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2007-04-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Biology professor: Cicadas 'good to eat' (disgusting grub warning)

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-04-03 04:59|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Arrange them on a plate with the turnip greens
This is for contrast. Yur bugs-on-a-stick start looking better.

Posted by Shipman 2007-04-03 07:24|| 2007-04-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#2 My daughter used to catch them so she could frighten the neighbor's children with them. She thought it was very funny when they squealed and ran away.

A couple of outbreaks ago in Cincinnati, someone used one to rob a convenience store.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-04-03 07:35|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-04-03 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 A couple of generations of eating the loudest ones and then peace and quiet.

Posted by ed 2007-04-03 08:48|| 2007-04-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 They're "packed full of vitamins," he said.

They're also likely to be packed full of viruses, bacteria, lice or other vermin. Insects are a priciple vector for diseases of all sorts.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-04-03 10:41|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-04-03 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 ...and, if you fry them, deadly trans fats.

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-03 11:11|| 2007-04-03 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 The cicada outbreaks of Cincinnati and the surrounding counties come out in different years, so there is always a source of the insects somewhere for aficionados. And whenever the cicadas emerge, some wit at the newspaper thinks it clever to seek out an expert for cicada recipes. Sort of the news version of a whoopee cushion.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-03 11:34|| 2007-04-03 11:34|| Front Page Top

#7 You mean Lavoisiers Sac du Gasse TW?

Posted by Shipman 2007-04-03 13:11|| 2007-04-03 13:11|| Front Page Top

#8 I've been told they are halal and kosher, too! :-P

Posted by gorb 2007-04-03 14:31|| 2007-04-03 14:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps, Shipman dear. Your French is so much better than mine. Cicadas aren't kosher, gorb. The only insect that's kosher is the locust that periodically strips Israel and the surrounding area bare. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-03 22:34|| 2007-04-03 22:34|| Front Page Top

#10 speaking of pests: who knows of the Asian Carp problem in the Mississippi and tributaries? Because the creatures grow to 60 pounds and leap out of the water when startled, the numerous injuries suffered by boat travellers has made sport like water-skiing, mortally dangerous. In addition, they starve out native fish populations. There are a estimated 30 million carp in the river system, and they are headed for the Great Lakes.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-04-03 22:42|| 2007-04-03 22:42|| Front Page Top

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