The story goes that Cambodians, starving and desperate under the Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s, started eating fried tarantulas to stave off their hunger. Locals now consider fried spiders a moreish snack.
由于在70年代的时候Khmer Rouger的统治导致了大量的饥荒，人们开始吃炸过的蜘蛛来解决饥荒。本地人现在认为炸蜘蛛是一种可口的食物。