Konchuu Ryoori Insects

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Insects as food (konchuu ryoori)

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Various
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

konchu ryori, konchuu ryoori, 昆虫料理 insects as food

mushikui 、虫食い　(むしくい)

Insects have been a source of food since olden times.
Grasshoppers, for example:
To catch the animal was not not only done to clear the rice paddies of an unwanted eater, but also to prepare the delicious tsukudani for the farmers, since it contains a lot of fat.



Jibachi senbei 地蜂煎餅, 地蜂せんべい
Wasp rice crackers
Speciality of Nagano

also inago coockie イナゴのクッキー
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kaiko, 蚕の料理 silkworms have also been eaten.
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WASHOKU : hebo ヘボ black wasps for food in Gifu
kuro suzumebachi クロスズメバチ Japanese yellowjacket
Vespula flaviceps
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more to come ...

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source : 　内山昭一

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kigo for all summer




konchuu saishuu 昆虫採集 (こんちゅうさいしゅう)
collecting insects
A favorite passtime for children in the summer holidays.
hochuumoo 補虫網（ほちゅうもう）net for catching insects
hochuuki 歩虫器（ほちゅうき）container for insects
dokubin 毒瓶（どくびん）bottle with poison


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kigo for late autumn


hachi no ko 蜂の仔（はちのこ, 蜂の子）
bee and wasp larvae

fried bee larvae, jibachi yaki 地蜂焼（じばちやき）
rice with bee larvae, hachi no ko meshi 蜂の子飯（はちのこめし）

jibachi 地蜂 is another name for kurosuzumebachi くろすずめばち (黒雀蜂), black wasps.
hachi no ko, ハチの子， bee larvae
Speciality of Nagano.
In August they are driven out of their nest by putting firecrackers in them, then the nest with the larvae is collected. They are prepared in various ways, as kanroni, roasted or put on boiled rice.
They are even available in cans for distribution all over Japan.


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kara-iri 乾煎り、空炒り plain roasting
The wasp larvae are roasted and sprinkeld with salt before consumption.


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zazamushi ざざ虫 (ざざむし) dobsonfly
larvae of aquatic caddis flies
kigo for all winter
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inago 蝗, 稲子 ( いなご) 螽 grasshopper, locust
kigo for all autumn



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Worldwide use


. Kenya Saijiki
kumbi kumbi: flying termites



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Things found on the way

Mushikui Japanese
http://musikui.exblog.jp/8585855/

Insects as human food
http://www.food-insects.com/Insects%20as%20Human%20Food.htm



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- quote -
Getemono-ya - 下手物
Whenever the craving for assorted gastropods, vague amphibians, unidentifiable molluscs or miscellaneous insects becomes overwhelming, head for these oases of the weird and wonderful. Getemono-ya are devoted to culinary ingredients, that no one would eat unless they were on the verge of starvation. Thanks to the proliferation of such exotic comestibles as vegetables, beans, cows and fish, these places are a dying breed. Spot them by a dilapidated exterior, and the locals’ warnings not to set foot within a mile of the place.
source : www.lonelyplanet.com

Getemono restaurants from all parts of Japan
全国の下手物料理のある店を紹介しよう！
source : ikura.2ch.net


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HAIKU

つくだにの蝗となって鬚のこす　　
tsukudani no inago to natte hige o kosu

to make tsukudani
out of grashoppers ...
strain the whiskers　　　　　

Ishida Tokiji 石田時次



炒り蝗量り売れるもみちのくや　
iri inago hakari-ureru mo Michinoku ya

selling roasted grasshoppers
by the weight ...
this is Northern Japan

Fukuda Ryotei (Ryootei) 福田蓼汀


inago 蝗, 稲子 ( いなご) 螽 grasshopper
kigo for all autumn


蝗熬る炉のかぐはしき門過ぎぬ　　
西島麦南


蝗とぶやたんぼの中の湯葉料理　　
高桑義生


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hachi no ko haiku


高原の水禍をよそに地蜂焼　　
飯田蛇笏

山を恋ひ蜂の子飯を恋ひわたり　　
宮野小提灯

蜂の子を食べて白骨泊りかな　　
野見山朱鳥

眼がのぞく秋の蜂の子売られけり　　
加藤知世子

蜂の仔採り贄の蛙をかかげたり　　
稲垣敏勝


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Related words

***** Insects (mushi) Autumn insects, aki no mushi, Japan.

***** Bee (mitsubachi)

***** Silk (kinu) and silkworm (kaiko)


***** WASHOKU : General Information


. ANIMALS in all SEASONS
SAIJIKI

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