Re: Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat

[Guest guest]

Insects are closely related to crustaceans (shrimp and lobster). The

article states that when we eat crustaceans we're eating " insects from the

sea " . I'll let you all know if I'm brave enough to try a cicada (next month

when they hatch in droves around here). I love seafood so I'm bound to like

cicadas.

on 4/16/2004 10:19 PM, Stern at cynthialstern@... wrote:

> Well, if you think about it (and, frankly, I'd rather

> NOT), crabs and lobsters look a lot like insects. And

> they may just taste like some insects, too: A Belgian

> fellow who worked in the Congo, living with and

> studying the native tribes, wrote that the giant

> termites that were considered to be a delicacy by the

> Pygmy tribes tasted exactly like lobster (after being

> briefly spit-roasted). Other culturally-acceptable

> delicacies from the ocean are probably also

> revolting--IF they are compared with earth-bound

> creepy-crawlies. It's been said that the first person

> to think of eating an oyster was probably a very brave

> soul (or perhaps merely a very hungry one).

>

[Guest guest]

Do they contain any special chemicals we need, that we can't get from other sources?

----- Original Message -----

From: Francesca Skelton

Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:02 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat

Insects are closely related to crustaceans (shrimp and lobster). Thearticle states that when we eat crustaceans we're eating "insects from thesea". I'll let you all know if I'm brave enough to try a cicada (next monthwhen they hatch in droves around here). I love seafood so I'm bound to likecicadas.