OT: The Official 2021 Return Of The Brood X Cicada Discussion Thread

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FDA says to avoid eating cicadas 'if you're allergic to seafood'​

FDA says to avoid eating cicadas 'if you're allergic to seafood' | CNN

Cicadas might seem like a crispy, protein-packed snack, but people with seafood allergies should think twice about eating them, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.

www.cnn.com

 

[RUevolution36]

was in princeton running some errands and picking up food. they're f'ing loud and everywhere there. just carcasses all over the sidewalks and street. driving home, they were pinging off the windshield left and right.

 

[fsg2]

So did anyone eat one yet?

 

[vkj91]

Not a peep up here.

But.......

We drove back up from Charlottesville yesterday: from Northern Virginia (Front Royal) all the way up through the MD/PA border (when the trees finally disappeared) we could literally hear the cicadas while doing 80 on the highway with the windows open.

There are a handful at Babour pond but nothing crazy

 

[ScarletteK80]

So did anyone eat one yet?

Only real men eat cicada's!

 

[mildone]

Only real men eat cicada's!

Yeah, like me.

When it comes to Cicadas, I pick them up and put them down. Then I eat them. 💪






😀

 

[knightfan7]

At the Memorial Tourney in Ohio they're pretty loud on the broadcast.

 

[Source]

Mmmmmmmm..... tossed cicada salad, fresh cicada milk, New England boiled cicada, ooooooooh I HATES CICADAS!

 

[ScarletteK80]

Yeah, like me.

When it comes to Cicadas, I pick them up and put them down. Then I eat them. 💪






😀

Not that I should ask, but, you chew them, or swallow them whole?

 

[ScarletteK80]

Mmmmmmmm..... tossed cicada salad, fresh cicada milk, New England boiled cicada, ooooooooh I HATES CICADAS!

So, there is a cookbook out there? If not, maybe we can gather our Rutgers brains(or what's left of them) and publish a book.

 

[bac2therac]

Finally got pics of cicadas coming out and fresh out of their nymph skin all fresh and white

What a beauty

Enjoy this slide of pics

Fresh cicada out of shell

 

[mildone]

Not that I should ask, but, you chew them, or swallow them whole?

You should always ask. LOL.

I just add 'em to the other exotic ingredients I use when blending myself my twice-daily protein drinks (in a juicer). Like all real men do. 🙂

In the mornings, when I do the Rocky-style three raw eggs in a glass thing, instead of a protein drink, I like to toss a few in my mouth whole and munch on them, washing them down with the raw egg. Ya know, while they're still alive and kicking.

A great way to start the day. Well... maybe not so much for the cicadas.

 

[Source]

Not that I should ask, but, you chew them, or swallow them whole?

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips​

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips - Washingtonian

The last time a massive swarm of cicadas emerged in Washington 17 years ago, University of Maryland graduate school student Jenna Jadin published Cicada-Licious: Cooking and Enjoying Periodical Cicadas. The cookbook breaks down the best ways to prepare the insects, and nearly two decades later...

www.washingtonian.com

 

[rurichdog]

Hiked along the D&R towpath and Carnegie Lake. It sounded like Route 1 was the cutoff point. All the cicada racket was coming from the west, only heard road noise from the east.

 

[okieKnight908]

 

[bac2therac]

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But why?

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips​

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips - Washingtonian

The last time a massive swarm of cicadas emerged in Washington 17 years ago, University of Maryland graduate school student Jenna Jadin published Cicada-Licious: Cooking and Enjoying Periodical Cicadas. The cookbook breaks down the best ways to prepare the insects, and nearly two decades later...

www.washingtonian.com

So gross and vile…attention whores…

 

[Joey Bags]

Still haven’t seen a single one in somerset county. Why is there such a huge concentration in Princeton?

 

[Zak57]

Still haven’t seen a single one in somerset county. Why is there such a huge concentration in Princeton?

Just throwing this out there but I would think because the ground hasn't been dug up that much since the campus is so old.

 

[Source]

Still haven’t seen a single one in somerset county. Why is there such a huge concentration in Princeton?

Maybe the soil in more southern places like Princeton have hit the magic temp for the cicadas to emerge while places further north in New Jersey aren't quite there yet.

NCDC’s Data Help Track the Emergence of Periodical Cicadas | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

NCDC’s U.S. Climate Reference Network data are aiding in a citizen-science project to predict the 17-year cicadas’ emergence.

www.ncdc.noaa.gov

 

[rurichdog]

Is Philly Being Snubbed Again?

By cicadas?

www.anspblog.org

 

[bac2therac]

Still haven’t seen a single one in somerset county. Why is there such a huge concentration in Princeton?

Development over time decimated the population.

Today i am hearing them loudly in the fields in Pike Run in Montgomery which is surprising. The rains followed by the heat will push out the stragglers. Perfect conditions...We should be peaking between now and next weekend. They will be in their operatic glory

If you have the time take a trek up to Princeton or Skillman Park off of rt 601. This only comes around every 17 years so its worth it

 

[CERU00]

Development over time decimated the population.

