So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I’d try it.
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you’re giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I’m much less concerned about bug poop.
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp… Doesn’t sound all that bad. I’m honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there’s a fungus that’s known to eat their ass, but as long as they’re free of that it seems fair game.
Where can I find this fungus?
In its ass
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Wouldnt shelling leave a gooey blob anyway?
Yeah how do you get a cicada out of its shell and still have something that is meaningfully a cicada?
Very gingerly i would think
Maybe remove it after cooking? How would they get to shrimp-like texture otherwise?
Unless they mean shrimp-like with the shell still on, which is silly.
Go ahead and eat them how you want to i’m just gonna sit here and not ;)
“Thlimy yet, thatithfying.”
You made me say it out loud
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Now kith
Pumbaa doesn’t lisp…
Igor doeth.
I have eaten one before. Yes I was very drunk. Pull the wings off first.
That last sentence 🤮
OK, I gotta ask: was it alive?
Absolutely
I don’t usually voluntarily eat bugs but if someone put that in front of me then I’d be curious enough to try it.
Inb4 “crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs”. Yeah, I don’t usually eat them though. I used to love shrimp as a kid, but somewhere along the way I stopped enjoying the flavor. They aren’t bad, just… Idk. Just not a fan anymore.
crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs
You see this all the time, but they’re really not. With crab, shrimp, and lobster you usually extract the meat and just eat that. Bugs are mostly tiny so you eat the whole thing. Very different texture, not to mention taste.
Link to the rest of the cookbook? I hear a feast is coming…
I did not find the book but I did find this
The biggest crime here is putting rice on pizza
Am a cancer, can confirm the cicada miso sounds like the best of that list.
That or the cicada po boy. Exoskeleton off, a good breading, some remoulade sauce and a fresh roll sounds pretty good if their texture is shrimp like.
In Borneo they fry them. Crunchy snacks anyone?
Gotta get me them tacos
I wonder what the ethics of marinating a creature alive is. Like, I’d be willing to try eating a bug, but I don’t want my meal to suffer any more than it has to. Then again, I’m not sure Worcestershire is acidic enough to hurt it.
I wonder what would happen if you sat in a bathtub of Worcestershire for a few hours
It’ll kill them, but not because it’s acidic. Insects breathe through openings in their abdomens called spiracles. They’ll slowly suffocate if the spiracles are blocked, like from being submerged.
Oh how thoughtful. Means no need to poke holes to let the marinade seep in
Yea I guess I’m one of the few that hate to see even bugs suffer.
Are most insects (and shrimp for that matter) actually able to feel? I mostly heard they are best described as automatons, like low-level robots made by nature. My roomba might have higher “brain” function than a cicada, but I don’t know about newer studies.
Theory of mind is a diverse field with many different views and consequences. I land in the 4e camp of epistemology, so I would say experience of insect are equally experiences of conciousness as human experiences. When you let go of human centric parameters the world takes on a very different visage. I liked this article about the 4e theory and it’s implication on the breaking down of the divide between plants and conciousness. https://worldsensorium.com/what-plants-are-saying-about-us/
Have you heard the sounds these make? They don’t care if you suffer.
Yes, good point, but what worries me more is that the bullet point is missing where it says to gut the corpses and remove the cicada intestines and poop. Surely that’s standard when eating… anything really. Make it poop-free?
The Worcester sauce would mask all that flavour, leaving only texture. 💀
I think the breading would mask the texture fortunately. I can imagine eating this and having no clue what it was.
Wouldn’t the sealed container kill them?
I would imagine that’s not much of a concern considering they’re about to be deep fried.
We tend to kill most things shortly before eating them so yeah
The future apocalypse is looking at least edible…
We also need to start spreading grass hopper, cockroach, ant, moth and fly recipes.
How you gonna cut off half the recipe?
“Halved, the nymphs reveal a surprisingly meaty, white interior. After eating one that was simply blanched, I thought it resembled what a tofu-filled M&M might taste like, with its crisp shell giving way to a spongy, earthy interior.”
Uh…. No.
Exaxtly, Land Shrimps. No much difference between shrimps and cicades or grasshoppers. Same as in schrimps and crabs, you must put of the exosqueleto and wings. snails are also in the diet in a lot of countries, the girls even smear their lips with crushed insects (Carmine, made from Dactylopius coccus)
So. Guess what I’m allergic to…
My issue with “You will eat bugs” isn’t eww, it’s “Guess I’ll die.”
You can have an allergy to any food, others are allergic to peanuts, strawberries or beef. It is an individual problem that does not prevent including shrimps or grasshoppers in the diet of people who like them. Things of custom and tradition. But the offer is one thing and the obligation to eat them is another, which does not exist.
Oh, I know that. I don’t have any real complaint about the movement, was more mocking people like Alex Jones getting bent out of shape over ir. However, it’s so suggested as protein replacement in futurology, and for a greener future. I’m all for that (and despite not being vegan, I support veggie protein/synthetic meat options too) but I’m just worried about diminished options for myself. I wouldn’t put my wants over others needs though, so if it comes down to it having a smaller dietary choices is what I’ll have to do, and I’ve done it before (eggs were a favorite of mine but I developed an allergy to them about a year or two ago.)
What you have made is hush puppies with a crunch.
I assume we don’t eat the ones with the fuzzy white butts?
