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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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Jumiles have a cinnamon-like odor. They are considered an acquired taste due to their high iodine content, which imparts a bitter, medicinal flavor.^[3] Jumiles are also a good source of tryptophan and the vitamins riboflavin and niacin.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Hosking, Richard, ed. (2006). Wild Food: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2004. Totnes: Prospect Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-903018-43-9.
^ ^a ^b De Foliart, Gene. "3. The Use of Insects as Food in Mexico". The Human Use of Insects as a Food Resource. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.
^ Menzel, Peter (November–December 1999). "Why I Eat Bugs". Utne Reader.
^ DeFoliart, Gene (1992). "Insects as Human Food". Crop Protection. 11 (5): 395–399. doi:10.1016/0261-2194(92)90020-6. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.
^ Massieu, H. G.; Trigo, M; Cravioto, R.O.; Calvo de la T., J. (1950). "Sobre la applicación del Metodo de Thomas a la dosificación de tirosina en algunos alimentos Mexicanos". Ciencia e Investigación (in Spanish). 6. Argentina: 424–428.

External links

[Wild_Food-1] Hosking, Richard, ed. (2006). Wild Food: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2004. Totnes: Prospect Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-903018-43-9.

[De_Foliart-2] De Foliart, Gene. "3. The Use of Insects as Food in Mexico". The Human Use of Insects as a Food Resource. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012.

[3] Menzel, Peter (November–December 1999). "Why I Eat Bugs". Utne Reader.

[4] DeFoliart, Gene (1992). "Insects as Human Food". Crop Protection. 11 (5): 395–399. doi:10.1016/0261-2194(92)90020-6. Archived from the original on 2015-04-23.

[5] Massieu, H. G.; Trigo, M; Cravioto, R.O.; Calvo de la T., J. (1950). "Sobre la applicación del Metodo de Thomas a la dosificación de tirosina en algunos alimentos Mexicanos". Ciencia e Investigación (in Spanish). 6. Argentina: 424–428.

