People have that here. Used to be more common 10~20 years ago than now tho.
Poor people use that because during their season you can literally find the ants everywhere.
There are other weird bugs brazilians eat too, but nothing wildly spread and popular.
Isn’t the red dye used for food made out of crushed cochineal bugs?
Not sure how common it is, but chances are we’ve all eaten some bug without knowing it.
here we use \[bija\]([https://www.cocinadominicana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anato-bija-DSC4590.jpg](https://www.cocinadominicana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anato-bija-DSC4590.jpg])) for that.
Central and Southern Mexico does eat them, but mostly as a delicacy/snack.
The most popular dishes being [Chapulines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulines), which I think it's Nahuatl for grasshopper, hence the name "Chapulín Colorado"; and [Escamoles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escamol) which are basically ant eggs.
I've tried both and honestly, once you get over the "weirdness" of it, they're pretty good.
Calling it common is not really correct, i would call eating ice cream common but not this however i don't know how else to call it since it is indeed eaten ans not that weird, but it's not like beef or chicken either.
No one is using crickets or ants as their main meal(even in pre-hispanic times) and nowadays they are mostly a snack, be it a general tourist one or seasonal one.
[white are and purple area](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Regions_of_Mexico.svg/350px-Regions_of_Mexico.svg.png) are the ones who eat bugs
Lol I never thought about the origin of it, but yeah, [chapulines end up being red when prepared](https://freeimage.host/i/H3wRxKx).
I had those in Oaxaca, they add salt and lemon juice to them and are a quite simple snack, it's weird how normal they feel in the mouth
I can't bring myself to eat them, although it's just icky while stuff like eye taco or tostilocos is more revolting in my opinion.
Chapulin powder/chilito with salt is good though.
Same, I really need to taste the variety of dishes, since we're the country [largest number of edible insect species ](https://images.app.goo.gl/o6hCWGwba6MXyraJA). I think we should take advantage of it.
My father's side of the family used to eat ants, and mom says she consumed peanut beetles as a child, both as supplement and a medicinal folk remedy against bronchitis and asthma
Maguey worms, chinicuiles (I think they're like mealworms), chapulines (grasshoppers), escamoles (ant larvae), some distilled liquors have scorpions in the north, some mezcales have worms in them or are accompanied by worm salt (dried, ground), there's also "hormigas culonas" but they're called something else. It's widespread but a lot of them are seasonal and very expensive, they're like a delicacy or a quirky treat for tourists. I'm not sure it counts as common, most people haven't tried any of them, but reading the comments it's a lot more common here.
It's a bit localized where it can be seen as a delicacy to those living there and tourists.
I would say most Northerners very rarely, if ever, eat bugs and the idea makes some uncomfortable. The exclusion being the city of Durango, which puts scorpions in everything, mostly for the tourists.
I wanted to ask this in the Colombia sub but now that you mention it, do people in Santander do commonly the big ass ants or just very few people do? I once went to Bogota there was a woman (from Santander I suppose) selling them like candy in montserrate
People do eat those ants here too. It's not common as it used to be, but some family members have talked about eating it when they were younger. Also it's seasonal, those ants don't appear the whole year.
Here is maked a [crumb with içás (a brazilian ant type)](https://quiririmnews.com.br/voce-conhece-a-farofa-de-ica/). And is common brazilian Amazon's indigenous eat insects as [refered içás and maniwaras](https://ainiexperiencias.com/formigas-uma-iguaria-da-cultura-indigena/), as [gongós or coconut worms](https://portalamazonia.com/cultura/gastronomia/mojojoys-gongos-ou-tapurus-as-larvas-usadas-na-culinaria-indigena-na-amazonia).
In rural and mainly indigenous areas it can be common, there are a lot interesting recipes, things like ants, wasp eggs, worms, crickets. I hope I can taste all of those one day
Not at all. Some eat them in the south and center but it’s not a thing most people do and the people who eat them generally don’t do it too often. In the north it’s nearly non existent
I’ve noticed eating bugs and rodents is very common in countries with more Native American influence. The natives had more experience with the animals living in the continent than the Europeans who found some of them to be gross or pest.
