I like worms. Can i get in trouble for this?
我真的没吃过可是我听人家说很香也很好吃
Really I haven't tried before but I heard people said that it is so tasty that smell is so good
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Hector is also very nice. They can make even nine different kind of dishes that is kind of wrong
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It's always a thrill to try a new food in a new country
And that's why today is extra special because we're trying a rare delicacy in
Vietnam that even most Vietnamese people have not experienced including jump
Are you excited? I'm so excited sunny draw warm is not my cup of tea
But when I travel to the north of Vietnam people keep talking about a sanguine
Why is it that so few even?
Vietnamese people have tried this food so two reasons the first one is it only can be found in certain places in Vietnam and the
Second reason it is so rare that can only be found in the September and November in the lunar calendar
So we're super lucky to be here right now because the rest of the year you're eating frozen worms
And I say always fresh never frozen with my worms
Let's go do this
There's more harvesting going on over here look at this this guy's got a good like
15 pounds of worms over here, let's see what happens look at then
That's a large amount of worms. He but you gotta let the worm to try a little bit evidently
I don't know is he cool. If I just look at his worms. All right
I don't want to offend anybody some people are more modest with their worms
Wow um holy crap that is ridiculous, oh my gosh
Look at this little Wiggly guy
Get it closed over that he's he's upside down. Uh-oh okay. He's friendly so far. He's not fighting or anything
Okay
Yeah, there's like thousands of these little worms in here. Oh my god
Is this okay, I'm touching your worms, it's difficult, we call all right
Thank you. You not supposed to touch someone's warm so that asking but look at these drippy worms guys
This is what's gonna be going into our food later. This is like the main ingredient for our meal today thin
slimy
Wiggly yeah, see if you get it is yeah food is better when it's in season
Whether it's fruit vegetables or worms like today uh?
Organic worms might I add
Whole Foods does not have worms this fresh
So I don't think they even have worms at all I
Was quite surprised to learn that this whole area much like shrimp ponds is meant just for raising these worms
really
During peak season the farmers tend to their little worm ease once a day lowering the water level of their ponds creating a vortex
That sucks the hapless worms into a net spelling certain doom for them, but a yummy worm pancake for me
We have a fresh batch of
Warm catching going on right over here. We're gonna try to figure out how this works
Let's go the tide is going down the water is coming out, and it's draining out here
So the water is draining out and then all the worms are coming out with the tide yeah
And then they get caught in the net this is full of sand worms right in here Lynnette
It's a super event all of the stuff the garbage from the pond you go out into here except this area is the only for
Nursing homes oh these poor little sand worms. They never expected anything they thought they're having a nice day at the pond
Oh, it's harvest time
These unsuspecting worms who she's kind of choking up on the net making sure they're all just at the end here I can
Can I be your strainer boy the end of the net has a knot in it?
So they can easily release them and let them out look at that
What?
Okay you guys have this all figured out
What a system again thousands of these things in here so many they're wiggling about
Unexpected they maybe don't even know that they're captured yet, which is heartbreaking
but also
Fun because we make fun food videos here. Oh, just just go for it okay from there. They're gonna turn it into food somehow
Cool
these bad boys fetch about
$20 per kilogram making them quite valuable in Vietnam once these farmers collect their worms
They're preserved in Styrofoam containers shipped to Hanoi and sold a street food vendors
Incorporate the little worms into a type of pancake much like what we'll eat today so from here
They're already done they cut it and we're gonna go eat it. That's they how they make it into the book
Yeah, what if I say I'm sorry?
but if I make si
After collecting our worm catch of the day we head to our worm guides house. We're cooking is already underway I
Like a lot of MSG can they put more these worms are one ingredient in a larger pancake that also includes ground pork eggs
ginger chilies and some Vietnamese herbs and spices today
We're making a worm cake, but why stop there?
Why not a worm doughnut?
Or a worm croissant or why not starting your day with a warm worm muffin has she ever thought of making like a worm muffin
Who will be the one who invent the recipe Mia yeah, and you together
She's like I think I know what I'm doing. I have a word a farm
real fresh so no
We already have our pre-made mixture with the ginger and there's some egg
Minced pork and she is just dumping on gobs and gobs of worms
I thought this would be like a little bit mixed with pork. It's a little bit of pork mixed with the worm
Why was there that?
That is really exciting and there look guys. They're all so excited look at that that one in particular. Everyone's very pumped
How do you feel starting this it's viscous is a thick material?
But there's they're slowly blending into it
I thought that maybe there would be dead but on they're still alive right now being in that mixture
They probably thinking oh my god. I get to have such a feast right now
They don't know they are the feast
Sorry guys. We are on the way to the kitchen. We have our freshly mixed up worm and better
La a little bit of everything in there. We got some eggs pork and a big helping of worms all right
We are entering the oh that is a dark kitchen is this what she usually cooks
Normally this one is to
cookies
Then why are we huh? This is where she usually cooks for the pace, she really wants to show you the traditional way
I've been on these people when they cook okay
Well the pigs have been enjoying it for years, so if the pigs like it. I guess I'll like you too
Hey
How do you feel about the kitchen is?
The food in here. It's a pretty good. It's traditional
Okay, hey buddy high five okay?
After the fire is stoked a banana leaf and several wild beetle leaves are laid on the bottom of our cooking pan
this is amazing because they've created a base with some different leaves and then they put pork fat on top of that and now she's
Using a ladle to ladle on some of this batter worm better. It's one huge pancake in there
I've never seen anything like this where they create a kind of a base two of the pan
Just with leaves, so it doesn't get so hot and it doesn't burn so much for those of you cooking along at home
Please note that after 20 minutes
They flip the pancake and continue cooking after about 10 more minutes dinner is served and we are prepared for a feast
I feel like an archaeologist because these worms in this cake look like little fossils. I thought everything was gonna
Be mushed up like a hamburger mmm, but we got real chunks of warm in here. I know you're hungry too right okay?
Not that hungry
Yes, I'll try it Natasha is nice
Crispy outside so on one side we have the leaves. This is the beetle not leave missus really interesting me you excited
I'm excited is that I see all the worms here. Yeah, just close our eyes and eat it
I think that it's so good that is very nice. I think the taste will be nice, too
We just have to get past the fact that we're eating a cake full of worms
Cheers worm cake
Mmm-hmm I can feel the warm inside my mouth. Yeah, I feel the worms too, but the flavor is nice, right
Yeah, okay their noodles their noodles their noodles mm-hmm
It's just like a bread with a bunch of noodles inside, so it's very earthy like a pond. It's like that fresh water
Flavor in there a little bit. It's really savory
The texture is halfway between bread, and uh onlet there's crunchy bits
There's mushy bits and then once in a while you get like a jiggly little worm in there, and you're like. Oh, that's 100% worm
For me it's been a very cool experience to
Get to do something so completely different and in fact something that a ton of even Vietnamese people haven't done
I think it grew up trying if you want the best worm cake you've got to come to the country interesting
Unexpected new discoveries Chum. Thank you so much
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Okay, all right, let's eat some more warm cake
Okay we can
Take away the pain