Looking at the appearance, Ca cuong looks like cockroaches. But because the body carries rare essential oils, so Ca cuong is still being ordered by small traders for 3.5 million VND / kg.
If in the past, insects such as crickets and stink bugs were popular with many people, but now families have the opportunity to hunt for ca cuong. Despite the expensive price, up to nearly 4-5 million VND / kg, many people are willing to spend money to buy more flavor for the dish.
In recent days, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Long in Thach That, Hanoi often sells on facebook some batches of ca cuong at an expensive price: 35,000 VND / head. On the surface, Ca cuong is no different from cockroaches, but they are sold at such a high price that startles many people. However, Mr. Long commented, the selling price of Ca cuong this year has decreased significantly compared to last year due to the Covid-19 translation. In previous years, the retail price of Ca cuong never fell below 5 million VND / kg and below 50,000 VND / unit. 
Ca cuong looks like a cockroach He shared that he imported Ca cuong from Laos or some areas in the South; After that, bring them to Hanoi to sell to retail customers or restaurants selling snacks. In the North, there are very few Ca cuong because people abuse plant protection drugs in the field, so Ca cuong almost rarely appears. Explaining why this thin-bodied insect resembling cockroaches and stink bugs is bought by many people, Mr. Long said: “Ca cuong lives both on the banks and ponds, under water rice fields, but carries essential oils. rare. Therefore, many customers who buy Ca cuong will wash them and then put them on the grill. Then, they cut into small pieces and put directly into the sauce or use gradually “. Or for more convenience, many customers buy Ca cuong to extract the essential oil and store it in a sealed jar. Each time they eat, they just need to bring 1-2 drops into the bowl of sauce. Due to the expensive price of Ca cuong, most retail customers only buy a few to a dozen. Particularly for the rich, the house with conditions or the restaurant or restaurant has just ordered 0.5kg to 1kg. This man added, 1kg Ca cuong usually consists of 80-100 children, depending on the big or small. Calculated, 1kg Ca cuong costs about 3.5 million. One day, Mr. Long sells at least a few dozen to 200 ca cuong. 
But inside the body they contain special essential oils 
Many customers like Ca cuong, imported goods go anywhere “On Tet holidays, Ca cuong is asked by many customers to soak fish sauce, use essential oils to spice up festival dishes such as rolls, bun cha, vermicelli … Roasting coffee stalks as bait. However, due to the scarcity of goods, our house is not much for sale. Customers who want to pick up must book at least a week to return the goods ”. In addition to selling whole fresh Ca cuong, Mr. Long also imported a few other products extracted from Ca cuong at a price that is not cheap, such as: Whole Ca cuong fish sauce (soaked 10 males) 500,000 VND / bottle Ca cuong essential oil 300,000 VND / bottle, Ca cuong wine 1.2 million / 2 liter bottle. As a construction engineer, Mr. Tran Van Kien in Cau Dien, Hanoi has just ordered 0.5 kg of male Ca cuong to soak in wine and soak fish sauce. Although their prices are expensive, he is very fond of this insect. “Male Ca cuong has an essential oil smell like cinnamon. When taking the essential oils out, my wife often let her husband soak fish sauce or wine. Eating at the dipping country house always has a familiar tomato cuong taste. Because the tomato sauce has the slight scent of cinnamon and banana oil, now without the tomato cuong, the sauce is very bland, “Kien said. Mr. Kien said that his family has Ca cuong essential oil to eat almost all year round. Therefore, when friends come to his house to eat and drink, the bowl of tomato sauce and tomato wine has an unusual smell, complimenting him because this is a unique and strange dish that few people know.
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