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So Grasshopper is "Saltamontes"
and Cricket is "Grillo"....
What is Chapuline? A Nickname for anything that resembles a cricket or a grasshopper? In Oaxaca people eat what Americans call "crickets" but isn't the more literal translation "grasshopper"?:confused:
Thanks for your opinions! :)
Chapulín is a nahuatl word to name "grasshoper" not cricket. For example, Chapultepec means "grasshoper hill" and aztecs used the icon of a grasshoper on a hill to represent it. You can see a picture (almost at the end) of the simbol of Chapultepect in this link: http://downtheroad.org/Photo/7MexCit...thropology.htm
Evidently, the insect is a grasshoper.
Definitivamente: "grasshoper"
Thanks for the replies! Why are they called Chapulines when I think they are crickets? Just a mistake maybe?
They are not crickets. I have two friends from Mexico - one from Oaxaca and they both say they do not eat grillos they eat saltamontes. Chapulines is saltamontes.
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Según el DRAE: chapulín=langosta, cigarrón
en inglés: langosta=locust cigarrón=cicada
Mmmmm! Yumi, yumi! Their taste is similar to dryed shrimps. Delicious with lemon and chili.Quote:
Originally Posted by serrabecerra