Delicious Brood X Cicada Recipes
Cicadas are large winged insects that emerge in large quantities on the eastern United States every seventeen years. This year, the swarm has been called Brood X and there will be 1.5 million cicadas per square acre along the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Many countries do not shy away from eating bugs such as India and many regions in Africa. Commonly eaten insects are caterpillars and crickets. With the coming swarm of cicadas, it is a good time to consider what tasty recipes can be made using this chirpy insect. Cicadas emerge every seventeen years to mate and reproduce. If you have never considered eating cicadas, this cookbook has many tasty recipes to try. They can be fried, sauteed, baked, grilled or put into soups.
Some can call these tasty critters the shrimp of the earth. Try to catch the cicadas as they are just emerging from the ground. This is when they will taste the best. But regardless of whether you get newly emerged cicadas or not, definitely check out these recipes.
Recipes Include:
- BBQ Cicadas
- Lemon Pepper Cicadas
- Orange Ginger Cicada Stir-Fry
- Blackened Cicadas
- Cicada Cookies
- Soft-Shelled Cicadas
- Shanghai Cicadas
- Cicada Tarragon
- Cicadas and Broccoli
- Fiery Pepper Cicadas
- Beer Batter Coconut Cicadas
- Honey Walnut Cicadas
- Creamy Pesto Cicada
- Grilled Cicada Scampi
- Cajun Crawfish and Cicada Etouffe
- Cicada and Asparagus Quiche
- Sausage & Cicada Jambalaya
- Buffalo Cicadas
- Crockpot Cicadas
- Cigarra Tacos
- Honey-Ginger Cicadas and Vegetable
- Thai Spicy Basil Cicada Fried Rice
- Panang Curry with Cicadas
- Crunchy Fried Cicadas
- Cheesy Cicadas and Grits
- Cicada Tetrazzini
- Garlic and Parmesan Cicadas
- Sweet and Sour Cicadas
- Tequila Sunrise Cicadas
