Now you’ve got me curious… are parasites part of any culture’s diet? I’m assuming human parasites are a hard no since it’d be like mainlining the eggs, but are there any parasitic species that we eat? There’s probably more plant ones like huitlacoche but I can’t think of any edible animal parasite.
I know there’s Ophiocordyceps sinensis which attacks caterpillars but that’s more traditional medicine than food.
I know there’s Ophiocordyceps sinensis which attacks caterpillars but that’s more traditional medicine than food.