Barichara is also known for its Hormigas Culonas, or Fried Ants. The woman who sold us our bag of ants told us the following:
- The ants are much more common in March and April, so they are expensive right now (we paid 3,000 pesos, or about $1.50 USD for a small bag)
- She buys the ants alive from country peasants who catch them
- Her job is to clean off all the dirt and pull off their legs, antennas, and mandibles. This leaves just the edible parts, the heads and bodies, for her to fry. She assured us this process is a lot of work.
This is a video of me trying them for the first time….
5 comments:
Good for you for trying them!! I only ate one, so I could leave the rest for G'PA.(ha ha) He really LOVED!!!them. The last time we were told that the ants were becoming extinct due to everyone gathering them.He said they were called"fat ass ants" LOVE G'MA
Ship me fried ants and i'll let you witness my first experience eating em. Thats a promise, brother.
--Kirk
Yea right. Considering I've seen you eat dog food for free, it's not worth the postage.
Kirk--No worries, I'll find some ants here and bring them over.
I'm waiting to see you try fried cockroaches! Much more "meat" to them. Love ya...GrandmaS.
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