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Found the specific species: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liometopum_apiculatum Also discovered that many species of ant are eaten in their larval stage around the world. I might take a punt soon and try to fry a tablespoon of local ant eggs.
The taste of escamoles is difficult to describe, but I haven’t met someone who has disliked the way they taste. Fried they taste slightly sweet, slightly umami, flavourful but not overpowering, a ‘full’ taste like cooked meat has but it’s not meaty, leaves a light pleasant taste in the mouth. No taste of earth, curiously. They feel like cooked beans.