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| Leaf Eating Ants in Costa Rica |
After living in Costa Rica a while you start to realize that all the food is pretty bland and cooked so much that you really can't tell what it is.Now I read in a blog about some guy that finally went after his insects with some super toxic bug killers. A pitty when you read so much about ecotourism in Costa Rica. Back to the topic at hand... food and Costa Rica.
I think there are some great ways to spice up your meals in some delicious and nutritious ways. My first suggestion would be a leaf eating ant salad.
Here you see a photo a leaf eating ant, carrying a chunk of plant leaf larger than itself away. Can you image a salad of these. You can just pull them off any large tree near by. You'll get plenty of greens and some extra protein from the ants themselves.
Be extremely careful not to try this near any poisonious plants, or where someone has been using the toxic bug killers.
A few large leafing eat ant green salads every day should help keep the annoying ant population down and provide you with an tasty meal. If you eat them life, the ants crawling in your mouth should be a great change from the usual bland mixture of rice and beans without any salt or other spices.
Crunchy and great flavor too!
Maybe you can offer your suggestions for other insect meals in Costa Rica here...
