Unfortunately, Some Cicadas Taste Like Nature’s Gushers
If you must eat them, go for air-fried.
Can you think of a good reason not to try a cicada, other than “ew”? I’ve posed this question to numerous friends and family, even my partner’s extended relatives, now that Brood X is swarming parts of the United States. Eating cicadas just makes sense, even for someone like me, who’s been a stalwart vegetarian since basically the last time they appeared, in 2004. They’re a bountiful and easy-to-forage protein source, they very likely won’t make you sick, and they’ve made appearances on some and dinner tables for centuries. ( ate them.) Plenty of evidence suggests that they the way other creatures do, if that kind of thing is important to you. I watched back when was cool, I’d remind everyone. “Ew” alone cannot stop me.
