ʻO nā mea ola i Mexico

ʻO nā pīkino hiki keʻikeʻia (inā paha he mau'okikala āpauʻole paha) ua lilo i loko o kaʻaiʻana o nāʻano likeʻole o ka honua a puni ka mōʻaukala. ʻO lākou kekahi kumu waiwai nui o ka protein no nā poʻe mua o Columbian me Mexico, a ua hoʻomauʻia kaʻano o nāʻano he nui a hiki i kēia lā.

Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia nā mea e nohoʻia ana e nā poʻe noho ma nā moku'āina he nui i ka piko a me ke kūkulu hema o Mexico, e like me nā mea ma nā wahi o Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Campeche, Puebla, a me nā mea'ē aʻe. I kēia mau lā, loaʻa nāʻona kūʻai i ka huliʻana i nā lā wale nō ma nā kaiāulu kūloko; ma nā'āpana kūlanakauhale, ua kapaʻia kēiaʻano meaʻai "exotic" a ua pau ia i ka manawaʻole a ma kahi wale nō i nā haleʻaina kūikawā. ʻO ka makele o nā'inikena hiki keʻaiʻia ma nā kūlanakauhale nui - a me ka mālamaʻana i ka "gourmet" i hāʻawiʻia e kekahi mau mālolo - e hana i nā'ōpala he nui loa.

Manaʻo kekahi poʻe kaukaʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia he 500 mauʻano likeʻole me ka meaʻai i Mexico. ʻO ka mea ma hope aʻe nei he wahi iki wale nō ia o nā mea i kaulana loa.

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  ʻO Gusanos de Maguey (Maguey Worms)

  ʻO Maguey ka laau agave i hoʻohanaʻia e hana i nā meaʻona a me nā meaʻona'ē aʻe o Mexica, aʻo kona "ilo" heʻano anuhe koko (moth larva) ka mea e ola ana i kona lau a me kona aʻa. ʻO nā'enuʻu Maguey he mau keʻokeʻo me nā'ōleʻeleʻulaʻula, aiʻole kaʻulaʻula i ka leʻo; ʻikeʻia kaʻulaʻula ulaʻula . Hiki i nā'ōpili ke hiki ke hōʻiliʻiliʻia mai kēlā me kēia ulu lāʻau, a ma hope o ka uluʻana o ka mea ulu no nā makahiki he nui a no laila ua mākaukau no kaʻohiʻana, no laila, heʻano lapuwale loa a he uku keʻano o nā maguey worms.

  ʻO ke kinui a me ka'īlio maguey kahi i hoʻouluʻia i kahi momona aiʻole i paʻiʻia i kaʻaila aʻaiʻia e like me ka meaʻai (kahi pinepineʻia i loko o ka tortilla kānina i hoʻopiliʻia me ka guacamole māmā ), aiʻole e hoʻouluʻia a hui me nā mea'ē aʻe e hana ai i kahi meaʻai. Ua'ōleloʻia ua like ko lākou'ōhū me ka mea o nā chicharrones (puaʻa pua puaʻa a pua puaʻa rinds).

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  Nā Chapulines (Grasshoppers)

  Hoʻonuiʻia nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole e like me nā'ūhini i Mekikoka no ko lākou'enela waiwai a me kaʻono,ʻo kekahi manawa kekahi manawa e hānai ponoʻia lākou ma nā māla'āina alfalfa e like me ka meaʻai. I ka nui, ua like lākou me ka liʻiliʻi i ka nui o kahi cricket nui.

  ʻAʻole e like me nā pahu i hiki i ka mea i kākauʻia maʻaneʻi, nāʻano pilikino i maʻalahiʻole, a hiki i ka Mexico maʻamau. Kāpīʻia lākou, a laila kahinu a palai a kūʻaiʻia e nā mea kūʻai o ke alanui e like me kahi kīʻaha, i hanaʻia i nīnauadilla (ʻoiai ma Oaxaca),ʻaiʻia i ka tacos, a kāpīpī i ka guacamole a me nā mea'ē aʻe e hoʻouluʻia. I kekahi manawa eʻikeʻoe i nā kālai'āina i lawelaweʻia ma Cantinas e like me kahi meaʻai , a meaʻai kīhā paha.

