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Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham? Mexico’s insect hunters would like you to find out. Los Angeles Times

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August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... are allowed to sell wholesale.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. A saleswoman, Alicia García Pérez, 18; Cruz Pérez Villa, 53; Demetrio García Pérez, 31, selling grasshoppers at the Central de Abastos, where they are allowed to sell wholesale.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... de Abastos in the dining area.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Vendors from Puebla sell at the Central de Abastos in the dining area.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...with white stripes weighs 5 kg.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Alicia García Pérez, 18 and her brother Demetrio García Pérez, 31, selling grasshoppers at the Central de Abastos. Each purple bag with white stripes weighs 5 kg.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...are allowed to sell on Fridays.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Detail of the grasshoppers that are sold in the Central de Abastos by the producers of Puebla. Every Tuesday and Friday different groups of vendors come. Cruz and her sons are allowed to sell on Fridays.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...Zacatepec, Puebla to sell them.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Portrait of Alicia García Pérez, 18, Demetrio García Pérez, 31, and their mother Cruz Pérez Villa, 53, at the Central de Abastos stall where they sell grasshoppers wholesale. They work all week and travel every Friday from Zacatepec, Puebla to sell them.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...d by local people and tourists.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Karina Salas Ruíz, 50, sells grasshoppers in the Benito Juárez market, these were collected in the central valleys of Oaxaca. She also sells other insects such as maguey worms and chicatanas; peanuts and worm salt with chili. This is a market located in the Historic Center of the city of Oaxaca, it is usually frequented by local people and tourists.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...enito Juárez market.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Rosario Camacho, 44, a Mexican tourist tries Chapulines for the first time before deciding to buy them at the Benito Juárez market.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... among other local ingredients.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Chef Thalia Barrios at her Cocina de Humo restaurant where she makes culinary experiences on traditional cuisine, which includes grasshoppers among other local ingredients.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...phagy at the Obispo Restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Grasshopper detail collected in la mixteca oaxaqueña. Jesús Hanibal Ortíz has a project on entomophagy at the Obispo Restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Detail of a variety of edible insects. Jesús Hanibal Ortíz has a project on entomophagy at the Obispo Restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...omophagy at Restaurante Obispo.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Jesus Hanibal Ortiz. He has a project on entomophagy at Restaurante Obispo.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... 53, at the Central de Abastos.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. A family tries the chapulines sold by Cruz Pérez Villa, 53, at the Central de Abastos.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... Abastos of the City of Oaxaca.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Cruz Pérez Villa, 53, putting the last grasshoppers out of one of the bags she took to sell at the Central de Abastos of the City of Oaxaca.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...at started at 6 in the morning.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. An empty bag of grasshoppers after a day of sales that started at 6 in the morning.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...y buy bread, cheese, chocolate.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Cruz Perez Villa, 53, and her daughter Alicia García Pérez, 18, get on the bus that will take them back to Zacatepec, Puebla, after having spent the day selling grasshoppers at the Central de Abastos in the city of Oaxaca. Before retiring they buy bread, cheese, chocolate.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... Quesillo cheese and chocolate.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Demetrio Garcia Perez. 31, walks to the bus that will take them back to Zacatepec, Puebla, after having spent the day selling grasshoppers at the Central de Abastos in the city of Oaxaca. Before retiring they buy bread, Quesillo cheese and chocolate.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca... her Cocina de Humo restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Chef Thalía Barrios preparing Machucado de Chapulines, is a sauce containing grasshoppers, tortillas and cheese; for a group of foreigners attending a gastronomic experience at her Cocina de Humo restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. Machucado de Chapulines by Chef Thalía Barrios, is a sauce containing grasshoppers, tortillas and cheese, as as part of a gastronomic experience at her Cocina de Humo restaurant.

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca...hucado de Chapulines”

August 19, 2022. Oaxaca, Oaxaca. A group of tourists attends a gastronomic experience at Chef Thalía Barrios's Cocina de Humo restaurant, where one of the ingredients is grasshoppers to prepare “Machucado de Chapulines”

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Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham? Mexico’s insect hunters would like you to find out. Los Angeles Times

Copyright Eva Lepiz 2024

Updated Sep 2022

Location Oaxaca, Mexico

Topics Business, Chapulines, Community, Culture, Culture stories, Editorial, Environment, Food, Grasshoppers, Insects, International Stories, Journalism, Latin America, Oaxaca, Perspectives, Photography, Photojournalism, Portrait, Puebla, Reportage, World heritage

Are grasshoppers as delicious as ham?
Mexico’s insect hunters would like you to find out.
Los Angeles Times

BY LEILA MILLER STAFF WRITER

SEPT. 8, 2022 4 AM PT

Photographs by Eva Lepiz

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-09-08/la-fg-mexico-grasshopper-hunters

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