When I was young, back in the 50s, my father, sister and I would collect cicada hanging on trees after they’d emerged to shed their shell and before they hardened. We’d pluck the from the tree bark and drop them into a pail of ice and water to stop them from hardening.
Later when we steamed them, we did so the same way you would steam crab, shrimp or crawdads. Believe it of not, cicadas taste a little like shrimp. They are tasty.
They’re thick where I live. I’ll have to try that.
I’m a prepper and I think that the movement to grow your own protein and move past the ‘ug’ factor to provide for yourself is a great thing.
Don’t know if I’ve got the courage to actually do it... but I applaud the ones who do.
Many people think that eating snake and turtle is terrible, but it’s not that uncommon.