How to cook Grasshoppers the Mexican way

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This is my second instructable in less than a day, so I went back into my traditions and tried something really Mexican,

grasshoppers are really hard to get here in the US but if u try a Mexican store you might get lucky and score some grasshoppers (in the store, grasshoppers are already cooked, this is only the secret behind ancient cooking, and if one day you go to mexico you can go to the wilderness and catch some Chapulines (grasshoppers in spanish))

Step 1 Get grasshoppers

if you are luckky and live in or close to a farm, you might see some grasshoppers just hopping around, some families in mexico take a couple of hours to get a good quantity for a dinner,

Comments

[CrayfishYAY]

Are you supposed to eat the whole thing? Either I did it wrong, it got cold on me, or it was'nt that good.

[jello666]

That thing in your hand is a Mexican grasshopper? It sure looks different than a Albertan grasshopper.

[RebelWithoutASauce]

I have had this with crickets, it works just as well.  Really, if you are squeamish about this just try it. Cooked in olive oil with lime and chili and served in a taco...they are amazing!

[melissahu]

Thank you!  It's nice to hear about this from someone who knows the proper way to do it.  If anyone lives around the Houston, Tx area then you can find them at the downtown Spec's.  They're pre-cooked and taste pretty decent at $13 a jar.  (Call ahead, I've only found 1 out of 4 local Spec's that carries these)

You can also order really unique bug/snake/whatever food from thailandunique.com (cobra whiskey, pizza flavored scorpion, etc)

and of course there's hotlix.com which has different flavored crickets, mealworms, and buggy candies.

Thanks again, I've always pan-fried, but now I'm excited to try boiling and marinating and seeing if that makes it better!

[juliet8810]

no all mexican people eat this lol and about the cowstomach is the same thing NOT ALL PEOPLE EAT THIS. only some wirdos and the american foreings hahaha

[mrmath]

http://reuters.myway.com//article/20060925/2006-09-25T115345Z_01_N25212898_RTRIDST_0_ODD-VIETNAM-CRICKETS-DC.html

Coincidence? I think not!

[Dapos]

Really cool, but it is just a coincidence, because this grasshoppers and crickets are not the same , and this has been going on for centuries and not jus with grasshopper but with many other insect in mexico, Coincidence or not I love grasshoppers, next recepie cow intestines!!!! LOL

[Thundertydus]

.. thye already have cow intestines, go to china XD i tried dog, sheepstomach, i refused on disgusting foods like: baby fetus and cow intestines P.S Shark fin soup is friggin delicious P.P.S:No im not chinese, im japanese

[estab]

you con get the grasshopers at a pet store

[diana chu]

They are delicious! try them in a taco (fresh warm tortilla) with guacamole or just avocato. Mexican chefs give them to eat cooking spice herbs one day before killing them. I also add extra lemon and soy sauce. If you find them give them a try. Glad you look for your traditions!

[Dapos]

Man, they are AWESOME, ( the last time I had them was like a year ago and now I have a NEED for them, as addictive as coke (cola))

[super ninja]

hope your amnune to pespicides

[lemonie]

I hope you learn to write English...

[captain_cardboard]

I bet they'd be good breaded...

[meddler]

I heard they don't taste bad, but i'm a coward, hiding behind my big mac.

[frickelkram]

Hmmm ... I like it ... but i'm not shure if I try it Myself ;-)

[Tool Using Animal]

If you're going to gather your own I'd suggest feeding them on cornmeal or such for a day or two before cooking, you never know what they might have been eating before you caught them.

[Dapos]

you are right but they get the taste of what they eat, it whoul be better to give them herbs like cilantro, or something with a good taste