Cicada's -If you can't beat 'em - Eat 'em

[MTNDAVE]

Don't know what to do about our noisey, 17 year visitors.  :yikes:
 
Tired of the same old camping dishes and treats.
 
Well,  since the pickins are a plenty try THESE Brood "X" culinary adventures.
 
Yum, Yum - Eat 'em up !!!!!!:eyecrazy:

[jpreiser]

Yum, I may have to freeze some and bring them to the Eastern Rally!!:)

[tlhdoc]

Dave I told you before, I don't have an adventurous appetite. :yikes:

[campingcop]

When are you going to be on   "Fear Factor?" :screwy:

[LoadedCamera]

Being a devout worshiper of the insects, I would find it hard to eat them poor little buggers!!!
 
Sounds like a good enough excuse to me!!

[angelsmom10]

We are waiting for them to emerge here.  They expect them within the next day or 2...  ground temps have been good over a week and then they said we needed a soaking rain, which we got Fri eve into Sat eve.  So far not siting around our house.
 
Also, on the news Friday they said that they tast like Asparagus (yuck)

[vjm1639]

I love Asparagus...it's my favorite vegetable...however, it doesn't have eyes and legs! LOL.   Oh well, I suppose if someone else cooked them and other people were trying them I would try them too.   I've eaten chocolate covered ants (gritty)and chocolate covered grasshoppers (ugh..legs are scratchy) and I love escargot cooked in garlic and butter....

 
We haven't seen any yet either but we also had the rains over the weekend so we'll see. Several have been reported all around us, but none in my neighborhood yet.

[angelsmom10]

When I left for work this morning, I saw 4 on the telephone pole at the corner of our driveway, and when I looked across the street, the tree in the park had quite a few on it, but our 2 trees in the front yard didn't have any YET!
 
So, next I guess I'll be dodging them to get to the car.:eyecrazy: :yikes:

[OGCG]

Here in Knoxville,Tn.the Cicadas are very noisey!
 I've got a RadioShack sound meter,Todays level 76dB's  :yikes:




Mike,
Knoxville,Tenn

[Turn Key]

Puts me in mind of an old Bill Cosby Show episode.  As I recall it, middle daughter Denise, got one of her "hair ball" ideas and wanted to go off to Africa.  Dad (Cosby) had the woman that Denise was planning to go with over to the house for a talk.  At one point, this woman was talking about eating different types of bugs and how they would strip off the belly plate and swallow them down.  Cosby's responce was something like "Hmmmm! Hmmm!  Don't never throw away a good belly plate!  That's the best part!".  Typical Cosby:yikes: :eyecrazy: !

[SkipP]

Don't know what to do about our noisey, 17 year visitors. :yikes:
 
Tired of the same old camping dishes and treats.
 
Well, since the pickins are a plenty try THESE Brood "X" culinary adventures.
 
Yum, Yum - Eat 'em up !!!!!!:eyecrazy:

How the heck would you know if you had allergies to eating these things until you tried them?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040518/ap_on_re_us/cicada_sickness_2

[birol]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, that's all I can say, I am not eating them ! I think Milo would love to have a feast though

[griffsmom]

Being a devout worshiper of the insects, I would find it hard to eat them poor little buggers!!!

Being a devout stomper of most insects, I would find it impossible to eat them little buggers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Blech!!!!!!! :p
 
We don't have cicadas here.  Thank the Lord for Southern California!!!:D

[David Roder]

Man Becomes Ill After Gorging on Cicadas


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A man who cooked and ate nearly 30 cicadas sought medical treatment after suffering a strong allergic reaction to the sauteed insects.

The man showed up at a Bloomington clinic Thursday covered from head-to-toe in hives, and sheepishly told a doctor he'd caught and ate the cicadas after sauteing them in butter with crushed garlic and basil.

``He said they didn't taste too bad, but his wife didn't care for the aroma,'' said Dr. Al Ripani, the doctor who treated the man at Promptcare East.

The man, who has a history of asthma and shellfish allergies, suffered a ``significant allergic reaction,'' after eating the cicadas, Ripani said.


He said he gave the man antihistamines, steroids and a shot of adrenaline, then observed him for two hours before sending him home.


After living underground for 17 years and feeding on tree roots, the so-called Brood X cicadas are emerging by the billions across the Eastern U.S.


Ripani said recent newspaper articles extolling the tastiness of cicada cuisine should have warned people that dining on the bugs can be dangerous for some people.


``Severe food allergies such as this can be fatal,'' he said. ``I feel that needs to be stressed in these articles.''


He said the University of Maryland's department of entomology's Cicada-licious cookbook, which includes recipes for Cicada Stir-Fry and Cicada Dumplings, contains a disclaimer urging people to consult a doctor before eating cicadas.


``We ask that you please take special caution if you have other food allergies, such as soy, nuts or shellfish, or if you know of any contact allergies that you may have to other insects,'' it states.

This wasn't anyone here was it?! :J

[aw738]

I haven't seen any yet but I did hear some of them when I got home from work today. As far as eating them. I have to ask, If you have something else better to eat why would anyone eat them things. :screwy: