Not only the huitlacoche (or cuitlacoche) is a delicacy en Mexico, the
"worm" (actually a lepidopteran larvae) that can be found in some
mezcales (the alcoholic beverage) is also a parasite of the agaves used
for mezcal production. Another moth larvae, called "chinicuiles" are
fried or toasted and eaten in tacos, and they are parasites of agaves too.
Some info in Spanish about chinicuiles:
http://www.formulamexicana.com/?p=529
Great article, great thread and buen provecho!
Eugenia González
-------- Original Message --------
[ECOLOG-L] Carl Zimmer blog posting about edible parasites
Sat, 3 May 2014 21:56:11 -0400
I sent Carl a summary of the posts from ECOLOG-L on this topic, and
he wrote about them:
<http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/02/parasite-cuisine-eating-the-eaters/>http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/02/parasite-cuisine-eating-the-eaters/
