Snacking on Cicadas Is Nutritious, Sustainable, and—Yes—Delicious
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Scientific American
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🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Bird's Eye Chicken Dippers. |
| 0:05.0 | Whether you like cooking or parenting podcasts, it's safe to say we've all got different tastes, |
| 0:10.0 | and that's fine. |
| 0:11.0 | So whatever you dip your chicken dippers in, |
| 0:13.2 | catch up, mayo or even gravy, it's all good. |
| 0:16.6 | If you're after a convenient and tasty mealtime or snack, |
| 0:20.0 | then pick up some bird's eye chicken dippers |
| 0:22.3 | at a major supermarket today. |
| 0:24.4 | For chicken worth dipping, it better be bird's eye. |
| 0:30.0 | Maybe it's a delicacy. |
| 0:32.0 | Maybe it's something that we enjoy doing. Maybe we just want to have a |
| 0:37.3 | butter fried chocolate covered cakeda because it's delicious. If your lawn is currently flooded with cicadas, you might be looking for a way to get rid of these noisy little invaders, but have you thought about just eating them? |
| 0:57.2 | Some cultures consider insects a delicacy and billions of humans eat them on a regular basis. |
| 1:02.4 | Others relegate bug consumption to school. billions of humans eat them on a regular basis. |
| 1:02.8 | Others relegate bug consumption to schoolyard dares and those weird little novelty |
| 1:07.6 | lollipops, remember those? |
| 1:09.6 | But increasingly, skeptical folks are coming around to the idea that insects might just taste good. |
| 1:16.0 | Slimy yet satisfying. |
| 1:18.6 | And I've brought in my favorite insect eating ambassador and chef Joseph Eun. |
| 1:23.1 | To tell us all about nymph kimchi, deep-pride cicadas, |
| 1:26.4 | and other delicious dishes you can prepare with ingredients |
| 1:29.9 | plucked fresh from your own backyard. |
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