Day 27. Quesadillas de nopales. Cactus quesadillas. Oaxaca Juarez, Oaxaca. First meal in Oaxaca City at Olla, organic local oaxaqueño cuisine, muy rica comida! Also my first chiles oaxaqueños, a region famous for its countless varieties of chiles.
Day 28. Jugo de calabaza. Squash juice, sweetened with sugar. Mitla, Oaxaca. At the bus stop in Mitla after a long, hot hike in the stunning landscape of Hierve al Agua, I tried this juice with chunks of squash and a few fire-roasted seeds. Literally every person waiting on the bus bought a juice, so I figured it had to be good and probably rare to find. Super sweet and refreshing, also like a snack since it had pieces of squash. Muchas gracias to my lovely model, Angelica: 
Day 29. Jugo de horchata. Horchata juice in a bag. Ocotlan, Oaxaca. All the juice stands at the market sell juices or sodas in a bag with a straw. It feels like less waste, but even if it is, it’s still more plastic adding to all the trash on the Earth. There is definitely a problem with waste in Mexico (en todo el mundo), and I don’t know enough to really speak about it, I’ve just seen a lot of trash on the side of the road, in parks, in rivers, on beaches, almost everywhere…
Day 30. Jugo de trigo. Wheat flour juice. Cuajimoloyas, Oaxaca. Sounds weird, but it’s tasty and sweet, served warm with fresh bread. A typical drink in the mountain towns just north of Oaxaca City, at 10,433 feet altitude. Complete different climate than the rest of the state. Alpine, mountainous, snow in the winter… This warm, smooth drink could warm up anyone:
Day 31. Ensalada oaxacena. Salad with typical Oaxaca flavors. Oaxaca City, Oaxaca. The menu said this salad came with cheese, nuts and tomatoes… sounds good, right? It was delicious, and we were so hungry, we gobbled it up right away. I wondered, what the tasty, unidentifiable ingredient was… sun dried tomatoes? Exotic nuts? The restaurant was so dimly lit, I had to move the candle closer to the plate to find out. This is what we found….
Chapulines (Grasshoppers)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dried, crispy, and salty…. kinda like bacon bits, but with the legs and eyes still on the animal. Seriously, they were delicious, but once I knew what it was, it was hard to stomach. I could feel the little antennas in between my teeth.
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Are grasshoppers considered “vegetarian”? Just wondering. Thought maybe they had a “little meat on their bones”!
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Are grasshoppers considered vegetarian? I thought there might be a “little meat on their bones”!
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