FDA Says Cicadas Aren’t Safe To Eat If You’re Allergic To Seafood (Yes, Some People Are Eating Them)

Forbes - You Tube ^ | Jun 2, 2021 | Joe Walsh - Forbes Staff

[Paul R.]

TOPLINE Billions of Brood X cicadas have emerged in the United States after over a decade underground, causing gourmands to draw up recipes and prepare for a once-every-17-years culinary opportunity — but the Food and Drug Administration says people who are allergic to seafood should cut cicadas out of their diets because they’re too similar to shellfish.

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Cicadas pose a risk because they’re closely related to crustaceans like shrimp and lobster: Insects and crustaceans are both arthropods, and researchers say they probably shared a common ocean-dwelling ancestor millions of years ago.

[dfwgator]

Aren’t insects animals? I wonder if the PETA folks have come out against eating bugs.

[READINABLUESTATE]

Tree shrimp.

[Eccl 10:2]

The NYTimes calls them “the lobsters of the trees”:

https://twitter.com/DrewHolden360/status/1787649092128022626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1787649092128022626%7Ctwgr%5E4f889a1e67357f1b0e079bc0d57601400c28f5bf%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-new-york-times-is-encouraging-people-to-eat-the-lobsters-of-the-trees-better-known-as-cicadas

[Roadrunner383]

Mud bugs, aka crawfish, are delicious. Had a plate of fried crawfish tails, hush puppies, cole slaw and french fries a couple of days ago at a cajun restaurant. However, I draw the line at cicadas.

[ClearCase_guy]

[BigEdLB]

I was in Pennsylvania in the 1980s Cicada event. Local news report had a guy frying them in olive oil and garlic

[kenmcg]

Better than Chinese eggs and pee.

[ClearCase_guy]

Government: “Climate Change will kill us all! Our only hope is to eat bugs!”

Some people: “Look at these cicadas! I will eat them!”

Government: “Don’t do that! Eating bugs will kill you!”

People: “Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyy ...”

[T.B. Yoits]

Unfortunately people taste more like cattle- red meat.

Cannibals claimed humans taste like pork, hence the Melanesian pidgin term "long pig".

https://www.britannica.com/topic/cannibalism-human-behaviour

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100114139

[alternatives?]

Experts.

If you eat too many, they could be harmful. If you eat too many hamburgers, it could be harmful. If you drink too much water, it could be harmful.

[ferret_airlift]

Human is generally very greasy; almost too fatty to eat.

My chickens eat the bugs, and I eat the eggs. So, I’m eating the bugs indirectly.

[fini]

"Some people taste like fish."

Now that is funny!

[fini]

"Cannibals claimed humans taste like pork, hence the Melanesian pidgin term "long pig"."

That makes more sense than what I wrote, because of human diets. I based my opinion on one article from many years ago.

[fini]

"My chickens eat the bugs, and I eat the eggs. So, I’m eating the bugs indirectly."

That is the same way I get my vegetables.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Our Chihuahua loves them. 😆