  Eia kekahi chapuline maikaʻi loa e ho'āʻo ai inā loaʻa iāʻoe kekahi!

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  'Apcamoles (Ant Larvae)

  Hiki ke loaʻa nā'ōmole o kēiaʻanoʻano iʻa i loko o nā o lalo honua i nā kapuaʻi he nui ma lalo o kaʻili. He keʻokeʻo nā keʻokeʻo a me ka nānā aku i kahi raiki paʻakī.

  ʻO nā escamoles kekahi mau lā o kaʻai Mexica kahiko; I kēia mau lā, he mea paʻakikī ia e hiki ai a noʻonoʻo i ka meaʻai nui loa (heluhelu i ka waiwai) i ka manawa e loaʻa ai iā lākou i ka manawa o ka wā puna. ʻO kēia, me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka'ōmole, ua hāʻawi iā escamoles i ka inoa i kapaʻiaʻo "caviar Mexican."

  Hoʻomoeʻia nā'ōpala (e ulu pinepineʻia me ka'epazote o ka Mexican ) aʻaiʻia i kāwiliʻia i loko o kahi kumulu palaoa, i kāwili pūʻia me nā hua i kālaiʻia, a lilo i mau huakaʻi maikaʻi. Hoʻomoeʻia kekahi manawa i loko o ka umu ahi ma kahi ala like me ka hana o ka barbacoa .

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  Nā mākū (Stink Bugs)

  ʻO nā'ōmaʻomaʻa lele heʻeleʻele ¼ i ka ½ ka lōʻihi, ua hōʻiliʻiliʻia nā kinikini e nā poʻe mua o Columbian i kaʻahaʻaina e pili ana i ka lā o ka poʻe make, a ke mālama nei lākou i kahi pili i kēlāʻahaʻaina a hiki i kēia lā. Ma kekahi mau kauhale ma ka moku'āina o Guerrero, aia kekahi hana pīpī pila i mālamaʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka Pōʻakahi ma hope o ka lā o ka poʻe make. ʻO ka manawa no ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana i kēia'ōpala e holo ana maiʻOkakopa a hiki i Ianuali.

  Hiki keʻaiʻia nā māmā i ka'āina, akā, aia ma kēlāʻano, heʻala o lākou i ka meaʻala a me ka hopena o keʻano o ka iodine e hoʻonui ai i kēia meaʻai. He loko nō hoʻi kekahi mea e hōʻailona i ka laulau e lawe ai i ka pōloli. Me kēia mau hiʻohiʻona, ua loaʻa i kekahi o kēia mau mea no ka mea ua manaʻoʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau maoli nō a me nā aphrodisiacal.

  Hiki i nā mālima keʻaiʻia aʻaiʻia e like me kahi taco i loko o ka tortilla kānina, aiʻole me ka lepo me nā meaʻokoʻa (e like me nā'ōmato) i loko o nā nūnū a me nā guacamoles, a hoʻohanaʻia e like me keʻano o loko o nāʻano'ūpīʻokoʻa.

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  Hormigas Chicatanas (Atta Ants)

  ʻO ka'ōmaʻomaʻoʻeleʻele a heʻulaʻula paha i loko o kaʻula,ʻo ka nui o nā pupuhi lauhala o nāʻano likeʻole o Atta genus e kūkulu i nā pūnana i nā mika he nui a hoʻokahi aʻelua paha mau mika ma lalo o ka honua. Noho ko lākou wahi noho ma ka hapanui o ka moku'āinaʻo Mekiko, aʻo lākou ka "ʻohi" i ke kauwela.

  Ua hoʻolālāʻiaʻo Chicatanas, e like me nā'īlio'ē aʻe iʻaiʻia, akā, likeʻole me ka hapa nui o nā mea'ē aʻe,ʻo nā wāwae, nā'ēheu, a me nā poʻo o kēia mau kolepa nui ua hoʻopauʻia ma mua o ka pauʻana o nā kino. Hoʻopiʻia ka chicatanas i kāwili pihaʻia, i hanaʻia i loko o ka hulu, aiʻole ka lepo me nā mea'ē aʻe a hoʻohanaʻia e like me ka mīni i nā koʻi liʻiliʻi.