Bombyx Mori - Cuisine

Cuisine

Like many insect species, silkworm pupae are eaten in some cultures (see Entomophagy), when it may go by the English phrase "ground cucumber".

• In Assam, India, they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupa is taken directly with salt or fried with chilli pepper and or herbs to take as snack or dish.
• In Korea, they are boiled and seasoned to make a popular snack food known as beondegi.
• In China, street vendors sell roasted silkworm pupae.
• In Vietnam, this is known as con nhộng.
• Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as space food on long-term missions.