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+{{Short description|Common name for certain true bugs}}
-'''Jumiles''' {{Audio-IPA|Jumiles.ogg|xu'miles}} are small [[stink bug]]s usually of the species ''Atizies taxcoensis''  native to the [[Taxco]] region of the state of [[Guerrero]] in [[Mexico]]. Any edible [[Hemiptera]] from the [[Coreidae]] or [[Pentatomidae]] families may be considered jumiles as well.<ref name="De Foliart">{{cite book|url=http://www.food-insects.com/book7_31/Chapter%2003%20MEXICO.htm|chapter=3. The Use of Insects as Food in Mexico |title=The Human Use of Insects as a Food Resource |last=De Foliart |first=Gene|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6AxU8YGHI|archivedate=September 26, 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref> Their diet includes the leaves of the encina (''[[Quercus ilex]]'') tree.<ref name="Wild Food">{{cite book|title=Wild Food: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2004|year=2006|publisher=Prospect Books|location=Totnes|isbn=978-1-903018-43-9|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=juAabiJpnn0C&lpg=PT180&ots=9xdrhfZtLT&dq=%22stink%20bug%22%20entomophagy&pg=PT180#v=onepage&q&f=false|editor=Hosking, Richard|page=180}}</ref>
+'''Jumiles''' ({{IPA|es|xuˈmiles|lang|Jumiles.ogg}}; {{lang-nah|Xomilli}}) are small [[Pentatomidae|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.<ref name="Wild Food">{{cite book|title=Wild Food: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2004|year=2006|publisher=Prospect Books|location=Totnes|isbn=978-1-903018-43-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=juAabiJpnn0C&q=%22stink%20bug%22%20entomophagy&pg=PT180|editor=Hosking, Richard|page=180}}</ref> ''Chumiles'' are a smaller, similar [[Pentatomidae|stink bug]] of the same region (southern [[Morelos]] and northern [[Guerrero]]). Any [[edible insects|edible]] [[Hemiptera]] from the families [[Coreidae]] or [[Pentatomidae]] may be considered jumiles as well.<ref name="De Foliart">{{cite book |url=http://www.food-insects.com/book7_31/Chapter%2003%20MEXICO.htm |chapter=3. The Use of Insects as Food in Mexico |title=The Human Use of Insects as a Food Resource |last=De Foliart |first=Gene |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915075126/http://www.food-insects.com/book7_31/Chapter%2003%20MEXICO.htm |archive-date=September 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+== Use as food ==
-Jumiles are collected for their culinary value and may be roasted, fried, ground, or eaten raw. A [[salsa (sauce)|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.<ref name="Wild Food"/> 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.<ref name="De Foliart"/>
+Jumiles are collected for their culinary value and may be roasted, fried, ground, or eaten raw. A [[salsa (sauce)|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.<ref name="Wild Food" /> 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 [[Huasteca|Huisteco]] to collect jumiles and to crown a Jumil Queen. Jumiles are plentiful from November until February and become scarce after the first rains.<ref name="De Foliart" />
-Jumiles have a cinnamon-like odor. They are considered an acquired taste due to their high [[iodine]] content, which imparts a bitter, medicinal flavor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Menzel|first=Peter|title=Why I Eat Bugs|url=http://www.utne.com/1999-11-01/WhyIEatBugs.aspx|newspaper=Utne Reader|date=November/December 1999}}</ref> Jumiles are also a good source of [[tryptophan]] and the vitamins [[riboflavin]] and [[niacin]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=DeFoliart|first=Gene|title=Insects as Human Food|journal=Crop Protection|year=1992|volume=11|pages=395–399|url=http://www.food-insects.com/Insects%20as%20Human%20Food.htm}}</ref><ref name="De Foliart"/>
+Jumiles have a cinnamon-like odor. They are considered an acquired taste due to their high [[iodine]] content, which imparts a bitter, medicinal flavor.<ref>{{cite news|last=Menzel|first=Peter|title=Why I Eat Bugs|url=http://www.utne.com/1999-11-01/WhyIEatBugs.aspx|newspaper=Utne Reader|date=November–December 1999}}</ref> Jumiles are also a good source of [[tryptophan]] and the vitamins [[riboflavin]] and [[Niacin (substance)|niacin]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=DeFoliart|first=Gene|title=Insects as Human Food|journal=Crop Protection|year=1992|volume=11|issue=5|pages=395–399|url=http://www.food-insects.com/Insects%20as%20Human%20Food.htm|doi=10.1016/0261-2194(92)90020-6|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423113342/http://www.food-insects.com/Insects%20as%20Human%20Food.htm|archive-date=2015-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Massieu, H. G. |author2=Trigo, M |author3=Cravioto, R.O. |author4=Calvo de la T., J. |year=1950|title=Sobre la applicación del Metodo de Thomas a la dosificación de tirosina en algunos alimentos Mexicanos|language=es|journal=Ciencia e Investigación|location=Argentina|volume=6|pages=424–428}}</ref>
+== See Also ==
-''Chumiles'' are a smaller, similar hemipteran of the same region (southern [[Morelos]] and northern [[Guerrero]]) which is used for food as well. Both jumiles and chumiles are insects of the order [[Hemiptera]] and family [[Pentatomidae]]. Pentatomids are commonly called "stink bugs" in English.
+* {{annotated link|Entomophagy}}
+* {{annotated link|Entomophagy in humans}}
+* {{annotated link|Insects as food}}
+* {{annotated link|List of edible insects by country}}
+* {{annotated link|Chahuis}}
+* {{annotated link|Chapulines}}
+* {{annotated link|Escamol}}
+* {{annotated link|Maguey worm}}
+* {{annotated link|Mezcal worm}}
+== References ==
-In the ''[[Globe Trekker]]'' TV [[travel documentary|travelogue]] episode "Ultimate Mexico", [[Justine Shapiro]] is shown eating a live ''jumil''. [[Andrew Zimmern]] can also be seen eating jumiles on his television show ''[[Bizarre Foods]]'', where he claims they taste just like tutti-frutti chewing gum.
-==References==
 {{reflist}}
+== Further reading ==
-==External links==
+{{cite journal|last=Bukkens|first=Sandra G.F.|title=The nutritional value of edible insects|journal=Ecology of Food and Nutrition|year=1997|volume=36|issue=2–4|pages=287–319|doi=10.1080/03670244.1997.9991521}}
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G41ylnAB8Zw Video of Mexican Celebrity Edgarito eating a live Jumil]
-* [http://cookingfire.com/?p=2 Story and photos of ''jumiles'' and salsa made from ''jumiles'']
+== External links ==
-[[Category:Insects as food]]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G41ylnAB8Zw Video of Mexican Celebrity Edgarito eating a live Jumil]
+* [http://cookingfire.com/?p=2 Story and photos of ''jumiles'' and salsa made from ''jumiles'']
+{{Mexican cuisine}}
+[[Category:Edible insects]]
 [[Category:Mexican cuisine]]
-[[Category:Pentatomomorpha]]
 [[Category:Pentatomidae]]
+[[Category:Pentatomomorpha]]
+[[Category:Insects of Mexico]]
-{{mexico-cuisine-stub}}
-{{hemiptera-stub}}