Great Vietnamese grief - worm omelette cannot be eaten all year (8 photos)

There is a seasonal dish in Vietnam that is not determined by the ripening time of fruits and vegetables. And the fact that fatty worms can only be collected in the fall. But their fat worms are the most delicious casserole!





Is it true that everyone in Vietnam eats it?

It’s not true, some Vietnamese are increasingly Europeanizing their tastes and moving away from dishes with worms, cats, and eating snakes is simply too expensive for them. And go and catch her without injury.



But the traditional worm dish Chả rươi (ChoZuoi) cannot be relegated to the shelf of history. What can you do - it’s delicious.

Can any worm be baked (scary details)

It's possible, but it won't be tasty. Only the fall “fat” sandworms, palolo, are tasty. They only live in Asia, so don't try this at home.



In fact, they only say that they are “baked worms.” In fact, it’s not even them, but their testes and eggs!

During the mating season, the back of the worm begins to grow strongly, where material for reproduction is stored. Eventually, the back of the tail falls off and rises to the surface. And there the water washes them into the river - they just float with the flow.

Then it is very easy for people to collect these fallen worm tails full of seed! Yum.



Here's what they look like. Haven't you run away yet?

Everything remains fine with the worms themselves, because they can grow such a tail – epitocia – several times and shed it for the sake of reproduction. So this is partly even humane. Well, how to take unfertilized eggs from chickens.

Great Vietnamese happiness

In the past, Vietnam often went hungry, so it tasted everything. And quite quickly the fishermen noticed that these risen worms were very tasty.



Omelette dough for pouring into a frying pan

But there was no science yet, the fishermen did not understand the reproduction patterns of worms. Therefore, they could not guess the time of appearance of the floating tasty worms, and it was believed that God bestowed a blessing on the fisherman by sending him such a tasty treat along the river.



Vietnamese fishermen are not rich people

Therefore, a worm omelette is also considered a good sign, a kind of blessing. They always eat it in a good mood.

Worm farm helps you get rich

There is no need to wait for mercy from nature when you can breed worms in your pond and collect their “brood” several times.



This is a farm with thresholds and filtration so you don't miss a single thing

It’s just that worms have become so expensive because everyone wants to try them, that farmers don’t spoil their children with the blessed omelet. Everything is for sale in order to buy simpler food - rice, vegetables.

The worms are boiled and baked in an omelet. If the strong taste remains, you can add a little more tangerine zest.

For poor people and beginners who are not such sophisticated gourmets, there is a version of the dish where worms are mixed half with pork. To steal the brightness of the taste, so to speak.



With pepper to accurately beat off the divine taste of the worm

But the Vietnamese believe that this is for weaklings.