Today i am hearing them loudly in the fields in Pike Run in Montgomery which is surprising. The rains followed by the heat will push out the stragglers. Perfect conditions...We should be peaking between now and next weekend. They will be in their operatic glory

If you have the time take a trek up to Princeton or Skillman Park off of rt 601. This only comes around every 17 years so its worth it

They've been out for a couple weeks now in Delaware and some people are still asking "what's that continuous alarm sound I hear all day?". 😂😂 These are people posting on a neighborhood app... It certainly makes me wonder about people.

 

[Joey Bacala]

Southern Hunterdon/Northern Mercer County (Hopewell/West Amwell/Lambertville area) and I haven’t heard or seen a damn thing yet from these cicadas.

 

[ClassOf02]

Southern Hunterdon/Northern Mercer County (Hopewell/West Amwell/Lambertville area) and I haven’t heard or seen a damn thing yet from these cicadas.

That’s where I am too. Not a damn peep.

 

[bac2therac]

If you haven't heard them by now you won't be getting them

However in another month or so the annual cicadas will start to emerge

 

[rurichdog]

If you haven't heard them by now you won't be getting them

However in another month or so the annual cicadas will start to emerge

Followed by all the "Ohhhh I hear them now!" posts...

 

[RUevolution36]

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Wife and I have been goaded and dared into trying this later today. .. successfully. Will report back.

 

[ScarletteK80]

You should always ask. LOL.

I just add 'em to the other exotic ingredients I use when blending myself my twice-daily protein drinks (in a juicer). Like all real men do. 🙂

In the mornings, when I do the Rocky-style three raw eggs in a glass thing, instead of a protein drink, I like to toss a few in my mouth whole and munch on them, washing them down with the raw egg. Ya know, while they're still alive and kicking.

A great way to start the day. Well... maybe not so much for the cicadas.

OK, you are either really whacked, or just busting chops.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Southern Hunterdon/Northern Mercer County (Hopewell/West Amwell/Lambertville area) and I haven’t heard or seen a damn thing yet from these cicadas.

Same here in Passaic County (although @vkj91 indicates there may be some down by Barbour Pond - haven't visited there yet), and my backyard looks out on the High Mountain State Preserve. So I'm very surprised I see and hear nothing.

 

[mildone]

OK, you are either really whacked, or just busting chops.

Both. 🙂

Actually, not both. I wasn't looking to bust anybody's chops. I have a weird and twisted sense of humor and enjoy a bit of fiction for the sake of humor.

So yeah, I'm totally whacked but just having some fun w/this stuff. Only way I'd ever eat any kind of insect intentionally would be if the alternative was starvation.

 

[DJ Spanky]

OK, you are either really whacked, or just busting chops.

mildone? Busting chops? Never!!!

 

[ScarletteK80]

Both. 🙂

Actually, not both. I wasn't looking to bust anybody's chops. I have a weird and twisted sense of humor and enjoy a bit of fiction for the sake of humor.

So yeah, I'm totally whacked but just having some fun w/this stuff. Only way I'd ever eat any kind of insect intentionally would be if the alternative was starvation.

OK, I feel better now.

 

[ScarletteK80]

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips​

The Author of a Popular Cicada Cookbook Shares Her Bug Eating Tips - Washingtonian

The last time a massive swarm of cicadas emerged in Washington 17 years ago, University of Maryland graduate school student Jenna Jadin published Cicada-Licious: Cooking and Enjoying Periodical Cicadas. The cookbook breaks down the best ways to prepare the insects, and nearly two decades later...

www.washingtonian.com

No comment.

 

[ScarletteK80]

Both. 🙂

Actually, not both. I wasn't looking to bust anybody's chops. I have a weird and twisted sense of humor and enjoy a bit of fiction for the sake of humor.

So yeah, I'm totally whacked but just having some fun w/this stuff. Only way I'd ever eat any kind of insect intentionally would be if the alternative was starvation.

OK, I won't worry about you too much then.

 

[RUevolution36]

No cicada ice cream for me. Went after dinner last night. The person taking orders said that they ran out of it 30 min after opening.

 

[ScarletteK80]

No cicada ice cream for me. Went after dinner last night. The person taking orders said that they ran out of it 30 min after opening.

Where was that? Maybe cockroaches will be next, never a short supply of them.

 

[BigRnj]

Just throwing this out there but I would think because the ground hasn't been dug up that much since the campus is so old.

I was in Princeton last week and it was crazy loud in residential areas too. Interestingly, parts of Rutgers are quite old and untouched (the ecological preserve on Livingston for instance) but all is quite just 20 or so miles north of Princeton.

 

[RUevolution36]

Where was that? Maybe cockroaches will be next, never a short supply of them.

The Bent Spoon in Princeton

 

[Jm0513]

The Bent Spoon in Princeton

They kill the bugs to make ice cream?
Seems cruel and disgusting.
I guess they kill animals for food so why would I think this is any different.