Brianna Keilar ate a cicada on CNN New Day

[Peppertoo]

To talk about the sustainability aspect of eating insects as well as the fear factor.

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. I can't watch, but did they at least give her some dipping sauce? nt

[msfiddlestix]

2. no way. my impression of her is a very level headed pundit.

bet she had a chocolate kisses instead.

[jimfields33]

3. Disgusting especially on national television that is broadcast in

General population areas like airports where children may watch.

[Peppertoo]

4. I think kids would be ok with it.

[jimfields33]

5. I bet a lot shut their eyes at the grossness of it

Look we don’t know what diseases they carry. They may be dangerous.

[EYESORE 9001]

13. I welcome the prospect of cicada disease

Who wouldn’t wanna become a mind-controlled sex zombie?

[Nevilledog]

23. So long as you're okay with losing your butt

[Ms. Toad]

36. Massospora - be afraid - - - be very, very afraid. n/t

[Retrograde]

11. What's disgusting about it?

TV shows people eating cows, chickens, and fish regularly, especially in commercials. Or is it that those are more processed, so people forget that their hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and fish filets were once living animals?

(If they're like grasshoppers, cicadas do need some preparation. But unless they've been doused with insecticides there's nothing harmful about eating them, says the person who willingly ate grasshoppers at a Oaxacan restaurant)

[Peppertoo]

21. Exactly.

[jimfields33]

28. I have never seen a person walk up to a living cow and take a bite out of it

Your example is so off the wall. Nor have I witnessed anybody eating the head off a chicken. Ok never a fish after catching it and take a bite from it. Seems silly by now, huh???

[Ms. Toad]

37. These are dead, not living. n/t

[Ferrets are Cool]

29. This

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

12. Ok Helen Lovejoy

[SoonerPride]

17. 😂

💯

[SoonerPride]

18. I hope you are kidding

If not, then you need to chillax bub.

[Kingofalldems]

34. I bet Fox news didn't like it.

[blm]

42. Ridiculous. Ever been inside a Children's Science Museum?

My daughter crunched down on a cricket when she was 7. If you asked her what she just ate she’d answer, “Protein”, and liked to call herself SurvivorKid after the SurvivorMan show.

[Hortensis]

6. "Are you serious?" Afraid he was. That's what they pay her the

big money for, but obviously dismayed and hoping he wasn't.

[Big Blue Marble]

7. Strange way to demonstrate food sustainability

with an insect that emerges basically once a generation.

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. That's why you don't see "Sweet Cicada Pie" on many dessert menus. nt

[Poiuyt]

33. There's someplace that offers cicada ice cream

[Buns_of_Fire]

35. Good on them. I hope I never discover it by accident, though.

That said, I wonder if they're in the ice cream or if they're at the toppings bar like sprinkles.

[FreeState]

20. There are annual ones too

Not all are 14-17 year cycles. The annual ones are 3-5 years and come up every year.

[dalton99a]

8. Lobster was once considered a food of poverty

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2021/05/28/cicadas-easy-to-cook-and-quite-tasty-taco-recipe/5170819001/

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. Pretty much every single creature alive aside from us eats bugs all the damn time

I'm sure some of them would be unhealthy for us to eat but frankly I doubt you'd ever think of eating most of them ... roaches, wasps and spiders come to mind.

That said ... I don't want to eat any of them.

[5X]

14. Keep it off your hands with gloves but stick it in your mouth.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. What I was thinking.

[Cosmocat]

45. I really like her, but that was my thought, too

if I need/want to wear latex gloves to avoid touching something, I ain't eating it.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I'd Try It

Good for her.
I'm a big fan, and this type of open boldness is a reason why.

[Peppertoo]

22. She is daring.

[blueinredohio]

19. I wonder if it tasted like chicken.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Only if it was at the bottom of a mezcal bottle. Then, maybe. nt

[kentuck]

25. That was unbelievable!

She snapped off a big bite and never even made a face!

She said, "It's delicious!"

[Oneironaut]

26. The guest is so spicy!

This is really gross, though. I can’t imagine eating something with insect wings and legs popping out of my mouth when chewing. Yuck!

[GulfCoast66]

27. Huh. I'd like to try them.

I’ve had grasshopper ls and meal worms and they were fine.

[Raine]

30. Disgusting to even think about

just glad I didn't see it! I hate when talking heads do crap like that on TV!

[Stuart G]

31. Thank You...When you think you have seen it all...Yes, there is always more!!!

Eating dead cicadas....certainly defines........... "MORE"....."MORE".....AND .............."MORE".........

[Orangepeel]

32. eh. I don't want to eat a cicada, but I eat shrimp, and those are practically sea bugs

it is all cultural

[Buckeye_Democrat]

38. They're arthropods like lobsters or crabs.

I saw Keilar eat the prepared cicada this morning. I think she said it tasted like crab to her.

Large arthropods and mollusks ruled this world after the Cambrian explosion, when our distant chordate ancestors like Pikaia were surely hiding most of the time.

[LeftInTX]

39. All insects are arthropods

I think fish and crustaceans get their flavor from the algae and bacteria in the water...

[Peppertoo]

40. Did she say crab or clam?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

41. Maybe she said clam (a mollusk)?

I didn't watch the video again from the OP, so I might've heard or remembered it wrong.

Edit:
Lol, I just watched the video in this thread and it was cut off after he asked what it reminded her of.
The guy mentioned arthropods after her reply, so that might've thrown me off if she indeed said clam.

[Peppertoo]

43. She said soft shelled clams

There is a Twitter version that plays longer.

[smirkymonkey]

44. No way.

Here's the part where I go straight to vegetarianism.