This is a photo of the type of ant that the people eat in the area of Bucaramanga. The ants live in the ground and come out just once a year in April or May. The people gather them and take off the wings and cook them. Many people eat them and said they were good. I was not brave enough to eat it, but President Hacking tried one, and he is still shuddering at the experience. He said he has always thought he could eat anything, but this ant was one he could not handle. The outside was crispy, but then he tasted a creamy susbstance that was in his own words, "was putrid." I am sure glad I wasn't brave enough to try it.
