A Tasty Treat of Cicadas!!?

Rita~'s Note:

If you dare! This is being posted because this is the year of the 17 year Cicadas. And because I wanted to post in a topic going on now at zaar (What is your least popular recipe?). I'm sure I'm not going to make it. And I can't imagine how popular it will be. I found this in a news paper and they got it from food-insects.com. If you dare, use newly hatched cicadas. Because their shells have not hardened yet. I guess like eating a soft shell crab. OK I'm guessing on amounts. The cooking time I'm thinking they are like large shrimp so I figure 3 minutes for cooking. I'm putting it in the Appetizers course even though I don't find it appetizing! You know we'll see by the end of the summer if I make them. They say it's high protein.

• Total Time: 13 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 5 gutsy p ...

• 5 cicadas, wings and legs removed if shells are hard
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs or 1/2 cup panko
• 1/4 cup seafood cocktail sauce

Directions:

1. Marinate cicadas in Worcestershire sauce at least 1 hours.
2. Dip into flour, egg then into breadcrumbs.
3. Deep fry and serve with cocktail sauce if you dare.

Reviews

[Dienia B.]

5 gusty people ? funny

[Ingy]

The cicadas here in Japan are the size of birds -- I'm not brave enough to have one land on me, so it might be a bit hard to ingest them. Thanks for the laugh, though!