Pickled Ground Beetle

Pickled Ground Beetle

　　Also known as vegetable silkworm or pagoda vegetable, it is a pollution-free local specialty from the Wuling Mountain area, a rare natural green food, and was selected as a designated travel commodity and "consumer-trusted product" in 2001.

　　 Tujia Ground Beetle\Dripping Dripping

　　 The Ground Beetle, also known as vegetable silkworm, pagoda vegetable, or divine insect vegetable, is a perennial herbaceous plant and a unique, pollution-free variety from the Wuling Mountain area and the Loess Plateau. This dish is made using the pickling method, resulting in a crystal-clear, crispy, and deliciously sweet-and-sour flavor with a unique taste. It is not only a great food item but also has high medicinal value. Eating it after meals aids digestion, and consuming it after drinking can help relieve intoxication.

　　 Ingredients: Ground Beetle.

　　 Seasonings: spices, salt, rock sugar, pickling brine.

　　 Preparation: Wash the Ground Beetles, dry them, pour them into the pickling brine, add salt, spices, and rock sugar, and let them pickle for 3 days. They can be eaten after being taken out, with no need to add any additional seasonings when serving.

　　It is understood that the Ground Beetle, also known as grass stone silkworm. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica," this plant is sweet in taste and rich in sorbitol, protein, carbohydrates, amino acids, etc. The product has a crisp and tender texture, no fibers, and is crystal clear. It is made using traditional folk pickling methods combined with modern techniques. While vegetable silkworms are sporadically cultivated across the country, due to differences in climate, soil, water sources, and other natural conditions, their quality is inferior to that of the vegetable silkworms from Qianjiang. The color of the processed products from other regions is not as bright or crystal-clear as those from Qianjiang, the texture is not as crisp and tender, and both the planting and processing scales are small, with no established brand or industrial chain, resulting in weak market competitiveness. Qianjiang, however, is the main production area of vegetable silkworms in China, and its vegetable silkworms are of superior quality.