We're starting to see the little mounds of dirt from their burrows appear on our front lawn....The 17-year cicadas are coming!
Anyone know the nutritional value of these little devils? They might be tasty in chocolate...
-Wes
Photo credit.
Addendum 21 May 2007 @ 1937: I already found one recipe...
21 May 2007 @ 1947: Even more recipes... but none with chocolate.... but quiche?
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I found you a whole cicada cookbook at
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/pdf/cicada%20recipes.PDF
complete with several recipes you might like, including this one...
I dare you to make it!
Chocolate Covered Cicadas
Ingredients:
8 squares of good-quality dark, white, or milk chocolate
30 dry roasted cicadas
Directions:
1. Roast teneral cicadas for 15 minutes at 225F.
2. Meanwhile, melt chocolate in a double-boiler over low heat. Dip insects in chocolate, place on wax paper and refrigerate until hardened.
Yield:
30 cicadas
TBTAM -
Wow! Thanks! Might be time to make a new video...
Yummy and nutritious, says National Geographic.
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