CHIMALHUACAN, Mexico (AP) In a shallow lake on the outskirts of Mexico City, a handful of farmers still harvest the eggs of an evasive, fingertip-size water bug in a bid to keep alive a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire. Caviar is typically associated sturgeons swimming the Caspian Sea, but the […]
This delicacy is at risk of disappearing due to the drying out of Lake Texcoco, development around the lakeshore and waning interest in the ingredient among younger generations.
CHIMALHUACAN, Mexico In a shallow lake on the outskirts of Mexico City, a handful of farmers still harvest the eggs of an evasive, fingertip-size water bug in a bid to keep alive a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire.
Fabiola Sanchez CHIMALHUACAN, MEXICO (AP) – In a shallow lake on the outskirts of Mexico City, a handful of farmers still harvest the eggs of an evasive, fingertip-size water bug in a bid to keep alive a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire. Caviar is typically associated with sturgeons swimming the Caspian […]
Tiny aquatic insect eggs known as ahuautle are part of a culinary tradition dating at least to the Aztec empire that a few farmers are facing a tough fight to keep alive.