Cicadas that only emerge every 17 years have emerged in recent weeks in part of the United States, and since then, many have shared the best recipes to taste them …
But beware, warn the American health authorities: they are not for all stomachs!
A family bond with prawns
“Yep! We have to say it! Don’t eat cicadas if you are allergic to seafood since these insects have a family relationship with shrimp and lobsters,” the US drug agency tweeted Wednesday, the FDA.
These “cicadas”, estimated by entomologists at billions, spend almost two decades underground before emerging, molting, mating, laying eggs and then dying. This year, their arrival was late – and scattered – due in particular to the cold and heavy downpours in some areas.
But the craze for these insects with orange-red eyes and golden wings does not seem to have been affected. And in addition to the birds and dogs who have fed on them, sometimes giving them stomach aches, humans have also taken out their frying pans to fry them. And then make sushi from it, like chef Bun Lai who campaigns for sustainable food. He recently invited Washington residents to a park bug hunt, followed by a free tasting of fried cicada sushi, on social media.
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