Eating Fried Spider in Cambodia
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Fried spider is a regional delicacy in Cambodia. In the Cambodian town of Skuon (Cheung Prey, Kampong Cham Province), the vending of fried spiders as a specialty snack is a popular attraction for tourists passing through this town.
Spiders are also available elsewhere in Cambodia but Skuon district is a market town on the highway 75 kilometres (47 mi) from the capital, is the centre of their popularity.
The spiders are bred in holes in the ground in villages north of Skuon, or foraged for in nearby forestland, and fried in oil. It is not clear how this practice started, but some have suggested that the population might have started eating spiders out of desperation during the years of Khmer Rouge rule, when food was in short supply.