{"id":26,"date":"2012-08-05T04:28:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T04:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2020-04-09T04:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T04:19:52","slug":"cambodia-edible-spiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/cambodia-edible-spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian Fried Tarantulas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cure Your Arachnophobia by Eating a Couple Fried Tarantulas.<\/p>\n<p>If you are arachnophobic and greatly fear spiders, you can truly face your fear in Cambodia by sampling one of the strangest local fares, crunchy fried tarantulas.&nbsp; Throughout markets in Phnom Penh and in the small Cambodian town called Skuon, fried tarantula, also called a-ping, is a popular snack that locals and tourists simply love.&nbsp; If you find the right vendor, you may even get to handle a live tarantula if you\u2019re brave enough, and then take a bite of one of his cousins!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fried-spiders-cambodia1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39\" title=\"fried-spiders-cambodia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fried-spiders-cambodia1-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"Fried Edible Spiders Cambodia\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fried-spiders-cambodia1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bizarrefood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/fried-spiders-cambodia1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fried Edible Spiders Cambodia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These spiders are Zebra tarantulas, which are native to the forests of Cambodia.&nbsp; These days enterprising individuals breed their own tarantulas in burrows for the sole purposes of frying, eating, and selling them.&nbsp; It is normal to see a vendor with several buckets full of live spiders, ready to fry up for the next hungry customer.&nbsp; The Zebra tarantula has a nasty bite, so be sure not to get too close to the bucket unless you want to have a close encounter of the hairy, scary kind!&nbsp; In the Skuon snack market, there are many unusual foods that you can try.&nbsp; From fried water bugs to eggs containing chicken embryos, this market is filled with things you probably have never dreamed of touching, much less eating.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If you need a further incentive to try a-ping, you should know that the local women believe that it will greatly enhance their beauty.&nbsp; Even the kids in Cambodia are brave enough to eat these deep fried tarantulas, so don\u2019t be scared.&nbsp; Once you bit into this crispy arachnid treat, you are sure to have a one of a kind experience.&nbsp; Not everyone will consume the abdomen though, so don\u2019t feel obligated to unless you are alright with the idea of swallowing a couple \u201cdamp cobwebs.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cure Your Arachnophobia by Eating a Couple Fried Tarantulas. 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