[Uncle Miltie]

Jacques Tiziou, a French-American, was in his kitchen, freezing his first cicadas. He said: "They are pure protein. No fat. There are plenty of countries where the only food is some form of insect."

Bug Eating Surrender Monkey?

[vandykelastone]

How do you think the french got that way in teh first place? Sure, some of their sexual preferences helped, but living on bug and slugs and guts didn't help matters any. Still doesn't.

[TBall]

Cicada Cuisine
Cicadas are a delicacy in the city of Shanghai, China, where this creative recipe originated.

Ingredients
Cicadas, anises, salt, rice wine, mashed garlic, celery, turnip greens.

Recipe
1. Boil the cicadas and anises in salted rice wine for five minutes, then remove the cicadas.
2. Sauté the mashed garlic, adding water and rice wine to make a paste.
3. Deep-fry the cicadas, then skewer them with bamboo picks. Arrange them on a plate with the turnip greens, celery, and garlic paste to look like the cicadas are climbing out of a mud pie onto green foliage. Bon appetit!