So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I’d try it.
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you’re giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I’m much less concerned about bug poop.
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp… Doesn’t sound all that bad. I’m honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there’s a fungus that’s known to eat their ass, but as long as they’re free of that it seems fair game.
Yeah how do you get a cicada out of its shell and still have something that is meaningfully a cicada?
Maybe remove it after cooking? How would they get to shrimp-like texture otherwise?
Unless they mean shrimp-like with the shell still on, which is silly.
“Thlimy yet, thatithfying.”
I have eaten one before. Yes I was very drunk. Pull the wings off first.
I don’t usually voluntarily eat bugs but if someone put that in front of me then I’d be curious enough to try it.
Inb4 “crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs”. Yeah, I don’t usually eat them though. I used to love shrimp as a kid, but somewhere along the way I stopped enjoying the flavor. They aren’t bad, just… Idk. Just not a fan anymore.
Link to the rest of the cookbook? I hear a feast is coming…
Am a cancer, can confirm the cicada miso sounds like the best of that list.
