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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, it's my favorite cheese. food writer omar alonso is passionate about oaxaca's 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 sandwiches? - yeah. [dog barks] omar is taking me to meet one of the ...

Oh, my god. have you guys eaten these? they're 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 they're crunchy. like a toasted sandwich, it's touched on the hotplate to help the quesillo stick to the leaf. oh, you roll them up.

[laughs] i feel like i'm making a baseball. - [laughs] - oh, god, i'm sweating. that's my quesillo! - hey. - oh, my god. look at his, though. i'm just gonna say i did this one. wow. y mira. mira, mira, mira. it's the original string cheese. oh, wow. you can taste the milk. - mmm. - it is super lactose-y. [laughter] if you're lactose intolerant, don't eat this. you can make so much with quesillo. - even ice cream. have you tried it? they make it in oaxaca. - no. - it's delicious and amazing. - mm-mm. oh, look at yours. my god. respect to omar. i have never seen so much cheese gobbled so fast.