Good stuff mate. Love the nickname 'bush prawn' haha I've been wanting to try cicadas for a while. I'll have to do it before summer's over. So you don't eat the head?
@@Australian_Outdoor_man I had no idea Australia had cicadas. Our black widow spider is nearly identical to the redback spider there and we do have a marsupial here too, the Opossum. Strange, eh?
The Great Emergence is this spring for the Midwest in America. Planning a river camp with the boys and hope I get some to cook up. Cheers from Wisconsin. Keep up the great vids.
When I cooked up some cicadas a few years ago they had somewhat of a shrimpy texture (the meat), the flavor wasn't appealing unless you had seasoned it with salt, garlic, etc. Boiling was worse.
simplest recipe yet. Been eating them occasionally for 30 years. In good years, I freeze some for Halloween alternative with candy, and they always go fast, even to parents.
Many ways to cook and eat them stir fry with noodles, fry in peanut oil and put in salad, stuff in a jalapeno pepper breaded and fried, make Navajo Taco's with fried cicada's. I've made at least 30 dishes with them not counting desserts! You eat the whole cicada!
We are expecting a record bunch of Cicadas here in North Carolina. I have been eating bugs for a while as well as my Scout troop. After frying do you take the wings as well as the legs off. If you eat the whole thing does the upper body take away from the peanut taste.??? I found grasshoppers as well as scorpions to be very tasty.
I've heard of people collecting them at night just as they emerge from their shells and soft all over. Then basically prepare exactly as you did and then eat the entire thing. Have you ever done them this way?
@@Australian_Outdoor_man Here in the US, we have a 17 years variety that will be emerging by the millions in a few weeks in about 7 states. I will have to give them a try, grilled and deep-fried.
I just can't get over the psychological aversion to eating a bug. It's silly I realize it, and I guess if I was starving I would devour them, but until then, I'll stick to beef and chicken!
Hahahah. I would definitely prefer beef or chicken. If you are stuck out in the bush it is not to bad. Garlic and Chilli make everything taste better.👍🍺🇦🇺❤