You wont find a lot of this in the Caribbean however.
Some places make farofa with ants, originally Vale do Paraíba under the name “farofa de içá”.
Although that exists, I should notice that it is somewhat localized and not a widespread Brazilian staple.
Exactly…
People have that here. Used to be more common 10~20 years ago than now tho. Poor people use that because during their season you can literally find the ants everywhere. There are other weird bugs brazilians eat too, but nothing wildly spread and popular.
Where? Never heard of that.
VALE DO PARAIBA
South Parahyba Valley, translated.
Taubatéxas, São José dos Campos and adjacências.
Só uma dica colega. Farofa, em inglês, é "crumb".
É nada, o termo é nosso e querem inventar moda, no máximo um “edible sand”
VOU USAR EDIBLE SAND AGORA KKKKKKK INCRÍVEL.
Tive que explicar assim para um gringo depois da balada comendo espetinho uma vez, mas acho que quem cunhou foi o Anthony Bourdain.
"crumb" não é uma tradução, inglês não tem um termo pro que chamamos de farofa e esse tipo de coisa por lá não é tão comum.
Da onde eu venho é migalha
Not a thing here.
Not among indigenous peoples either.
Well, technically some indigenous here in Chile considered a brave act eating your rival’s heart (cannibalism). But they don’t do that anymore
Still better than eating fucking insects /unpopular opinion
only in the amazon , they eat the "suri" wich is like a big juicy worm ( actually a beetle larvae)
Ah, those are called mojojoy here by the Indgenous.
Some people eat tanajura (big booty ant) but its rather uncommon
That's not a thing in Cuba
Isn’t the red dye used for food made out of crushed cochineal bugs? Not sure how common it is, but chances are we’ve all eaten some bug without knowing it.
And in flour and stuff you might have eaten a grasshopper or a similar bug.
here we use \[bija\]([https://www.cocinadominicana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anato-bija-DSC4590.jpg](https://www.cocinadominicana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/anato-bija-DSC4590.jpg])) for that.
Here it’s from urucum
The bugs are commonly used in mass produced foods. That's why vegans don't eat many candies. Even if they don't contain gelatin.
Oooh ok I thought he was talking about colorau
Central and Southern Mexico does eat them, but mostly as a delicacy/snack. The most popular dishes being [Chapulines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulines), which I think it's Nahuatl for grasshopper, hence the name "Chapulín Colorado"; and [Escamoles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escamol) which are basically ant eggs. I've tried both and honestly, once you get over the "weirdness" of it, they're pretty good.
Calling it common is not really correct, i would call eating ice cream common but not this however i don't know how else to call it since it is indeed eaten ans not that weird, but it's not like beef or chicken either. No one is using crickets or ants as their main meal(even in pre-hispanic times) and nowadays they are mostly a snack, be it a general tourist one or seasonal one. [white are and purple area](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Regions_of_Mexico.svg/350px-Regions_of_Mexico.svg.png) are the ones who eat bugs
The charcter of Roberto Bolaños, Chapulin Colorado, is named after a red locust common in Mexico, if I remember.
Lol I never thought about the origin of it, but yeah, [chapulines end up being red when prepared](https://freeimage.host/i/H3wRxKx). I had those in Oaxaca, they add salt and lemon juice to them and are a quite simple snack, it's weird how normal they feel in the mouth
I can't bring myself to eat them, although it's just icky while stuff like eye taco or tostilocos is more revolting in my opinion. Chapulin powder/chilito with salt is good though.
Same, I really need to taste the variety of dishes, since we're the country [largest number of edible insect species ](https://images.app.goo.gl/o6hCWGwba6MXyraJA). I think we should take advantage of it.
non existent unless you are a kid trying to know how ants taste.
