Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Mexico

This is what separates the third world from more developed countries:

In the Mexican countryside, for example, insects are a common source of protein. At a dinner at the famed restaurant Izote, run by chef and author Patricia Quintana, conference participants from the U.S. sampled fried maguey worms, which look a bit like ruffled french fries, and ant eggs, or escamole, which resemble barley.

Both get put in tacos with a touch of guacamole. Also popular are chapulines, or grasshoppers, which are generally fried to a crispy crunch.

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