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MineralMan

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6. Sadly, we won't be seeing them here in Minnesota.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2013, 12:54 PM

May 2013

I'll just have to settle for sauteed box elder beetles, I suppose. Bummer.

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Hey, East Coasters with plentiful cicadas in your yard, here are some yummy cicada recipes [View all] cali May 2013 OP

It's tricky to get fresh soft shelled ones jberryhill May 2013 #1

No thank you. HappyMe May 2013 #2

I always thought june bugs looked like beer nuts Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #5

Well, they're both crunchy. HappyMe May 2013 #7

Am I drunk or did one of these Beer Nuts just sprout wings and fly away? Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #8

The only 2 options - HappyMe May 2013 #9

That's no june bug Cirque du So-What May 2013 #12

That's a strange looking Beer Nut. Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #13

Isn't it though? Cirque du So-What May 2013 #14

The beer nut has barbed legs Aerows May 2013 #17

Chapulines! Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #18

What's the difference between a beer nut and a deer nut? MattBaggins May 2013 #21

How much you have had to drink. Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #22

Beer nuts are a $1.59 MattBaggins May 2013 #24

HAHA!! Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #25

As a kid...hundreds of years ago..we used to tie a string around their hind legs angstlessk May 2013 #19

I've heard of that Cirque du So-What May 2013 #20

You musta gone to some sort of summer camp..I went one year..and hurt my arm in archery angstlessk May 2013 #30

Actually, no Cirque du So-What May 2013 #34

What a great childhood and story...we were crabbers and used to bring home a bushel of crabs angstlessk May 2013 #35

Sounds great Cirque du So-What May 2013 #36

How about poking a bunch of 'em on a stick and grilling them? nt clarice May 2013 #3

I have always wanted to try them Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #4

Maybe freeze them for later? Mnemosyne May 2013 #26

Cryogenic Cicadas! I like it! Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #27

It does sound like syfy potential series! Cicadacicles! Frozen cicaffles! Damn, now I'm hungry! nt Mnemosyne May 2013 #29

Sadly, we won't be seeing them here in Minnesota. MineralMan May 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author JimDandy May 2013 #32

Cicadamania! Tanuki May 2013 #10

OMFG Aerows May 2013 #11

Do you like shrimp or lobster? Cirque du So-What May 2013 #15

Let me taste it first Aerows May 2013 #16

No. It just grosses me out to think they are giant insects. I am a coward anneboleyn May 2013 #31

What about the cicada-cicada-spam-with-cicada-spam-and-more-spam recipe?? skip fox May 2013 #23

Or if you're not in the mood for cooking, why not just go out? KamaAina May 2013 #28

Kicking and reccing for the eeeew factor. n/ t JimDandy May 2013 #33

Gross! n-t Logical May 2013 #37