Restaurant introduces insect dishes 餐馆推出昆虫菜品

2021-12-06四川蒋建平

疯狂英语·新策略 2021年10期

四川蒋建平

A French cook is preparing food with something surprising:insects.The European Union has recently approved some sorts of insects as an acceptable food product.Insects provide many nutrients and are an environmentally friendly food.

The food Laurent Veyet prepares is not for those with little bravery.However,what he is preparing may point to the future of feeding a growing world population.One of his foods is a prawn（对虾）salad with yellow mealworms(黄粉虫).It includes insects on a bed of vegetables with grasshoppers(蚂蚱)covered in chocolate,a food usually meant for sweets.The restaurant is located in Paris among others with outdoor seating and plenty of sunlight.Eaters who are ready to try something different approve of Veyet's complex foods.

The Parisian cook talked about the perfect meal for first-timers.He was preparing pasta（意大利面食）made with crushed mealworms,sweet potatoes and young insects cooked on the stove.He said,“There are some really interesting flavors.Not many people could say they don't like that.”

Mealworms,and insects more generally,could provide a sustainable food source that produces low greenhouse gases for the future.

Soheil Ayari was eating with his two daughters.He approved of the food.He said,“I feel like I am in a traditional restaurant.”He said only the idea behind what he ate was different.He continued to say,“And honestly,the tastes are very similar to traditional food.” Ayari's young daughter also enjoyed the food.“It's environmentally friendly and,what's more,it's good.”

Veyet grows his mealworms on site.He feeds them cooked grains and vegetables.While the mealworm may not look like something worth eating,it is in fact the larvae of the darkling beetle（黑甲虫）.These beetles are rich in protein,fat and other nutrients.The mealworm can be used in many different meals.It can be cooked whole and eaten,or it can be ground to help make foods like bread.