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KASHEYDOG
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Grasshopper Tacos. Anyone ???
Anybody had any of these ??? ( Tacos De Chapulines )
Had lunch at La Diferencia in Tijuana last week and had these for an appetizer. I'm going back for more soon... ..
Anybody know what other restaruants serv them..
http://www.ladiferencia.us/
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2011...
[Edited on 11-9-11 by KASHEYDOG]
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Haven't had them in Baja but did in Morelia.
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When I was a young boy, my mother used to work as a waitress in some high end restaurants. One evening she brought home some fried locusts that the
Explorers Club had on their banquet menu. Tasted rather unique but not at all gross.
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yum yum
with increasing population, collapse of petroleum economy when oil supply is exhausted, and escalating climate change and impending change of our
range and farm lands to dustbowls, most of us 99%ers will likely be be reduced to eating insect tacos.
so enjoy your beef and pork tacos today, because we all may be reduced to eating roaches, ants and locusts in 70 years!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
with increasing population, collapse of petroleum economy when oil supply is exhausted, and escalating climate change and impending change of our
range and farm lands to dustbowls, most of us 99%ers will likely be be reduced to eating insect tacos.
so enjoy your beef and pork tacos today, because we all may be reduced to eating roaches, ants and locusts in 70 years! |
Won't all those changes also lower the number of insects? If there are no plants, what will the insects be eating?
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KASHEYDOG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
with increasing population, collapse of petroleum economy when oil supply is exhausted, and escalating climate change and impending change of our
range and farm lands to dustbowls, most of us 99%ers will likely be be reduced to eating insect tacos.
so enjoy your beef and pork tacos today, because we all may be reduced to eating roaches, ants and locusts in 70 years! |
According to your estimate above, it sounds like we're all going to live longer. I guess that's a good thing........ I
wasn't planning to get to 135, but if eating all that stuff is that good for ya, OK...
Don\'t mess with the old dog...... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Brilliance only comes with age and
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Hi KASHEYDOG,
You can also find chapulines tacos at some of the food vendor stands in the Mercado Hidalgo in Tijuana.
(From Ed Bedford's column in the San Diego Reader.)
Comedor La Oaxaqueña
"Grasshopper-chomping’s a Oaxacan thing. And smart? For sure. When those locust swarms happen, you’re looking at hundreds of tons of free protein on
the wing. Why not stick up the net and eat them before they eat your crops? So Oaxacans have made a virtue out of necessity and created a dish we
should all love. Okay, it takes a couple of leaps of faith. The first is when the spiky back legs get stuck between your teeth. Don’t panic. You could
rip your lip. The second is to learn not to look into their beady little eyes as you head them into your mouth. Because, unlike with a carne asada
taco, you’re handling the en-tire creature here. Which is why it’s kinder to both sides to hide them all in a tortilla and make a taco of them.
You won’t find this dish at Taco Bell. You’ve got to search it out, and the nearest place I’ve found is deep in the shadowy northeast alleys of the
Miguel Hidalgo Market in Tijuana’s Rio district. Comedor y Venta de Productos Auténticos Oaxaqueños is a delicious little bit of Oaxaca with
everything from dresses to ollas to moles to clayudas (Mexican pizzas) to roasted chapulines — grasshoppers. The ladies are dressed in traditional
Oaxacan garb, wide white pants with flowery decorations down the sides and a white top. The first time I crunched into a little grasshopper (after a
shot of mezcal to kill the cowardice), it was a nice surprise, as long as I kept looking straight ahead. They’re crunchy. Salty. A little like shrimp
shell, but taste-wise, a lot is covered by the lime. Fried-tasting, crackly, squishy, like peanuts with soft centers. I followed everybody else and
folded a bunch of them in a corn tortilla to make a taco. That way they become tasty crunch inside the corn. ’Course, I’ve read scary stuff, that some
grasshoppers caught in Oaxaca had lead and pesticide residue in them and others can pass on parasites if they’re not washed and cooked properly. But
María says no. They select and wash and cook these little blighters thoroughly."
Comedor La Oaxaqueña, Mercado Miguel Hidalgo, Local No. 32 Planta Baja, Avenida Independencia a corner with Boulevard Sánchez Taboada, Zona Rio,
Tijuana, 011-52-664-200-2804.
