https://www.npr.org/2020/05/23/8615...lions-of-cicadas-expected-to-emerge-this-year
Cute little critters
Cute little critters
I highly doubt they'll make it to voting age... And with the way 2020 is shaping up, they might just decide to stay in hiding.So almost old enough to vote?
And here I assumed everything tasted like chicken!However, I can attest that grasshoppers taste like potato chips when deep fried.
Mmmm, like soft shell crab. Yummy.The scientist says you'll most likely find the soft cicadas in the morning hours. She says you can still eat them once they harden, but you should expect a little extra crunch.
Not having been raised in a culture where eating insects is a normal thing, I can’t imagine myself ever being willing to go there, at least if the insects are in any way identifiable. Cricket flour..... maybe.
Then again, it was good enough that you could probably mix it in with trail mix, or gorp, or something without too many people even noticing (until someone found an identifiable body part ).
There was a guy with a booth at the World Scout Jamboree last year proclaiming the virtues of eating crickets, letting people sample several flavors, and giving away samples of what you selected as your "favorite." From that, I have a test tube of bubble gum flavored crickets in my desk drawer at a work. I have no idea what I am going to do with them other than occasionally offer them as a joke. Even my "favorite", while edible and tolerable, wasn't something I'd look for when I wanted a snack. Then again, it was good enough that you could probably mix it in with trail mix, or gorp, or something without too many people even noticing (until someone found an identifiable body part ).
Yep, living in Hinsdale/Burr Ridge area at the time. Worst outbreak I have seen.There was a major emergence a year or two before I moved from Chicago ('89 to '91 time frame). There was so many out that you couldn't walk without stepping on several with each step. Every tree was lined with them or the empty shells that they left when going from grub to flying insect. And they were deafeningly loud. I'm surprised there wasn't a massive die off of insect eating birds from over-eating.
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