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Yeah. janet lópez cansecos family farm is one of the last in mexico to produce quesillo the traditional way. ♪ ♪ this is so exciting. ive never seen how quesillo is made. - this is your lucky day. - uh-huh. turning the curds into the stringy goodness we know and love takes hands-on attention from janet and her dad, juan. [laughter] they say that an ancestor of janets, a clueless teenager, took her eye off the curds and added boiling water in a panic to save the familys cheese. oh. - oh, its...

[upbeat music] - hi, eva. - hi. how are you? - great. great meeting you. - oh, so nice to meet you. - you too. bienvenida. welcome to the world capital of quesillo. - oh, its my favorite cheese. food writer omar alonso is passionate about oaxacas most famous export, a stringy cheese. legend has it, it was created here in the sleepy town of reyes etla, where the locals christened it quesillo, meaning little cheese. - so, yeah, quesillo is a very important part of our diet in oaxaca. - in your san...

[playful music] [laughs] i feel like im making a baseball. - [laughs] - oh, god, im sweating. thats my quesillo! - hey. - oh, my god. look at his, though. im just gonna say i did this one. wow. y mira. mira, mira, mira. its the original string cheese. oh, wow. you can taste the milk. - mmm. - it is super lactose-y. [laughter] if youre lactose intolerant, dont eat this. you can make so much with quesillo. - even ice cream. have you tried it? they make it in oaxaca. - no. - its delicious and amazi...

Oh, my god. have you guys eaten these? theyre grasshoppers. wow. eating insects is a practice that dates back hundreds of years... see the little legs? and continues to this day. the creamy, full-fat quesillo is layered onto the yerba santa. ah! - [chuckles] - i feel like the whole purpose of chapulines is the crunch. so... [chuckles] i hope theyre crunchy. like a toasted sandwich, its touched on the hotplate to help the quesillo stick to the leaf.

Yeah. janet lópez cansecos family farm is one of the last in mexico to produce quesillo the traditional way. ♪ ♪ this is so e exciting. ive never seen how quesillo is made. - this is your lucky day. - uh-huh. turning the curds into the stringy goodness we know and love takes hands-on attention from janet and her dad, juan. [laughter] they say that an ancestor of janets, a clueless teenager, took her eye off the curds and added boiling water in a panic to save the familys cheese.

Ziploc. unloc life. sc johnson. [upbeat music] - hi, eva. - hi. how are you? - great. great meeting you. - oh, so nice to meet you. - you too. bienvenida. welcome to the world capital of quesillo. - oh, its my favorite cheese. food writer omar alonso is passionate about oaxacas most famous export, a stringy cheese. legend has it, it was created here in the sleepy town of reyes etla, where the locals christened it quesillo, meaning little cheese. - so, yeah, quesillo is a very important part of o...

Oh, my god. have you guys eaten these? theyre grasshoppers. wow. eating insects is a practice that dates back hundreds of years... see the little legs? and continues to this day. the creamy, full-fat quesillo is layered onto the yerba santa. ah! - [chuckles] - i feel like the whole purpose of chapulines is the crunch. so... [chuckles] i hope theyre crunchy. like a toasted sandwich, its touched on the hotplate to help the quesillo stick to the leaf. oh, you roll them up.

[laughs] i feel like im making a baseball. - [laughs] - oh, god, im sweating. thats my quesillo! - hey. - oh, my god. look at his, though. im just gonna say i did this one. wow. y mira. mira, mira, mira. its the original string cheese. oh, wow. you can taste the milk. - mmm. - it is super lactose-y. [laughter] if youre lactose intolerant, dont eat this. you can make so much with quesillo. - even ice cream. have you tried it? they make it in oaxaca. - no. - its delicious and amazing. - mm-mm. oh,...