On a recent trip to Oaxaca, I finally developed a taste for chapulines (grasshoppers) which oaxaqueños most often eat them in tacos.
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"The average American eats one to two pounds of ded insects and insect parts a year that are contained in such foods as pasta, spinach, broccoli, cereal, rice, and beer. The Fod and Drug Administraiton has allowable levels of insects for various foods; beer, for example, can contain up to 2,500 aphids per 10 grams of hops." Scientific American
