Cicada Salad, Anyone?

[Bambi Buster]

Would you like a cicada salad? Buzzy bug dishes will arrive soon

As the nation prepares for trillions of red-eyed bugs known as periodical cicadas to emerge, it’s worth noting that they’re not just annoying, noisy pests — if prepared properly, they c…

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[Lt.Dan]

Umm that would be a big no!

 

[Popcorn]

I wouldn't want to possibly prevent some gen X'r from getting their fair share. Under DEI it's only right that my share be redistributed!

 

[DaveTN]

If they are correct, there will be plenty of them in Mid-May. I've been through this once before: its crazy.

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

Not until I absolutely have to.

 

[BMan]

BB, you can have mine.

 

[Lt.Dan]

If they are correct, there will be plenty of them in Mid-May. I've been through this once before: its crazy.

So have I. I was living out in the country then. It was so loud I had to close all the windows and doors so I could hear the TV. I can't wait for them to come up again.

 

[redblood]

nastiest thing i remember was cicada soup. i did an intern while i was in college at a coop. we had a water trough full of old nasty water that we used to find leaks in tires that we were gonna plug. that yr we had a MASSIVE cicada invasion. i bet there were 10,000 dead ones floating in that water and the smell i can still recall to this day even though its been a quarter century

 

[MidTennFisher]

Are you seeing a lot of them yet in TN? This morning I happened to notice a few underneath a tree branch. Looked more and saw that tree had probably a few hundred shells or actively molting cicadas underneath leaves on the branches. Since I'd already noticed it, I checked some other trees and saw the same.

I think things are about to get pretty noisy here!! Might be a good time to break out the flyrod because I know fish like to suck them off the surface of the water where they fall. But I have turkeys to kill first, for 3 more days.

 

[BigAl]

I'd try it. Wonder if they'd be good smoked?

 

[tellico4x4]

I'd try it. Wonder if they'd be good smoked?

Probably hard to keep them lit!

 

[BMan]

nastiest thing i remember was cicada soup. i did an intern while i was in college at a coop. we had a water trough full of old nasty water that we used to find leaks in tires that we were gonna plug. that yr we had a MASSIVE cicada invasion. i bet there were 10,000 dead ones floating in that water and the smell i can still recall to this day even though its been a quarter century

I want to puke just reading your post...