CAMBODIA95/
SELLING TARANTULAS
the best spider is one plucked straight from its burrow and pan fried with lashings of garlic and salt over a traditional wood fire until its skin goes a deep red-brown colour.
Crispy on the outside, gooey on the inside, it should then be served piping hot.
But the spider's remarkable popularity does not stop with its taste.
CAMBODIANS WILL TELL YOU OF ITS medicinal properties - especially when mushed up in a rice wine cocktail.
"It's particularly good for back ache and children with breathing problems," she said, dipping a glass into a jar of murky brown liquid, at the bottom of which sits a rotting mass of hairy black legs and bloated spider bellies.
Phnom Penh
CAMBODIA95/
SELLING TARANTULAS
the best spider is one plucked straight from its burrow and pan fried with lashings of garlic and salt over a traditional wood fire until its skin goes a deep red-brown colour.
Crispy on the outside, gooey on the inside, it should then be served piping hot.
But the spider's remarkable popularity does not stop with its taste.
CAMBODIANS WILL TELL YOU OF ITS medicinal properties - especially when mushed up in a rice wine cocktail.
"It's particularly good for back ache and children with breathing problems," she said, dipping a glass into a jar of murky brown liquid, at the bottom of which sits a rotting mass of hairy black legs and bloated spider bellies.
Phnom Penh