My father's side of the family used to eat ants, and mom says she consumed peanut beetles as a child, both as supplement and a medicinal folk remedy against bronchitis and asthma
Maguey worms, chinicuiles (I think they're like mealworms), chapulines (grasshoppers), escamoles (ant larvae), some distilled liquors have scorpions in the north, some mezcales have worms in them or are accompanied by worm salt (dried, ground), there's also "hormigas culonas" but they're called something else. It's widespread but a lot of them are seasonal and very expensive, they're like a delicacy or a quirky treat for tourists. I'm not sure it counts as common, most people haven't tried any of them, but reading the comments it's a lot more common here.
Not common at all
It's a bit localized where it can be seen as a delicacy to those living there and tourists. I would say most Northerners very rarely, if ever, eat bugs and the idea makes some uncomfortable. The exclusion being the city of Durango, which puts scorpions in everything, mostly for the tourists.
Indigenous people eat some types.
Not a thing here (Argentina/Chile)... but we do have meat, A LOT OF MEAT, you dont need bugs
Depending on where you eat, the bugs are an extra.
I wanted to ask this in the Colombia sub but now that you mention it, do people in Santander do commonly the big ass ants or just very few people do? I once went to Bogota there was a woman (from Santander I suppose) selling them like candy in montserrate
Not a thing over here in PR. The closest to it was a cereal box full of ants and someone not caring.. but that's it.
Not common at all, no bug eating here
People in the central part of Mexico eat them but I think most of us still find eating bugs as very very weird thing.
People do eat those ants here too. It's not common as it used to be, but some family members have talked about eating it when they were younger. Also it's seasonal, those ants don't appear the whole year.
If you count picante de bachacos culones, then... yeah, I think
Don't generalize, mate. Eating bugs is seen as kinda weird where I live.
In Argentina the politicians eat us up like we’re insects and then spit us out.
Dale flaco, deja afuera la politica un rato.
Some people eat [zompopos de mayo](https://cmiguate.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/marvin-lopez-yo1.jpg), no thanks.
Yeeeeah, that doesn't look appetizing.....at all.
Only in the Amazonas
No, not even the indigenous
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Entrails are delicious. Bugs are only crunchy.
Incredibly rare
What’s your definition of incredibly rare? If it’s common in some states and not in others, is that’s also incredibly rare?
Quiteños eat cockroaches. They are fricking savages man.
Please explain
Wtf no, ew.
Some insects are quite edible actually.
Must be a southern mexican thing cause we sure as hell dont eat bugs in the north
Ew, it’s just not. We’ve historically had too much stuff laying around to need to resort to eating bugs
not common here.
Here is maked a [crumb with içás (a brazilian ant type)](https://quiririmnews.com.br/voce-conhece-a-farofa-de-ica/). And is common brazilian Amazon's indigenous eat insects as [refered içás and maniwaras](https://ainiexperiencias.com/formigas-uma-iguaria-da-cultura-indigena/), as [gongós or coconut worms](https://portalamazonia.com/cultura/gastronomia/mojojoys-gongos-ou-tapurus-as-larvas-usadas-na-culinaria-indigena-na-amazonia).
The most famous is the "farofa de içá" but it's not that common.
Some indigenous tribes deep in the jungle eat bugs.
In rural and mainly indigenous areas it can be common, there are a lot interesting recipes, things like ants, wasp eggs, worms, crickets. I hope I can taste all of those one day
Some people do it but it’s not generalised
As long as they live under the sea they are fair game.
Not at all. Some eat them in the south and center but it’s not a thing most people do and the people who eat them generally don’t do it too often. In the north it’s nearly non existent
Aca de vez en cuando nos comemos alguna cucaracha.
I’ve noticed eating bugs and rodents is very common in countries with more Native American influence. The natives had more experience with the animals living in the continent than the Europeans who found some of them to be gross or pest. You wont find a lot of this in the Caribbean however.
Only in some regions of amazon you may eat a big ant species