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Health & Fitness

Cicadas - "It's What's For Dinner!"

So just what does a cicada taste like?

With cicadas in a lot of places around our area (although unfortunately not in East Brunswick!), there have been many news reports about eating them. So it only made sense to give it a whirl and see what they taste like. We chose to barbeque them yesterday and Sam made a short video about our adventure in insect eating (It should be noted that Andrew Zimmern from Bizzare Foods is my hero).

The video is on Youtube @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nVT1-gC4rk&feature=em-upload_owner

I'd like to say they taste like tiny land lobsters or root-fed beef, but alas, you will simply have to watch the video to find out.  

The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission are interested in your observations of cidadas. We are also holding the first Moth Night of the year at Dallenbach's this Friday night. Join us! It's free and fun and who knows what we might find. Click this link for Moth Night info

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