You can and should eat cicadas – and here's how

You can and should eat cicadas – and here's how

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesYou can and should eat cicadas – and here's how

Trillions of periodical cicadas are currently appearing in the Midwest and Southeast. Here's how to harvest prepare and eat them.

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The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cicadas

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In the Midwest and Southeast trillions of periodical cicadas emerge and clear their throats for their SHWEEE-OO-WEE mating call a white noise machine with no off switch.

I'm here to tell you that we are not helpless in the face of the horny cicada's carnal screams. We can eat them.