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How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord

Posted by Unknown on from the goes-well-with-beer dept.

seagirlreed writes "During this year's cicada swarmageddon, make a cicada smorgasbord by selecting the tastiest bugs from the richest cicada hunting grounds. They taste like asparagus!"

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  1. "They taste like asparagus!" by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, in Japan, parents tell their children that chicken tastes just like squid.

    1. Re:"They taste like asparagus!" by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I'll take everyone's word for this.

      I'd rather listen to them sing, than eat them. Something about their song puts me in mind of tall Cottonwood treeds, whiling away summers along the lazy rivers of the midwest, where I spent my youth fishing for carp (didn't eat them, either) with corn for bait and a lugnut for a sinker.

      Now I spend summers dealing with technology issues. Hmm.

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    2. Re:"They taste like asparagus!" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      No, that was just a funny bit of anachronism. Emperor Temmu issued a decree banning the consumption of non-fish meat, including chicken, in 675 A.D. And the culture was slow to warm back up to non-fish meat in the ages to come.

      The 6 Tokyo Outback Steakhouses use different seasonings than the US versions (much to the disgust of my Japanese girlfriend), but their culture is quite integrated with all forms of modern food... except mint, which she claims is like eating toothpaste.

  2. Not just with Shellfish Allergies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Many people who don't have shellfish allergies are still allergic to insects like cicadas and scorpions. It's surprisingly common... so if you want to be adventurous, take precautions to make sure you don't bite down and keel over.

  3. Taste like asparagus? by DougOtto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they make your pee stink?

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    1. Re:Taste like asparagus? by roc97007 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You've just eaten a handful of bugs. Seems to me what your pee smells like is the least of your worries.

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    2. Re:Taste like asparagus? by matrim99 · · Score: 3, Interesting
      Why, because they look funny to us? Check out how freaky lobsters look.

      Because they're small? So are all of those tasty yeast microbes.

      Because you were told that bugs aren't food, so eating them is something to worry about? Some bugs are very tasty, and most are quite safe to eat and are quite nutritious.

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  4. Re:Why not? by Antipater · · Score: 4, Funny

    other nasty shit that makes these bugs seem like steak.

    Yeah, like asparagus!

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  5. Re:News for nerds? by roc97007 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > What is this, the new Slashdot, news for survivalists?

    We may all be survivalists someday.

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  6. Why the revulsion? by kbahey · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why all this revulsion at eating an insect? There are lots of exotic yet disgusting food out there in this world.

    And how are Cicadas that much different from edible locusts, which are eaten in the Middle East, Mexico and elsewhere?

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  7. Re:Know what goes well with a Cicada smorgasbord? by X0563511 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alcohol. Lots of alcohol.

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