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Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 10:10AM |
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 10:23AM |
I think it was a boutique chocolate store in West Virginia that was featured on a local news segment about chocolate covered ones. They had larger versions that were from molds that just looked like cicadas with marshmallow filling.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 11:01AM |
It depends. If they were properly cleaned and prepared, then maybe. Most insects are fairly filthy, from the bacteriological/microorganismal perspective. On the other hand, they're a good source of protein...
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 11:06AM |
Why? For what reason? tik tok dare? Are you living in a food desert? 
I did see a news anchor eat a cookie with one in the middle on top. made by a husband/wife entomologist that love them
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I did see a news anchor eat a cookie with one in the middle on top. made by a husband/wife entomologist that love them
Edited 999 time(s). Last edit at 12:08PM by jdc.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 11:53AM |
Nope....
No bugs, no brains...
Even I have my limits!
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No bugs, no brains...
Even I have my limits!
Paul F.
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 12:44PM |
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msglee
What wine goes with a cicada?
Dunno, but a cheese pairing would be Casu Marzu (not sure of my spelling... the cheese infested with maggots, on purpose).
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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 01:31PM |
*Without it coming back up...
By this definition, I am not a "real man"...
But, one of my local Asian Groceries DOES carry Baluts.
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Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 03:27PM |
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PeterB
It depends. If they were properly cleaned and prepared, then maybe. Most insects are fairly filthy, from the bacteriological/microorganismal perspective. On the other hand, they're a good source of protein...
It's hard to farm them and to my knowledge nobody is marketing domesticated cicadas.
I'd be hesitant about eating wild ones for a number of reasons, among them the potential for an upset stomach, but also I'm not pleased with the idea of snatching them (or any wild creatures) out of their habitat for food when I'm not going hungry. As pointed out in the article below, they're already a threatened species.
[www.newsweek.com]
Can you eat the Brood X cicadas?
"Absolutely. However, there are a few things to keep in mind if you eat them. Depending on where they lived for the past 17 years, they may have absorbed lots of chemicals.
"If they emerge from your yard and you put fertilizer or pesticide on your yard, or on your trees they may be feeding from, it is entirely possible that they could have absorbed some of these chemicals. If you eat them, you want to ensure they are 'organic.'
"As populations grow, suburbs expand, and as we pave the country over with more roads, stadiums, parking lots, etc, cicada habitat disappears. While they are still very plentiful, one must keep in mind that cicadas... are increasingly threatened."
Are they considered healthy?
"That is hard to say. As far as I know, no one has evaluated the caloric value or protein content of the Magicicada species. Generally, insects are considered healthy because they are low carb, high protein and moderate in fat at best.
"Insects are being promoted across America and Europe as a potential protein source of the future, in the developed and developing worlds.
"This is because per hectare/acre of land used to rear them, they contain more protein than the amount of, say, beef, that could be grown on the same plot of land.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 04:49PM |
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Sarcany
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PeterB
It depends. If they were properly cleaned and prepared, then maybe. Most insects are fairly filthy, from the bacteriological/microorganismal perspective. On the other hand, they're a good source of protein...
It's hard to farm them and to my knowledge nobody is marketing domesticated cicadas.
I'd be hesitant about eating wild ones for a number of reasons, among them the potential for an upset stomach, but also I'm not pleased with the idea of snatching them (or any wild creatures) out of their habitat for food when I'm not going hungry. As pointed out in the article below, they're already a threatened species.
[www.newsweek.com]
Can you eat the Brood X cicadas?
"Absolutely. However, there are a few things to keep in mind if you eat them. Depending on where they lived for the past 17 years, they may have absorbed lots of chemicals.
"If they emerge from your yard and you put fertilizer or pesticide on your yard, or on your trees they may be feeding from, it is entirely possible that they could have absorbed some of these chemicals. If you eat them, you want to ensure they are 'organic.'
"As populations grow, suburbs expand, and as we pave the country over with more roads, stadiums, parking lots, etc, cicada habitat disappears. While they are still very plentiful, one must keep in mind that cicadas... are increasingly threatened."
Are they considered healthy?
"That is hard to say. As far as I know, no one has evaluated the caloric value or protein content of the Magicicada species. Generally, insects are considered healthy because they are low carb, high protein and moderate in fat at best.
"Insects are being promoted across America and Europe as a potential protein source of the future, in the developed and developing worlds.
"This is because per hectare/acre of land used to rear them, they contain more protein than the amount of, say, beef, that could be grown on the same plot of land.
Insects are indeed an underrated potential food source. Although domestication/farming might be hard or undesirable for this species, it's already been done for a number of others:
[en.wikipedia.org]
[www.fao.org]
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 08:08PM |
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N-OS X-tasy!
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PeterB
Insects are indeed an underrated potential food source. Although domestication/farming might be hard or undesirable for this species, it's already been done for a number of others:
[en.wikipedia.org]
[www.fao.org]
You first, friend.
I've not tried them, but I know the Insectarium here offers chocolate-covered crickets, amongst other delicacies (WARNING: do not click if you are easily grossed out!):
[www.usatoday.com]
[www.theadvertiser.com]
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 08:13PM |
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PeterB
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N-OS X-tasy!
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PeterB
Insects are indeed an underrated potential food source. Although domestication/farming might be hard or undesirable for this species, it's already been done for a number of others:
[en.wikipedia.org]
[www.fao.org]
You first, friend.
I've not tried them, but I know the Insectarium here offers chocolate-covered crickets, amongst other delicacies (WARNING: do not click if you are easily grossed out!):
[www.usatoday.com]
[www.theadvertiser.com]
In the late 1990s, there was a popular line of insects embedded in lollipops. They'd sell them at 7-11 and card-stores. One of my friends went through quite a few of the lime-scorpion and orange tequila-worm types.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 25, 2021 10:25PM |
They should have a designated spokes-insect...like 'Chiquita Cicada'.
"Mmm...Good for eatin' while the wings still beatin'"
"Mmm...Good for eatin' while the wings still beatin'"
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 26, 2021 04:33PM |
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jdc
Why? For what reason? tik tok dare? Are you living in a food desert?
I did see a news anchor eat a cookie with one in the middle on top. made by a husband/wife entomologist that love them
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 26, 2021 04:47PM |
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pRICE cUBE
Would you eat
Would you eat
FTFY.
It is what it is.
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Re: Have you eaten a cicada? Would you be willing to try? Date: May 27, 2021 10:20AM |
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N-OS X-tasy!
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pRICE cUBE
Would you eatthem ina box?
Would you eatthem witha fox?
FTFY.
Try it here or there?
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