Cicadas

See also:

• Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Living Things: Animals: Invertebrates: Insects: Cicadas and Aphids  (5)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada  (20)

Cicada Recipes - - Small collection including Cicada-Portobello Quiche, Cicada-cheese wonton, and Curried Cicadas and Chickpeas, from University of Cincinnati Biology professor Janet L. Stein Carter.

Cicada-licious - - University of Maryland Cookbook has recipes for appetizers, main dishes and desserts. Includes an introduction to entomophgy and sample list of insects eaten around the world. [PDF.

In the Kitchen With Mother Linda: Cicada Craze - - Includes recipes for Southern Cicada Tartletts and Cincinnati Cicada Stir-Fry, with links to other sources.

Our Friend, the Cicada - - Information about the 17-year Cicada music, and fact and fantasy. Includes recipe for cicadas boiled with anise in rice wine.

NPR : The Cicadas Are Coming! - - Instructions on collecting them, and recipes for fried soft-shelled cicadas, El Chirper Tacos, and Cicada Rhubarb Pie. (May 16, 2004)

Washington Post: Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat - - Discusses how to harvest and prepare soft-shelled cicadas as they emerge from the ground, and some restaurants that plan to serve them. (Free registration required.) (April 16, 2004)