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beondegi

A South Korean street snack of silkworm pupae, historically eaten in silk-producing areas and now widely consumed across South Korea.

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Silkworm pupae are a by-product of sericulture, an agricultural practice for the production of silk. The consumption of Beondegi was historically popular in silk producing areas, but in recent years has been widely consumed as a street food across South Korea.

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