Insect Food

Dec 4, 2015 14:56
Have you ever eaten insects?

My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).

In fact, cooked locusts and bee larvae are sold in grocery stores.

I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.

However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for me, so I will never eat them again.

In the former Nagano Prefecture, since these insects were valuable protein sources, eating them was very important.
昆虫食

虫を食べたことはありますか？

私の故郷の愛知県ではそういう文化はありませんでしたが、今住んでいる長野県ではイナゴや蜂の子が時々食べられています。

実際、調理されたイナゴや蜂の子がスーパーで売られています。

私もイナゴや蜂の子を出されて食べたことがありますが、意外と普通の味でした。

ただし、蚕だけは苦手な味で、もう食べたいとは思いません。

かつての長野県では、これら昆虫は貴重なタンパク源で重宝されたとのことです。
No. 1　Kantonman's correction
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't doesn't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture, where now I live I live now, sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
  • I have had an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
kanotown
Thank you very much for correcting my post! :D
No. 2　Harry Spaz's correction
  • Insect Food
  • Insects as Food
    　If you say "Insect Food", it means "Food for Insects"
  • Have you ever eaten insects?
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • Eating insects is not part of the culture of my hometown prefecture of Aichi Prefecture doesn't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko (which means bee larvae).
    　A "culture" is the set of all the things make up that place's culture. Each of those items is a *part* of that culture, but you don't call those items "cultures". For example, you can say "sushi is a part of Japanese culture", but you can't say *"sushi is a Japanese culture".
  • In fact, cooked locusts and bee larvae are sold in grocery stores.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
  • I have an had the experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
    　You could also use "experience" as a verb and say "I have experienced eating ..."

    Better: "... it didn't taste too bad" (it is more natural to use "taste" as a verb in such a case).
  • However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for me, so I will never eat them again.
  • However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for to me, so I will never eat them again.
  • In the former Nagano Prefecture, since these insects were valuable protein sources, eating them was very important.
  • In the former Nagano Prefecture a long time ago, since these insects were valuable protein sources, eating them was very important.
    　"former" means it no longer exists. For example, you might say "In the former Tōtōmi Province ..." because there is no longer a place called "Tōtōmi Province".

    More natural: "sources of protein".
Harry Spaz
I've never eaten insects, but I hear that they can be eaten in Izu as well (I live in Shizuoka, but I don't visit Izu often).
kanotown
Thank you very much for the kind corrections and comments!
I learned a lot from you. :)

> I hear that they can be eaten in Izu as well.
I didn't know the fact, thank you for letting me know. :D
I think it true, but Shizuoka (especially Izu) is famous for delicious seafood, so there might be no need to eat insects, haha.
No. 3　nick's correction
  • Insect Food
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Have you ever eaten insects?
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • My hometown in Aichi Prefecture doesn't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where I now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • In fact, cooked locusts and bee larvae are sold in grocery stores.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
  • I have had an experience of eating such insects, and the taste wasn't too bad.
  • However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for me, so I will never eat them again.
  • However, the taste of silkworms was hideous, so I will never eat them again.
  • In the former Nagano Prefecture, since these insects were valuable protein sources, eating them was very important.
  • In the former Nagano Prefecture, since these insects were a valuable protein source, eating them was very important.
頑張ってください。
kanotown
Thank you very much for your kind corrections! :D
nick
どういたしまして。(’-’*)♪
No. 4　despotically's correction
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture doesn't have a culture of eating insects, while those living in Nagano Prefecture, where I now live, sometimes eat locusts...
  • I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
  • I've eaten such insects before, and the taste wasn't too bad.
  • However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for me, so I will never eat them again.
  • But the taste of silkworms was terrible, so I've sworn them off.
アリを食べる食文化もあるそうです。

私はウミウシを食べたことがあります。ウミウシって海の昆虫みたいなやつですね。味は酷かったです。
kanotown
Thank you very much for correcting my post! :D
アリはギ酸（formic acid）のため酸っぱい味がするみたいですね。レモンティーの材料として、レモンの代わりに使われることがあると聞いたことがあります。

ウミウシ、食べられるんですね。私はあの見た目のものを食べたくはないです（笑）
No. 5　snitchblack7's correction
  • Have you ever eaten insects?
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • My hometown of Aichi Prefecture don't have a culture of insect food, while those living in Nagano Prefecture where now I live sometimes eat locusts and hachinoko(which means bee larvae).
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • In fact, cooked locusts and bee larvae are sold in grocery stores.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • I have an experience of eating such insects, but the taste wasn't too bad.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • However, only the taste of silkworms was hideous for me, so I will never eat them again.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • In the former Nagano Prefecture, since these insects were valuable protein sources, eating them was very important.
  • A long time ago, in Nagano Prefecture, eating these insects was very important as they were valuable protein sources.
    　you can do it the previous way, this way just sounds better
kanotown
Thank you very much for the correction! :D
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