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Periodic cicadas, often incorrectly called 17-year locusts, emerge from the ground in huge numbers over a short period of time, and then disappear for more than a decade. This burst of activity gets a lot of attention (well, they're hard to miss as you're crunching down a suburban sidewalk), including recipes. [MORE]
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Cicada Recipes
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Small collection including Cicada-Portobello Quiche, Cicada-cheese wonton, and Curried Cicadas and Chickpeas, from University of Cincinnati Biology professor Janet L. Stein Carter.
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Cicada-licious
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University of Maryland Cookbook has recipes for appetizers, main dishes and desserts. Includes an introduction to entomophgy and sample list of insects eaten around the world. [PDF]
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In the Kitchen With Mother Linda: Cicada Craze
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Includes recipes for Southern Cicada Tartletts and Cincinnati Cicada Stir-Fry, with links to other sources.
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NPR : The Cicadas Are Coming!
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Instructions on collecting them, and recipes for fried soft-shelled cicadas, El Chirper Tacos, and Cicada Rhubarb Pie.
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Our Friend, the Cicada
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Information about the 17-year Cicada music, and fact and fantasy. Includes recipe for cicadas boiled with anise in rice wine.
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Washington Post: Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat
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Discusses how to harvest and prepare soft-shelled cicadas as they emerge from the ground, and some restaurants that plan to serve them. (Free registration required.)
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