Viktor Pinchuk

“ I must disappoint you: in this mysterious country they eat a special kind of cockroaches that have nothing in common with the German cockroach living in our kitchens, nor with their large Asian relatives living in nature. ”

“ Only the outer shell is edible — the skin of the caterpillar, the green insides are poisonous: they are squeezed into a special vat to later prepare soup for enemies. Then the caterpillars are boiled in salt water, after which they are dried in the sun. It turns out something like dried mushrooms (in our equivalent) . The product prepared in this way can be stored for months and years. It can be consumed in dried form, added to soup, or nshima snack. Speaking of the latter. Nshima is a kind of unleavened porridge made from corn flour. The national dish of Zambians people. ”

“ A vendor with a tray full of fried scorpions holds a sign with the cost of... shooting an unusual dish. Probably there are more people who want to take a photo of a delicacy than those who are hungry to taste it.
Zambia: a creeping dish Three years have passed since returning from my last expedition to Africa, but I still keep a couple of dried caterpillars. The rest was distributed to friends: for tasting.
A large tree caterpillar lives on a mopane tree and feeds on its foliage. At the same time, it serves as food for residents of Zambia and some neighboring countries. ”