Savory Mexican Grasshoppers aka Chapulines - Why Would You Eat That?

2014-07-23 9

Ever wondered what it would be like to pick up a bug and eat it? We'll today's your lucky day 'cause the office is tasting grasshoppers! Find out if they're crunchy or squishy on this week's Why Would You Eat That. Subscribe for more of Michael and Truly eating weird stuff: http://goo.gl/Z7lbS

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Images we used:
zapotec carving 310659677_d9da7c0931_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmurf/310659677/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Monte Alban 4292337054_f1b69b47ae_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robphoto/4292337054/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Chapulines 310619036_f82d6097fa_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattmurf/310619036/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Zapotec 1781405059_1c17cece8f_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaphurus/1781405059/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Chapulines on taco 968554322_5464a2669d_b
http://www.flickr.com/photos/crincon/968554322/
Taco de Chapulines 3363876345_5547abd00c_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wneuheisel/3363876345/
Wikimedia Francisco Pizarro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco-Pizarro-um1540.png
Wikimedia Church Heart of the Andes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Heart_of_the_Andes.jpg
Wikimedia Oaxaca map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oaxaca_en_M%C3%A9xico.svg
Wikimedia God
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Creation_of_the_Sun_and_Moon_face_detail.jpg
Homesteader - 2178350439_88c1252eb2_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178350439/
Zapotec Effigy Head
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WLA_lacma_Effigy_Head_Brazier_Zapotec.jpg
Chapulines Taco 3363876345_5547abd00c_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wneuheisel/3363876345/
Oaxaca market 5481413848_13afbf0fee_o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephferris76/5481413848/
Bugs on a plate 3568536181_85fa46429b_b
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manbartlett/3568536181/
Benito_Juarez_Presidente
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benito_Juarez_Presidente.jpg
The Racing Strain
http://archive.org/details/Racing_Strain_1932
Potter Workers of Oaxaca
http://archive.org/details/pottery_workers_of_oaxaca
Mexican Dances 1933-11-06_Ancient_Mexican_Dances_for_President
http://archive.org/details/1933-11-06_Ancient_Mexican_Dances_for_President
Grasshoppers can be Controlled
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.1801
Agricultural Aviation
http://archive.org/details/Agricult1955
Rain for the Earth (Part I)
http://archive.org/details/Rainfort1937
Meet King Joe
http://archive.org/details/MeetKing1949
Brighter Day in Your Kitchen
http://archive.org/details/0532_Brighter_Day_in_Your_Kitchen_A