Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — Fly Eggs as Food. [ARTICLE]

Fly Eggs as Food.

On Lake Tex coco, in Mexico, a curious Cy is found, which is eaten by the natives and known as abuatl. The eggs of the insect, which are deposited on sedges, are also collected and eaten for food. On Lake Chalco a certain sedge is cultivated, bn which the eggs of a species of fly are deposited. Bundles are made of these and placed in Lake Texcoco for the purpose, and when covered the sedge is beaten over pieces of cloth and the eggs are secured. These are collected and ground Into a meal, also called ahuatl, and are in great demand on fast days when fish is required, the Insects or eggs not being considered flesh, as they come from the water. The food is made into small cakes and tastes not unlike caviare. Not only the, eggs, but the larvae, themselves a disagreeable looking worm, are used as food under the name of puxf. >.