[JoeProBono]

[cripplecreek]

No more disgusting than lobster, crabs or clams.

[null and void]

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em...

[dfwgator]

They taste like chicken.

[Bitsy]

Very interesting. I used to collect the shells off pine trees when I was a young girl in the country. Don't ask me why I started - I have no clue. But this is the first time I read they could be eaten. Do you eat them wings and all? How do you prepare them? I am very curious. Don't know if I would try them but I would like to know more about your culinary adventure.

[Daffynition]

[Mobties]

“Fear Factor” and “Indiana Jones Temple of Doom” cuisine stories like this bring back memories of the nutria recipes I read during the Katrina aftermath. However, the 13 year interval between the appearances of the cicada does lend a special air of rarity - like the reappearance of a comet — that renders these roasted bugs a bit more special than the braised hindquarters of the common Mississippi delta levee-destroying rodent served dripping with Louisiana hot sauce. Or, for that matter, chilled monkey brains.

Thanks all the same. I’m sticking with brats and beer this weekend.

[Rebelbase]

"Cody can eat all the bugs he wants, I don't care. Me, I'm gonna put some meat on the table, something I can sink my teeth into".

[Lazamataz]

Nashville residents cook, eat EACH OTHER.

[momtothree]

I know that dogs love them. Some years back, we had a ton and the dogs had a field day. They ate so many of them that they weren’t really interested in their dinners. Whatever... to each his own.

[Larry Lucido]

1998. That was a good year for cicadas.

[Grammy]

Sorry, but there is not enough chocolate in the world to make me put that in my mouth.

[DFG]

Bump

[Daffynition]

I know next to nuthin' about the entomology of these insects but methinks we're confusing two completely unrelated species. Some regions call a cicada, a locust.

Cicada:

Locust: