land shrimp

So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I'd try it.
- I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you're giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I'm much less concerned about bug poop.
  
  Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp... Doesn't sound all that bad. I'm honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
  Seems like there's a fungus that's known to eat their ass, but as long as they're free of that it seems fair game.
- Wouldnt shelling leave a gooey blob anyway?

"Thlimy yet, thatithfying."
- You made me say it out loud
  
  (╭☞´ิ∀´ิ)╭☞
  
  Now kith
- Pumbaa doesn't lisp...
  
  Igor doeth.

- That last sentence 🤮
- OK, I gotta ask: was it alive?

I don't usually voluntarily eat bugs but if someone put that in front of me then I'd be curious enough to try it.
Inb4 "crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs". Yeah, I don't usually eat them though. I used to love shrimp as a kid, but somewhere along the way I stopped enjoying the flavor. They aren't bad, just... Idk. Just not a fan anymore.
- crab, shrimp and lobsters are basically bugs
  You see this all the time, but they're really not. With crab, shrimp, and lobster you usually extract the meat and just eat that. Bugs are mostly tiny so you eat the whole thing. Very different texture, not to mention taste.
- Skwimps is bugs

Link to the rest of the cookbook? I hear a feast is coming…
- I did not find the book but I did find this
  
  Source
  
  The biggest crime here is putting rice on pizza
  
  Am a cancer, can confirm the cicada miso sounds like the best of that list.
  
  In Borneo they fry them. Crunchy snacks anyone?
  
  Gotta get me them tacos

I wonder what the ethics of marinating a creature alive is. Like, I'd be willing to try eating a bug, but I don't want my meal to suffer any more than it has to. Then again, I'm not sure Worcestershire is acidic enough to hurt it.
I wonder what would happen if you sat in a bathtub of Worcestershire for a few hours
- It'll kill them, but not because it's acidic. Insects breathe through openings in their abdomens called spiracles. They'll slowly suffocate if the spiracles are blocked, like from being submerged.
  
  Oh how thoughtful. Means no need to poke holes to let the marinade seep in
- Yea I guess I'm one of the few that hate to see even bugs suffer.
- Are most insects (and shrimp for that matter) actually able to feel? I mostly heard they are best described as automatons, like low-level robots made by nature. My roomba might have higher "brain" function than a cicada, but I don't know about newer studies.
  
  Theory of mind is a diverse field with many different views and consequences. I land in the 4e camp of epistemology, so I would say experience of insect are equally experiences of conciousness as human experiences. When you let go of human centric parameters the world takes on a very different visage. I liked this article about the 4e theory and it's implication on the breaking down of the divide between plants and conciousness. https://worldsensorium.com/what-plants-are-saying-about-us/
- Have you heard the sounds these make? They don't care if you suffer.
- Yes, good point, but what worries me more is that the bullet point is missing where it says to gut the corpses and remove the cicada intestines and poop. Surely that's standard when eating... anything really. Make it poop-free?

The Worcester sauce would mask all that flavour, leaving only texture. 💀
- I think the breading would mask the texture fortunately. I can imagine eating this and having no clue what it was.

Wouldn't the sealed container kill them?
- I would imagine that's not much of a concern considering they're about to be deep fried.
- We tend to kill most things shortly before eating them so yeah

The future apocalypse is looking at least edible...
- We also need to start spreading grass hopper, cockroach, ant, moth and fly recipes.

https://www.montclair.edu/newscenter/2021/05/19/cicadas-safe-to-eat-sustainable-delicious-recipes/

If you’re curious about entomophagy (the practice of eating insects, especially by humans), cicadas are a great place to start. Unlike other bugs that can have “crunchy exoskeletons and wings,” teneral cicadas have a nutty, green, almost peeled shrimp-y look, taste and texture similar to the crustaceans.
“You can add them to any of your favorite dishes,” says Borgerson. “They don’t need peeling or extensive prepping, just pan fry them or parboil and toast them in the oven, and then use them like you would any of their crustacean relatives. Personally, I love them by themselves on toothpicks as an appetizer or in tacos, where you can use the toppings to bring out a lot of their green spring flavors.”
Cicadas have a similar chitinous exterior as shellfish, so while there’s no overwhelming evidence that those with allergies have had reactions after eating cicadas, there’s not much research in its favor, either. “A shellfish allergy increases the likelihood that you will be allergic to cicada, so it’s better to be safe than sorry and abstain from land arthropods if you can’t eat their sea swimming cousins.” Can animals safely eat cicadas?
I'm definitely giving these a try this year.

DEM LIBURLS TRYINA MAKE ME EAT BUGS!!

How you gonna cut off half the recipe?

"Halved, the nymphs reveal a surprisingly meaty, white interior. After eating one that was simply blanched, I thought it resembled what a tofu-filled M&M might taste like, with its crisp shell giving way to a spongy, earthy interior."
The Chef Cooking a Cicada Recipe for Every Palate

plz help, my cicadas keep dying before the several hours are up

Uh…. No.

What you have made is hush puppies with a crunch.

Exaxtly, Land Shrimps. No much difference between shrimps and cicades or grasshoppers. Same as in schrimps and crabs, you must put of the exosqueleto and wings. snails are also in the diet in a lot of countries, the girls even smear their lips with crushed insects (Carmine, made from Dactylopius coccus)
- So. Guess what I'm allergic to...
  My issue with "You will eat bugs" isn't eww, it's "Guess I'll die."
  
  You can have an allergy to any food, others are allergic to peanuts, strawberries or beef. It is an individual problem that does not prevent including shrimps or grasshoppers in the diet of people who like them. Things of custom and tradition. But the offer is one thing and the obligation to eat them is another, which does not exist.