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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. 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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  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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