A San Diego Mexican restaurant serves an appetizer called "cucarachas." These aren't really cockroaches right?

This place is described as "authentic" but please tell me these are deep fried bean/corn things in the shape of a roach or something...A San Diego Mexican restaurant serves an appetizer called "cucarachas." These aren't really cockroaches right?
LOL No they are stuffed habenaro or jalepeno peppers

You put the pepper on a grill and the skin turns black

The stuffing is held together with toothpicks, which make it look

like a cucaracha.



Here's a recipe for them.

http://www.610cktb.com/node/743767
I doubt they're cockroaches.

But a lot of Mexicans do eat insects like crickets %26amp; grasshoppers.A San Diego Mexican restaurant serves an appetizer called "cucarachas." These aren't really cockroaches right?
La Cucaracha" (Spanish: "The Cockroach") is a traditional Spanish folk corrido that became popular in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. It has additionally become a verse played on car horns.

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Jalapeno Cucarachas

Spicy appetizers made from stuffed jalapeno or habanero peppers. Believe it or not, if cooked thoroughly, and if you remove the seeds, a person can even eat a whole habanero fixed this way. You might hop around a bit, but you'll survive, and the capsaicin rush is incredible!"



Yield 12 appetizers



Ingredients



* 12 small jalapeno or habanero peppers

* 6 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, cubed

* 1 cup thinly sliced hard salami

* wooden toothpicks



Directions



1. Slice off the stem ends of the jalapeno peppers, and carefully remove the seeds and white fibers with a small knife. Fill the pepper with cheese. Take one piece of salami, and cover the open end of the pepper with it. Fold it around, and secure with three toothpicks in a row (like the legs of an insect). The salami should keep the cheese from leaking out when grilling.

2. Preheat on outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil the grate.

3. Place the peppers legs side up on the hot grill. Turn occasionally after a minute or two as the meat begins to crisp up, and the skin on the peppers is starting to blister. When it is evenly browned the toothpicks will have turned black like six little legs sticking out - hence the name cucarachas. Allow the peppers to cool slightly, then remove toothpicks and enjoy!

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Cucaracha recipe



Serve in Old-Fashioned Glass



ingredients

1 part Kahlua庐 coffee liqueur

1 part 1800庐 Tequila



Place equal measures of tequila and kahlua in a glass with ice, stir, and serve.

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@Welcome to my World.....

You just made me hungry as hell..damn that sounds good.