Markets in Mexico offer unusual pre-Hispanic dishes

Some restaurants and markets in Mexico City offer pre-Hispanic dishes such as crickets, jumiles (small edible bugs), escamoles (ant eggs) and acociles (small fresh water shrimps). (Photo: AFP)

A man prepares to eat a scorpion at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. Thousands visit the market every year to sample the bizarre food on offer. (Photo: AFP)

A woman eats a scorpion in a market in Mexico City, on June 10, 2018. Mexico has a high number of edible insects. (Photo: AFP)

Worms and others insects are offered at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. Throughout history, edible insects have been part of diet in many cultures around the world. (Photo: AFP)

Cockroaches of Madagascar (Gromphadorhina portentosa) are offered at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. Experts believe close to 500 different bug species are used as a food source in the country. (Photo: AFP)

A man prepares to eat a scorpion at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Chocolates with worms are offered at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

A person eats a corn tortilla with worms and guacamole at a market in Mexico City on June 10, 2018. (Photo: AFP)