Also, from the San Diego Reader, El Tejate restaurant in Escondido:
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/dec/29/tin-fork-el-t...
[Edited on 11-9-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
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Mud bugs are really good; boiled, fried, and any other way.
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Chapulines!!! Eaten all over mainland Mexico but extremely common in Southern Mex. You'll see the chapulines vendors all over in Oaxaca City,and
you'll see their customers going vendor to vendor to see who's got the choicest ones. They're kind of like crispy critters, crunchy, but not a
tremendous amount of taste. If not eaten out of hand as a snack, they are frequently served as a taco filling or ground up and added to table salsa.
For those in San Diego, Fiesta Oaxaqueño at the Escondido Swap Meet usually had chapulines that the get regularly flown in from Oaxaca.
If you liked the chapulines, you might also want to try escamoles, which I think are better anyway. Escamoles are ant eggs. They look like little
grains of rice and are rich and savory. I've also had smoke agave gusanos (worms) which I thought were pretty darn awful.
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Grasshoppers are kosher, too.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Kalypso
Chapulines!!! Eaten all over mainland Mexico but extremely common in Southern Mex. You'll see the chapulines vendors all over in Oaxaca City,and
you'll see their customers going vendor to vendor to see who's got the choicest ones. They're kind of like crispy critters, crunchy, but not a
tremendous amount of taste. If not eaten out of hand as a snack, they are frequently served as a taco filling or ground up and added to table salsa.
For those in San Diego, Fiesta Oaxaqueño at the Escondido Swap Meet usually had chapulines that the get regularly flown in from Oaxaca.
If you liked the chapulines, you might also want to try escamoles, which I think are better anyway. Escamoles are ant eggs. They look like little
grains of rice and are rich and savory. I've also had smoke agave gusanos (worms) which I thought were pretty darn awful. |
I was going to say.....
http://youtu.be/Y3c5UHsXMs4
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How about this link to La Diferencia and Andrew Zimmern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StX4jSu5TeQ
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KASHEYDOG
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Here's some more fun foods in Mexico & Baja
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhDQ3w9VGM4&feature=relat...
Get out to your local mercado and enjoy some real local food..... ...
Don\'t mess with the old dog...... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Brilliance only comes with age and
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Are you getting the most out of life OR is life getting the most out of you ??
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Yeah...
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But not those grasshoppers. 
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Very tasty....on the menu at a place I used to work at a number of years ago. Also served crickets but don't recall the Spanish name.
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CHAPULINES ARE SOLD BY THE BAG IN THE LOCAL MARKET IN OAXACA CITY:
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A TLAYUDA - I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT - COLD BEANS AND OTHER STUFF ON A CRISPY COLD THINISH TORTILLA:
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i loved that market back in 1991 when i rode the overnight train from Mex City to Oax City. i really gotta get back to the mainland sometime. i had my
first grasshopper, my first 4-6 types of REAL mo'le, and the surf in Oaxaca is insane!
these were the days!
edit: there is a market in tj REAL close to the border where you park in the middle and the shops surround the lot (i know, where is DK w/ his gps?).
a buddy took me there once and i found a Oaxaca guy selling grasshoppers in a baggie, kinda like buying 1,2,3,4 fingers of buds back in the day!
i wish i knew where that place was.
[Edited on 11-13-2011 by woody with a view]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
edit: there is a market in tj REAL close to the border where you park in the middle and the shops surround the lot (i know, where is DK w/ his gps?).
a buddy took me there once and i found a Oaxaca guy selling grasshoppers in a baggie, kinda like buying 1,2,3,4 fingers of buds back in the day!
i wish i knew where that place was.
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It's called Mercado Hidalgo and it's on the corner of 10th and Sanchez Taboada.
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oh, chezzz! thanks Dave!
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Think I'll head down there Thursday and get some. Thanks Dave and Woody. Woody, that market is next to "Tocos Gordo", across for the Pemex station.
Guess I'll stop and get some taco lingue while I'm there.........
Don\'t mess with the old dog...... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery! Brilliance only comes with age and
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