Beondegi Pupa Korean Street Food Silkworm Pupae Korea Tsukudani Japan

A chilly winter afternoon in Busan, South Korea.  This is #34;beondegi, #34; a popular Korean street food. Silkmoth pupae are also eaten in a number of other cultures. In Assam, they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupae are eaten directly with salt or fried with chili pepper or herbs as a snack or dish.[3] In China, street vendors sell roasted silkmoth pupae. In Japan, silkworms are usually served as a tsukudani (佃煮), i.e., boiled in a sweet-sour sauce made with soy sauce and sugar. In Vietnam, this is known as con nhộng. In Thailand, silkworm pupae (ดักแด้ไหม, /dàk.dɛ̂ː.mǎj/), usually deep-fried, are often sold at open markets. They are also sold as packaged snacks. Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as space food on long-term missions.[4] Size 50g