• Source: Jumiles

Jumiles (Spanish: [xuˈmiles] ; Nahuatl languages: Xomilli) are small stink bugs native to the Taxco region of the state of Guerrero in Mexico. Their diet includes the leaves of the encina (Quercus ilex) tree. Chumiles are a smaller, similar stink bug of the same region (southern Morelos and northern Guerrero). Any edible Hemiptera from the families Coreidae or Pentatomidae may be considered jumiles as well.




Use as food


Jumiles are collected for their culinary value and may be roasted, fried, ground, or eaten raw. A salsa is prepared by combining fresh tomatoes, chiles and onions with jumiles that have been mashed in a molcajete. The salsa is served with corn tortillas. The beginning of the jumil season on November 1 is the occasion of a large fiesta in Taxco. Fiesta-goers gather in the mountain park of Huisteco to collect jumiles and to crown a Jumil Queen. Jumiles are plentiful from November until February and become scarce after the first rains.
Jumiles have a cinnamon-like odor. They are considered an acquired taste due to their high iodine content, which imparts a bitter, medicinal flavor. Jumiles are also a good source of tryptophan and the vitamins riboflavin and niacin.




See Also


Entomophagy – Practice of eating insects by organisms
Entomophagy in humans – Practice of eating insects in human cultures
Insects as food – Use of insects as food for humans
List of edible insects by country
Chahuis – Mexican name for edible beetles
Chapulines – Mexican dish of grasshoppers
Escamol – Edible larvae and pupae of ants
Maguey worm – Edible caterpillars that infest maguey
Mezcal worm – Insect larva added for flavor to mezcal




References






Further reading


Bukkens, Sandra G.F. (1997). "The nutritional value of edible insects". Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 36 (2–4): 287–319. doi:10.1080/03670244.1997.9991521.




External links


Video of Mexican Celebrity Edgarito eating a live Jumil
Story and photos of jumiles and salsa made from jumiles

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