Escamoles, Mexico Escamoles are the larvae of a venomous ant species that lay their eggs deep down in the roots of agave or maguey plants in Mexico (so harvesting them is not a barrel of laughs). The larvae

（之前的English version is here，有朋友留言说“需要带中文的”。恭敬不如从命，我写了中文版，呵呵。） 不少国家和地区的饮食文化里，魚卵（魚子醬）都被视为令人垂涎的美食。我们喜欢各种魚类的魚子，比方说鲟魚（种类繁多，以不同地区/水域划分）；而日本料理比较常见的则有鱈魚卵 たらこ，明太子 めんたいこ，飛魚卵 とびこ，柳葉魚卵 まさご，鯡魚卵 数の子，鮭魚卵 いくら，和生筋子

In many cultures, eating fish roe (caviar) is considered quite a common delicacy. We enjoy the caviar of different types of fish, such as sturgeon, salmon (ikura,) flying fish (tobiko,) and capelin (masago.)