chili and Garlic The Pupae of some insects Spiders and Water Beetles Grasshoppers and Black Dung Beetles I think there are Crickets amongst the Grasshoppers