“Hunting” grasshoppers
August 1st, 2009
Roasted grasshoppers is a popular cuisine among urban drinkers. A kilo of grasshoppers is priced between 25,000-30,000. Catching grasshoppers is now a lucrative job for many farmers in My Duc district, Hanoi. My Duc people sell around 2-3 tonnes of grasshoppers to restaurants in Hanoi and neighbouring provinces a day. The demand for this insect [...]