Posted on May 17, 2024
Cicadas are back — on the menu. A chef dishes up some insect recipe ideas
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The cicadas are coming! And so are some new flavor profiles.
This spring, the bugs of two broods, the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII, will crawl from the ground simultaneously across the eastern and southern parts of the United States. It is the first time the two broods will emerge in unison since Thomas Jefferson was president.
But for chef Joseph Yoon, it won't be the first time cicadas are on the menu. "It originally started when I cooked some insects for an art project," says Yoon.
This spring, the bugs of two broods, the 13-year Brood XIX and the 17-year Brood XIII, will crawl from the ground simultaneously across the eastern and southern parts of the United States. It is the first time the two broods will emerge in unison since Thomas Jefferson was president.
But for chef Joseph Yoon, it won't be the first time cicadas are on the menu. "It originally started when I cooked some insects for an art project," says Yoon.
Cicadas are back — on the menu. A chef dishes up some insect recipe ideas
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Don't knock em til you tried em. A lot better than biting the head off a black snake! Yes it was on a dare as an AIRBORNE Paratrooper
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In Okinawa, specifically on a neighboring island, I remember seeing local kids chasing and catching cicadas as a game. I don't recall anyone eating them.
Anything prepared right will taste good. Anything prepared badly won't.
Anything prepared right will taste good. Anything prepared badly won't.
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I would give it a try. I have eaten a few different types of bugs and they always have a nutty flavor that is not off putting at all. You just have to get past the what it is.
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