Chapulines
The " Chapulines" , is regarded as a delight by many Mexicain S. They are Criquet S of the kind Sphenarium . They are collected only at certain periods of the years. They conscientiously are cleaned and washed, then fried with Piment, Ail cultivated and juice of Citron, to create a land-mark-spice-salted taste which is a good complement with the Bière. The " are not found; Chapulines" that in certain parts of the Mexico, the state and the town of Oaxaca being most known. They are available in several sizes, small or large on the stalls of the markets for approximately 3 euros the kilo (2007). It is a tidy sum of money for insects devourers of harvests. It was proven that they have been used as food for more than 3000 years.
The taste is single, but not especially strange. They can be eaten individually under the name of Botana (in-case) or in the form of a filling, for example in the " Tlayuda " who is filled of chapulines.
The chapulines must be cooked before consumption, as it is the case with many of other locusts. They can be carrying Nématode S which can infest human hosts.
The word " chapulín" to indicate a locust is specific to the Mexico and comes from the Nahuatl. The word used in Castilian for " criquet" is saltamontes or saltón .
El chapulín Colorado
It is a humorous emission of television in Mexico putting in scene a character in red dress grinding, which parodies in an amusing way traditional the superman . It was conceived and created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, said '' Chespirito ''.
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