If people are starving, it has been my observation that people who are starving will eat nearly anything in a real starvation situation.
I don’t put myself past that, and I have various no-go food items that I feel certain I would eat, but...can’t imagine it. (for me, that would be a raw onion)
Several years ago at a farmer's market, a vendor challenged me to take a bite ("like an apple" he said) of a certain variety - it was a Vidalia onion, or similar IIRC - it was sweet!
also, remember John the Baptist?
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
I think locusts & cicadas are the same...