Chocolate with Ahuautle, mosquito egg and Chapulines (grasshoppers) - stock photo
Chocolate with Ahuautle, mosquito egg and Chapulines (grasshoppers)
Ahuautle or Axayacatl, aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which ahuauhtli, deposited abundantly on brushes in lakes and ponds and are collected and sold as a sort of Mexican caviar, as part of the Aztec food.
After being thoroughly cleaned and washed, they are toasted on a comal clay pan and they are prepared with garlic, lime juice and salt containing extract of agave worms, lending a sour spicy salty taste to the finished product.
You can find snacks of grasshoppers all over Mexico
This is a close-up photo of the Mexican dish, ready to be eaten.

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