The History and Present Situation of Insect Foods in Japan. Focusing on Wasp and Hornet Broods.
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Accession number;99A0442588
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| Title;The History and Present Situation of Insect Foods in Japan. Focusing on Wasp and Hornet Broods. |
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MATSUURA MAKOTO
(Mie Univ., Fac. of Bioresour.)
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Journal Title;Bull Fac Bioresour Mie Univ
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Journal Code:Y0251B
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ISSN:0915-0471
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VOL.;NO.22;PAGE.89-135(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;REF.54 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;In this review, the history and present situation of insect food in Japan are described focusing on wasp and hornet broods. 1. Insect food was reported for the first time in the Edo era and main edible insects in those days were exemplified by the rice grasshoppers and wasp broods. Among these, roasted or baked rice grasshoppers were not only eaten in farming villages where rice was grown but also marketed in big cities as snacks for children. However, insects other than rice grasshopper were taken seemingly only in very special areas. In the Taisho era, Miyake (1919) surveyed edible insects all over Japan using a questionnaire method and thus reported 55 species of edible insects including 48 identified species (rice grasshoppers, wasps and hornets, cicadas, silkworms, etc.) and 7 unknown ones. Main examples of insects eaten in Japan from the early period of the Showa era up to now include rice grasshoppers, wasps and hornets, silkworms and cicadas. In the days of food poverty during the World War n and immediately thereafter, rice grasshoppers were eaten commonly all over Japan and distributed as a valuable nutritional source both in big cities and farming villages. Until 1950s, boiled and seasoned rice grasshoppers (tsukudani) and dried rice grasshoppers were sold in grocery stores even in big cities such as Tokyo. Today, these products are served mainly in luxury food stores as snacks with drinks in restaurants at local specialties and hotels. However, the rice grasshoppers used in these products are partly imported from China, etc. In the days of food poverty during the World War 11 and immediately thereafter, silkworm pupae were eaten throughout Japan mainly by silkworm-raising farmers, workers in silk mills and some ordinary families as a fat-rich food, though there is little need for silkworm pupae for edible use today.... (author abst.) |
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