Thread: Nonrev Correspondent - Chicago

I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about! I grew up on the southern Plains west of the Mississippi where cicadas are annual.

And they're tasty too!

Cicada Stir-Fry
Ingredients:
1 onion, minced
2 tbsps fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped
1 tbsp fresh gingerroot, minced
3/4 cup sliced carrots
3/4 cup chopped cauliflower and/or broccoli
1 can water chestnuts
3/4cup bean sprouts
3/4cup snow peas
40 blanched teneral cicadas

Directions:
1. Capture cicadas at night as they emerge from the ground. Blanche for 1 minute in boiling water. They can now be stored in freezer or used immediately in recipes.
2. In a wok or other suitable pan, heat a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add ingredients in the order listed above when those in the most recent addition are partially cooked.
3. Serve over whole-grain rice and add soy sauce to taste

Below is a photo taken by our neighbor. One had landed on my towel while we were out by our pool.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Randy:
I'm not really sure what all the fuss is about! I grew up on the southern Plains west of the Mississippi where cicadas are annual.

And they're tasty too! </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Don't tell me, it's a delicacy. *THUD*
"...In a wok or other suitable pan....."
Randy have you seen the cicadas in the northern Chicago suburbs.... they're refueling at O'Hare!

Keep'em flying

yuk

Exactly!

Keep'em flying

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Anyone have photos.....Randy?

Southwest news release

Check out this link:

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