Beondegi

• In Assam, they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupae are eaten directly with salt or fried with chili pepper or herbs as a snack or dish.
• In China, street vendors sell roasted silkmoth pupae.
• In Japan, silkworms are usually served as a tsukudani, i.e., boiled in a sweet-sour sauce made with soy sauce and sugar.
• In Vietnam, this is known as con nhộng.
• In Thailand, silkworm pupae, usually deep-fried, are often sold at open markets. They are also sold as packaged snacks.
• Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as space food on long-term missions.

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