Anyone ever eaten a cicada?

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  1. SawdustMan

    SawdustMan #ChampChamp

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    My wife thinks I'm insane but I've heard/read they are actually quite tasty grilled (well, more tasty than you would imagine at least). I like to try 'out there' foods and am thinking about giving the cicadas a go before they die off and I don't have the chance again for another 13 years.

    Anyone here ever eaten them? If so, how was it prepared? Thoughts?
     
  2. VolnTitan

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    Uhhh...No. Plenty of food options out there to fulfill my nutritional needs. Why eat bugs....
     
  3. JCBRAVE

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    You want to eat a grasshopper thing? Well go for it, but be very careful if you're allergic to sea food. Also be careful that the ones you do eat, aren't landing in lawn fertilizers and stuff.
     
  4. SawdustMan

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    This is the one thing that concerns me and has me leaning toward not doing it. I don't have any seafood allergies or any other kind of food allergies so that's not an issue.
     
  5. SawdustMan

    SawdustMan #ChampChamp

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    Well I'm obviously not going to eat it for lack of nutritional options. It's just a curiosity thing.
     
  6. Gunny

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    They don't get garden variety cicada's you know.
     
  7. RavensShallBurn

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    No offense, but my friend and I were making fun of these people the other day. :)
     
  8. VolnTitan

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    " Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfu**er."
     
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  9. SawdustMan

    SawdustMan #ChampChamp

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    I'd never be offended by two guys I don't even know making fun of something I've never done. :)
     
  10. RavensShallBurn

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    Hey I gotta say "no offense" just in case. You never know.

    FWIW, I ate some crazy cooked insects at some event when I was in third grade.

    Uhh... come to think of it third grade was 13 years ago for me which was when the cicadas were last here.
     
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