Escamoles are the eggs of the giant black Liometopum ant, which makes its home in the root systems of maguey and agave plants. Collecting the eggs is a uniquely unpleasant job, since the ants are highly venomous and have some kind of blood grudge against human orifices.
The eggs have the consistency of cottage cheese. The most popular way to eat them is in a taco with guacamole, while being insane.
Again, it gets worse ...
Escamoles have a surprisingly pleasant taste: buttery and slightly nutty.
This hugely increases the chances that, while in Mexico, you could eat them without realizing you are eating a taco full of ant eggs
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