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ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

A while back my cat was chasing something around the apartment.
I took a look, expecting a moth or similar, and found this:

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Now, if only you could train the cat to open the cans and bring them to you, instead of simply chasing them around...

Jetgirly · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 741

Does the number of beer cans one has on the floor relate to the number of bugs / icky things that come crawling around?

business2300 · Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 60

I have recently told to beware of Allakrans... not sure of the spelling... but they said they are worse than scorpions.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

I see a furry foot by the Tecate can. That's so cute. He should really drink Pacifico though. It would make the scorpion catching less of a chore. Seriously though, that is one big critter. We caught one the other night too, thankfully it was NOT in our house, which is a Tecate-free zone by the way.
http://www.gmodelo.com.mx/eng/marcas/pacifico.html

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Pacifico is very difficult to find here. I usually drink Tecate because it's a cheaper beer and IMHO it tastes better than the other cheap beers like Corona or Soap - er, I mean Sol.

When I returned from holidays a couple of weeks back, the local La Fuente supermarket still had some Noche Buena, so I picked up a couple of cases of that... but now it's almost gone. Sad

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

Geez, I wonder what would have happened if your cat had gotten bit? Could it kill a small animal?

My boyfriend gets small tan-colored scorpions in his house in Las Vegas, Nevada regularly. He has been bitten several time and says that each time the reaction is less strong.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

MamaOaxaca · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca

Business,
Alacranes are scorpions.

My dog, Lola, not the one in my other avatar. Is a master, nasty thing trapper. She corners things, like scoprions, taratulas, snakes and rats and barks her "alert" bark until someone comes to kill-remove it. She knows what's dangerous and doesn't touch it. Non-threatening critters like lizards and mice get played with until they are dead, unless I can distract her soon enough to give the poor thing a chance to get away. I'm not sure how she knows the difference, instict I guess, but she will not touch a tarantula, but delights in batting lizzards around on the slippery tile floors.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

MamaOaxaca...does the dog ever leave gifts on your bed? Mine used to wrangle up geckos (called wee-has SP? in Acapulco) and leave them dead and half-chewed on my pillow.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

We are having a cricket epidemic here this past few weeks. It really freaks out the tourists because they're huge, and to the untrained eye appear to be cockroaches. I dislike them more than cockroaches because they jump right at you...eek.... but the cat is having a blast hunting and chasing. And yes, unfortunately these treasures do end up on the bed.

Note: the auto-edited part used to say c o c k r o a c h e s. What's up with that?

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

You don't mean locusts do you? I'd read and seen reports of locust swarms in the Yucatan leaving a path of destruction...

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

No, definitely not locusts!

Just came across this (below). Maybe my cat's onto something. Has anyone sampled this "sought after" taste treat?

Chapulines (crickets)
Reviewed by JesusW on 6/21/2006
From journal The Food of Mexico

This is a truly native dish, toasted crickets. High in protein and rich in flavor, the crickets are a seasonal dish and very sought after because they are very nutritious and tasty. It may sound gross to "civilized" people of big cities but the flavor is exquisite and the value of the food is unsurpassed.

Normally the chapulines are toasted in a comal over coal and they served right on top of your tortilla and doused with a nice salsa verde or pico de gallo. Is that simple and that tasty.

Buen Provecho.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Alambre de chapulines!

I've only ever eaten them as snacks, like potato chips in a bag...roasted in garlic and chili. The only thing I don't like about them is picking wings and legs out of your teeth afterwards.

MamaOaxaca · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca

Of course I've sampled them. They taste just like any number of things with chile, garlic, salt and lime on them, like habas, but with legs!
I with Guy, the legs get stuck between your teeth, which is not very nice.

Warm up the comal and start roasting Sam! you're letting good food go to waste. Razz