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 There is a great variety of different spiders on earth, and they successfully fulfill their mission, intended for them by nature. But in those places where the spiders are of huge size, they are also eaten. Even very dangerous and poisonous.
Delicious spiders
Of course, it is difficult to imagine a Russian who decided to cook a spider dinner for himself, but in the countries of Southeast Asia, such cases are more the rule than the exception.
Let's imagine a kind of menu:
Snacks
Tarantula is especially good as a snack. There are many songs and fairy tales about him. There is even a dance in Sicily that is directly related to this arthropod - the tarantella. And the music for this dance is often used in the treatment of various depressive conditions. But this is about art, but about cooking, in Thailand, tarantulas are eaten with great appetite. The method of preparation is as simple as possible: tore off the limbs and fried with salt and garlic in oil... As a side dish - noodles.
 In Cambodia, a tarantula snack is just a light snack on the street. A kind of kind of fast food. It tastes like chicken, or fish, something in between, looks like white meat.
And in Venezuela, the Indians cook shashlik from the goliath tarantula, which is considered the largest spider of the tarantula species. Well, what could be simpler: quickly caught a spider running by, roasted over coals and dinner is ready. Tarantulas are also eaten in Japan. In the United States, a dish called tarantula tempura is prepared from the abdomen of a tarantula, and its preparation also does not involve any particular difficulties - they tore off the abdomen, burn the hairs and fry in oil for 3 minutes. Fast, tasty, and so nutritious.
As for lovers of such exotic food, I think there are not so many of them, but, to be sure, there is no dispute about tastes.
Well, have a snack, let's move on to hot dishes.
In New Guinea and Laos, they love to feast on spiders - golden spiders. The methods of cooking are different: they are fried, boiled, cooked over coals, and sometimes, without bothering themselves with cooking, they are eaten raw.
In China, street vendors sell scorpion and centipede kebabs. All this miracle is strung on wooden sticks and fried. And you can, again, try this delicacy in its raw form. Scorpion soup is also popular. Preparing is elementary: 40 pieces of carefully washed scorpions are fried with garlic, ginger, pepper and pork. Then water and carrots are added, cooked for 40 minutes - the soup is ready, welcome to the table!
Scorpion sandwiches are in demand in Singapore. Fried scorpion is served on a slice of bread with boiled asparagus. The treat should be eaten with the jaws and tail, after removing the sting.
And finally - sweet... What is bad lollipop scorpion or chocolate glazed scorpion? Just a godsend for sweethearts.
Each nation has its own culture and its own cuisine, sometimes so exotic to such an extent. And whether or not there is a scorpion and others like him, you decide, although, I think, in our country there are few such decisive ones.
Chernyshev V.A.
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