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[Hoppy2bmerry]

Never thought I'd be considering the terroir of tree shrimp.

Consider that they probably taste like dirt, um I mean have an Earthy flavor.

 

[Kent88]

According to kumah's book they taste kind of nutty.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

According to kumah's book they taste kind of nutty.

Yeah after posting my thought I did a search…
Claims about what they taste like vary, with some people comparing them to shrimp, others to asparagus and a few people even mentioning peanut butter.Mar 31, 2021
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...he only,people even mentioning peanut butter.

14 Fun Facts About Cicadas | Science | Smithsonian Magazine​

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...he only,people even mentioning peanut butter.
smithsonianmag.co
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...he only,people even mentioning peanut butter.
Sorry the three flavors mentioned are not similar at all. <green> Could be what people say when something tastes like dirt but they jus don’t want to admit it. </green>

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/03/28/Guinness-World-Records-human-fountain/9021711647353/

 

[Kent88]

Could be what people say when something tastes like dirt but they jus don’t want to admit it.

Only one way for you to find out.

 

[Sailingeric]

I grew up in South Georgia and remember the cicada sounds and shells on the trees and my MIL lives in Alabama and 3 or 4 years ago my friend who does home remodels and I went to Alabama to do a bathroom remodel on her house and he had never been to the deep south and when the cicadas would start their sound (and it was not that many) I would tell him, "be careful, it is the Alabama tree snake."

 

[Closet Fermenter]

Consider that they probably taste like dirt, um I mean have an Earthy flavor.

Actually, they taste kinda buttery. I picked up one I was showing to my troop, fresh out of the bug shell. It was was just hanging out waiting for its wings to dry and harden. I just ripped off his head, legs, and outer shell and popped him in my mouth.
The boys were impressed; at least the ones that didn’t nearly puke.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yuck.

 

[balrog]

just ripped off his head, legs, and outer shell and popped him in my mouth

I wouldn't do that with a Cicadia.

Or a shrimp.

 

[Closet Fermenter]

I wouldn't do that with a Cicadia.

Or a shrimp.

No fear; still here.

 

[Kent88]

Well, this isn't tree shrimp

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/japan-sato-only-name-by-2531-marriage-law

 

[Rish]

^^Looks like he used one data point to make this prediction.

 

[Deadalus]

^^Looks like he used one data point to make this prediction.

He should know better than that but then again he is a professor of economy.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Err chaps, why are you talking about eating cicadas?

This is a brewing site, they have flavour and some fermentable carbohydrates....

 

[Kent88]

Idk ask Rish

 

[jschein]

https://www.redbankgreen.com/2024/04/red-bank-teaching-new-jersey-drivers-to-pump-their-own-040124/

 

[Sailingeric]

Wish we had those classes here in Oregon when they started Self Serve last year.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

https://www.redbankgreen.com/2024/04/red-bank-teaching-new-jersey-drivers-to-pump-their-own-040124/

Growing up outside of Philly I can clearly remember the look of shock on the face (near horror) of a Jersey girl I was seeing when I got to fill my tank on a trip we were on. She had never been out of the state and completely shocked that there was no special training required to do such a dangerous task...

 

[Rish]

some fermentable carbohydrates....

Wonder what the PPG is?

 

[Skeeter686]

Wonder what the PPG is?

Wouldja believe there was a Zymurgy article on brewing with cicadas 20 years ago?

"By May 22, Marler had accumulated enough cicadas to brew 12 gallons of barleywine, which he called CicadAle."

 

[jschein]

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/...kage/103-743706bf-e8d0-46f3-bace-cdf011f16185

 

[bruce_the_loon]

https://theconversation.com/body-ar...tly-cutting-edge-idea-is-centuries-old-227475

 

[Closet Fermenter]

Growing up outside of Philly I can clearly remember the look of shock on the face (near horror) of a Jersey girl I was seeing when I got to fill my tank on a trip we were on. She had never been out of the state and completely shocked that there was no special training required to do such a dangerous task...

When I was a kid, I used to fill the tank for my mom while she sat in the car. It was no big deal; saw many attendants and my dad do it countless times.

I was kind of sad when the attendants went away when I was a kid. Usually it was an older fellow who would flirt with my mom, and give bubble gum or a sucker to me and my brother. They’d check oil, water, air pressure, and wash the windows. It was all a fascinating show for two little boys watching this old gent move about like a ballerina with his air hose, water hose, squeegee, and that mysterious little tool he kept in his pocket to check the tires. We actually got excited to hear we were going to get gas! My kids have never seen anyone besides their parents pump our gas.

 

[Brew_Dude41]

When I was a kid, I used to fill the tank for my mom while she sat in the car. It was no big deal; saw many attendants and my dad do it countless times.

I was kind of sad when the attendants went away when I was a kid. Usually it was an older fellow who would flirt with my mom, and give bubble gum or a sucker to me and my brother. They’d check oil, water, air pressure, and wash the windows. It was all a fascinating show for two little boys watching this old gent move about like a ballerina with his air hose, water hose, squeegee, and that mysterious little tool he kept in his pocket to check the tires. We actually got excited to hear we were going to get gas! My kids have never seen anyone besides their parents pump our gas.

Not sure I remember the attendants doing that but certainly remember my dad doing it with the old Nova we had. It got 50 miles/quart as he said and we need to top off the oil constantly. That was the old school cans with the separate spout that needed to jabbed through the top of the can...

 

[Northern_Brewer]

https://theconversation.com/body-ar...tly-cutting-edge-idea-is-centuries-old-227475

A good summary of recent efforts to commercialise silk and spider silk :
https://www.wired.com/story/the-race-to-put-silk-in-nearly-everything/

Although a team here claim that they have a protein that is multiple times stronger than silk, called talin, which cells use to detect mechanical forces (this article isn't very good but it's a fascinating molecule, which exposes protein binding sites as it stretches)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65468298

 

[day_trippr]

Pretty much seals the "No cicada tacos for me, thanks!" deal

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/world/cicada-fungus-zombie-scn/index.html

 

[Kent88]

Yeah, you don't want to ingest fungus, trippr. That'd be gross.

 

[doug293cz]

Yeah, you don't want to ingest fungus, trippr. That'd be gross.

No mushrooms for you!

Brew on

 

[Kent88]

I was thinking about a different kind of "soup" that fungi plays a big part in the making of.

 

[balrog]

Pretty much seals the "No cicada tacos for me, thanks!" deal

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/world/cicada-fungus-zombie-scn/index.html

Oh Whale No!