Would you eat?
Tempura cicada
Cicada kimchee
Cicada salad
Cicada nymph popcorn
Roasted cicada skewers
Apparently they are in the same family as shellfish… 🦐 so if you have a shellfish allergy, avoid.
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Would you eat?
Tempura cicada
Cicada kimchee
Cicada salad
Cicada nymph popcorn
Roasted cicada skewers
Apparently they are in the same family as shellfish… 🦐 so if you have a shellfish allergy, avoid.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 26, 2024 11:41 PM |
Cicada ranch anyone? 🤢
by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 8, 2024 10:09 PM |
I would not.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 8, 2024 10:16 PM |
Hell no. I get it. In some cultures these and mice and bats and all kinds of shit are consumed. But I'd rather turn vegetarian.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 8, 2024 10:19 PM |
Why not? I balked at the idea 17 years ago (coming as close to picking one up and considering eating it), but today I'm more open to trying new things.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 8, 2024 10:20 PM |
I tried roasted crickets last year and liked them. They were nutty and crunchy. I think the exoskeleton on something so large would bother me but if I fished it out like a shrimp I don't think I would care.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 8, 2024 10:22 PM |
NO FANK YOU.
I like shrimp but prefer not to think about crustaceans too much.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 8, 2024 10:28 PM |
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
I learned that in 8th grade and never forgot it.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 8, 2024 10:33 PM |
i guess i might if i was in a foreign country and that's what was for dinner...
by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 8, 2024 10:36 PM |
Can't do it. Op. But this is a high protein low calorie food.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 8, 2024 10:44 PM |
R4 here again . . . I vaguely remember that those who were considering eating cicadas "way back when" were advised to do so just as they emerged from their shells on trees/plants. Kind of like Soft Shell Crabs.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 8, 2024 11:25 PM |
No, not even if I were in an adventuresome mood, because...
◦ there's a potential for parasites
◦ Cicadas spend a 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 time underground, during which they would be exposed to lead poisoning, pesticides and fertilizers, as well as fracking chemicals. They would have the potential to be concentrated repositories of such stuff. Eating them could not be healthy.
◦ Lastly, they have become susceptible to a disgusting fungus that rots their genitals off and turns them into mindless sex machines, propagating the infection to other cicadas.
Not just no, but ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜!
by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 8, 2024 11:36 PM |
Shit, NO. I will never willingly eat an insect.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 9, 2024 4:08 AM |
Eating insects as a replacement protein source is good for the environment.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 9, 2024 4:16 AM |
Are these insects the fellas who make all that noise during the summer? It's a peaceful noise, loud as it is, puts me to sleep.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 9, 2024 4:57 AM |
They scream when you pick em up. My yard is full of them flying by my face. I grabbed one for my dog to play with and it screamed
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 26, 2024 12:17 AM |
[quote]Eating insects as a replacement protein source is good for the environment.
We're not interested.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 26, 2024 12:22 AM |
If only!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 26, 2024 12:23 AM |
Cicadas on the menu? This too shall pass.
Remember when the media was pushing Beyond Burgers and all that other fake meat crap? What happened to it?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 26, 2024 12:31 AM |
Klaus Schwab and those WEF guys have convinced us cows destry the ozone layer and that we should all eat bugs. While I'm sure they will not be eating bugs. Westerners were somehow induced to eat raw fish, so bugs are next.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 26, 2024 12:34 AM |
What twaddle! No such cicada consumption is happening or will happen.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 26, 2024 12:38 AM |
Fiddle-faddle!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 26, 2024 12:39 AM |
"NYC is having a thrilling steakhouse boom"
"A herd of new steakhouses — with rockstar chefs, prime locations and megabucks designs — are opening in Manhattan."
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 26, 2024 12:43 AM |
A herd is. Not a herd are.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 26, 2024 12:50 AM |
Good catch.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 26, 2024 12:53 AM |
I’ve eaten crickets. I thought they were fried but reading R5’s post now I’m thinking they may have been roasted. I was a bit anxious but they mostly tasted of crunch, sort of like a corn nut - and the sauce that accompanied them. They didn’t seem to have any particular flavor of their own.
If I hadn’t had a strong cocktail to go with, I probably would not have tried them.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 26, 2024 1:46 AM |
I wonder what the worst part is: the crunch or the inside?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 26, 2024 2:33 AM |
The creepy little legs.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 26, 2024 6:21 AM |
Did someone say Cricket? God damn dog, but don't worry, I've got my rifle.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 26, 2024 6:34 AM |
I just saw an Instagram post today that featured cicadas floating in Malort.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 26, 2024 7:06 AM |
The media keeps pushing this INSECT shit on the public because of severe shortages of food that are coming in the future.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 26, 2024 7:09 AM |
[quote]Remember when the media was pushing Beyond Burgers and all that other fake meat crap? What happened to it?
I just had a Beyond Burger yesterday at Carl's Jr. They're still around, but I didn't see them listed on the menu board and had to ask if they still had them.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | May 26, 2024 7:10 AM |
My shishter Lorna alwaysh called me shellfish.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 26, 2024 7:12 AM |
On a particularly bountiful New Years Day, my family feasted on a roasted cicada.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 26, 2024 7:20 AM |
Nope, nope, nope.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | May 26, 2024 7:24 AM |
Reading this makes me glad I became a mostly-vegetarian at the beginning of this year.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 26, 2024 8:44 AM |
One cicada and I'm full.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 26, 2024 4:27 PM |
Freeze em first
Then they can be dipped in chocolate
by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 26, 2024 10:44 PM |
No thanks!!! 🤮. I will stick with Soylent Green for now....
by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 26, 2024 11:03 PM |
listen, I am a fat whore. I can say I never would but if you wrapped it in bacon I think we all know that I would.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 26, 2024 11:21 PM |
If we had bacon we wouldn't eat cicadas!
by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 26, 2024 11:33 PM |
Technically speaking, OP, cicadas are in the same PHYLUM (Arthropoda) as shellfish, not FAMILY.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | May 26, 2024 11:35 PM |
They have flown into my mouth more than once and it’s infuriating. I wouldn’t put them in there on purpose.
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