Cambodian Treat
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98661)
Daytona Beach, Florida
April 21, 2026 3:31pm CST
Many people are afraid of spiders. Those creepy crawlies turn people off and some like them. How about some fried spiders for dinner? Large tarantulas are fried and served with lime and pepper dip at restaurants in the capital, Phnom Penh, in Cambodia. Restaurants serve more than 200 a week to customers who enjoy this. Fried tarantulas are commonly found in street food markets, particularly in the town of Skuon, where they are sold as a specialty snack. This all began back in the late 1970s when food became a scarcity and locals chose to incorporate insects in their diet for nutrition.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@Nawsheen I don't think I could do it but interesting.
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@AmbiePam (122168)
• United States
21 Apr
Hey, I’m not going to poo poo something that started due to starvation. However, to get me to eat that, it is entirely possible I would have to be facing starvation. I just don’t think I’d be able to get past thinking so hard about what I was eating.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@AmbiePam perhaps cut up and in a casserole otherwise they do not look appetizing,
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@AmbiePam (122168)
• United States
22 Apr
@RasmaSandra I could put it in a smoothie with a lot of fruit.
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@LeaPea2417 (40118)
• Toccoa, Georgia
22 Apr
@AmbiePam I would eat grass before I would eat a spider.
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@toniganzon (77467)
• Philippines
21 Apr
I had been to Cambodia several times and in the provinces of Thailand. It seems eating bugs is a kind of thing there.
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@toniganzon (77467)
• Philippines
22 Apr
@RasmaSandra I think we all know that, but not everybody could. Just not my thing.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@toniganzon eating bugs won't hurt you if you can manage to eat them
@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@just4him at least perhaps if they looked better when fried,
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@Deepizzaguy (122866)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Apr
This is the first time I have heard of fried spiders as a meal.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@Deepizzaguy who knows? They keep warning people that food can become scarce.
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@Deepizzaguy (122866)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
22 Apr
@RasmaSandra That is true.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@Neil43 just made the same mention of only they looked more appetizing
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@youless it is not something for everyone
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@snowy22315 (210018)
• United States
21 Apr
Not sure I would be brave enough to try, but they do seem like they could be interesting.
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@snowy22315 if only they looked more appetizing at presentation
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@rakski they could look more appetizing but I agree with you
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@DianneN no it isn't. This makes me remember when my dad and his best friend ate a can of chocolate-covered grasshoppers one Christmas.
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@DianneN (254948)
• United States
23 Apr
@RasmaSandra I ate chocolate covered ants at a sleep over. Yuck!
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@JudyEv if there was nothing else I guess perhaps one could try
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@thelme55 I agree they do not look appetizing but then there are probably other foods to eat that you know are good but do not look too good
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@thelme55 (79516)
• Germany
23 Apr
@RasmaSandra Yes, maybe. For me, the appearance of the food comes first before I try foreign food.
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@Ineeddentures (36928)
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23 Apr
I would eat them if I was.really hungry
Sound good to me
Fried, lime and pepper dip
Why not?
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Apr
@Ineeddentures good I like adventurous eaters
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@Ineeddentures (36928)
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24 Apr
@RasmaSandra
Food is an adventure.
Or it should be
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Apr
@Shiva49 it is a good way to control the tarantula population
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@LindaOHio (223562)
• United States
24 Apr
Spiders, grasshoppers, ants...no thank you!!!
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@RasmaSandra (98661)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Apr
@LindaOHio you prefer to play it safe,
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@MommyOfEli2013 (90350)
• Rupert, Idaho
23 Apr
That's very interesting, though I wouldn't be able to do it. I am picky as it is.
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