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I ran into this after seeing multiple articles about not letting dogs, etc., eat large quantities of cicadas. (We have 2 broods emerging in areas near us.)

This just seemed funny in a way, as this would mean eating most any insect would be a problem for anyone allergic to shrimp, etc. I guess they are just out of luck in the brave new world planned for us. /s

1 posted on 05/22/2024 9:59:09 AM PDT by Paul R.
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Recent article about pets and cicadas:

https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/05/22/are-cicadas-harmful-pets/


2 posted on 05/22/2024 10:00:25 AM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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Correction - Source should just be “Forbes”.


3 posted on 05/22/2024 10:01:31 AM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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In the end, I’ll just eat the people that eat the bugs. I hope y’all taste like chicken.


4 posted on 05/22/2024 10:03:40 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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Let the liberal elites eat them for a year - then the rest of us can check them out.

5 posted on 05/22/2024 10:03:45 AM PDT by GOPJ (Watching Judge Merchan in action is like watching a corrupt bought umpire throw a game...)
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I would be sampling them in various forms for fun, I did it with cactus knowing it was edible, cooking it in various ways to sample it and learn what the deal is.


6 posted on 05/22/2024 10:03:54 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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Crustaceans are the bugs of the ocean. Do not eat. I will do my part and eat them.


7 posted on 05/22/2024 10:04:06 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CiqMWKKSgw


8 posted on 05/22/2024 10:04:50 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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Lets hope liberals make this a staple of their diet!!


9 posted on 05/22/2024 10:06:39 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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eating bugs?

believe it or not, some people actually eat McD’s too!


10 posted on 05/22/2024 10:06:58 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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I hate seafood, so this is good information to know as I bypass eating cicadas too.


12 posted on 05/22/2024 10:12:41 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Not all insects are similar

The cicada outer shell is they key here


13 posted on 05/22/2024 10:12:45 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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I first thought that the people who actually ate cicadas would just pick the adults off the trees and roast them. But then found out you have to get the bugs newly emerged from their shells, meaning you have to harvest them overnight when they are emerging.

That’s just not practical at all.


15 posted on 05/22/2024 10:14:09 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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Not. At. Gunpoint.


16 posted on 05/22/2024 10:17:55 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I am eating a big plate of Cicada ala King right now.

Uhm good eats.


17 posted on 05/22/2024 10:18:51 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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You vil eat ze bugs...


18 posted on 05/22/2024 10:30:04 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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Aren’t insects animals? I wonder if the PETA folks have come out against eating bugs.


21 posted on 05/22/2024 10:32:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Tree shrimp.


22 posted on 05/22/2024 10:33:10 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (Make orwell fiction again)
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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


23 posted on 05/22/2024 10:33:21 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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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.


24 posted on 05/22/2024 10:33:29 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (m)
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25 posted on 05/22/2024 10:41:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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