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Escamol

Ant larvae

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Escamol
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Learn About Some of Mexico's Edible Insects

Bugs have been a traditional food in Mexico. See some of the most well-known edible insects: chapulines, escamoles, jumiles, chicatanas, and more...
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Escamoles - Gastro Obscura

The eggs of "the farty ant" have long been a Mexican delicacy...
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Pear Tapas with Escamoles - USA Pears

Pear Tapas with Escamoles Pear Tapas with Escamoles: Edible insect larvae of fire ants (escamole) is combined here with the honey-sweet taste of the bosc pear to create an appetizer worthy of Aztec kings! Delicious!…...
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Adventurous Food: Escamole, Mexican delicacy made with giant black ant eggs - Always Foodie

The Origin: Mexico The cuisineLiometopum is a genus of ants from Mexico that shares a symbiotic relationship with the caterpillars of certain butterfly species. The caterpillars provide the ants with edible secretions in return for the powerful protectio...

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