Poaching Cicadas?

[JP4CY]

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[BoxsterCy]

As a naturalized Wisconsinsite I was like 'Hey!' but then I was like 'Yeah that's basically true'.

I don't hunt so don't know that much about deer management other than stuff I won't mention since it's caveish and since I don't fish for walleye the more the merrier so those folks can go out there and jig all day for the same fish over and over again while I get plenty of space.

Truth be told it's what I usually say about MnDNR and I just tossed it over WDNR.

 

[stormchaser2014]

I lived in Lake Geneva during the last cicada emergence. It is insane. I remember the larvae completely covering the sidewalk, and I had no idea what was going on at first.

It’s hard to describe how loud and how many there were, without seeing it, it’s honestly hard to believe.

I've heard people say they'll be driving with the windows up, air on full blast, and you can still hear the buzzing.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

The Do Nothing Rangers?

 

[cedarstrip]

You put them in a bottle of malort, like a tequila worm.

 

[cyputz]

Crap, I thought I was going to read about a Biking Group for RAGBRAI!

 

[cyclonemagic]

Mustard's good on 'em to me.

We barbeque them down here in Texas. Smothering them in XXX HOT XXX barbeque sauce is the best.

 

[NWICY]

Who is the "you" in that question?

When I clicked on the thread I thought you were poaching them like eggs and doing a Anthony Bourdain type deal.

 

[Mr Janny]

When I clicked on the thread I thought you were poaching them like eggs and doing a Anthony Bourdain type deal.

The similarity of insects to a wide variety of tasty sea creatures is not lost on me, but I'm not ready to cross that particular threshold just yet. Maybe in some post-nuclear dystopian future, I'll grab a Cheesy Cicada Chalupa at the drive-thru at the Taco Bell on the way to the Bullet Farm, but until then, I'll pass.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

The similarity of insects to a wide variety of tasty sea creatures is not lost on me, but I'm not ready to cross that particular threshold just yet. Maybe in some post-nuclear dystopian future, I'll grab a Cheesy Cicada Chalupa at the drive-thru at the Taco Bell on the way to the Bullet Farm, but until then, I'll pass.

If you're hungry enough, you'd eat the crap out of some cicadas. Crawfish are probably pretty similar now that I'm think of it.

 

[NorthCyd]

We barbeque them down here in Texas. Smothering them in XXX HOT XXX barbeque sauce is the best.

Apparently this is a thing, but I'll pass...

From Dinner Parties to Restaurants, Cicadas Are Landing in the Kitchen

Professional and amateur chefs nationwide are preparing to serve cicada dishes as the rare double brooding begins

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[CascadeClone]

I lived in Lake Geneva during the last cicada emergence. It is insane. I remember the larvae completely covering the sidewalk, and I had no idea what was going on at first.

It’s hard to describe how loud and how many there were, without seeing it, it’s honestly hard to believe.

Oddly, we haven't seen any at our place this year (in CR).

Usually we have one or two in the yard thru the summer croaking along, and then we have a bunch of cicada killer wasps that burrow by the garage. This year, I have seen/heard exactly zero cicadas, and have not seen the CK nests either. I don't understand it. Was expecting a boatload of both.

OTOH, a friend went on a trail ride on her horse, and ran into a cicada swarm so bad that it freaked out her horse, who refused to go on, and they had to turn back. She said both she and horse were completely covered in them, like a horror movie. She has a pretty high gross-out factor, but this one got to her...

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Last time the cicada hatch was around here, I came across a family of SE Asian heritage with burlap sacks filled to the brim. Those sacks could have held 100 helium balloons. There is clearly a use in some cultures. They were harvesting off the trees around saylorville lake

Apparently this is a thing, but I'll pass...

From Dinner Parties to Restaurants, Cicadas Are Landing in the Kitchen

Professional and amateur chefs nationwide are preparing to serve cicada dishes as the rare double brooding begins

www.smithsonianmag.com

From the article: Today, cicadas are a popular street food and ingredient in countries like Thailand and Mexico, among others. In China, catching and selling cicadas as food is highly profitable, with local cicada catchers making 10,000 yuan ($1,410) a month.

I'm not opposed to trying something new, but I I'm not there yet. However, if someone wants to come and harvest the noisy bastards by my house, have at it.

 

[Jer]

I did hear online about people cooking them or dipping them in chocolate.

The human race really is beyond help at this point. Humans need to first gain Natural Intelligence before wasting time on Artificial Intelligence.

 

[StClone]

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Is a fungus turning cicadas into horny zombies transmissible to humans?​

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/06/nx-s1-4994999/cicada-fungus-std-zombies

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

The human race really is beyond help at this point.

Americans are just sissies.

 

[StClone]

DNR in Wisconsin is paid to manage the woods as deer farms and the lakes as walleye aquariums, not sure WTF they are doing talking about cicada. BTW, some of the comments on that article are pretty golden.

Okay, full disclosure, I don't have that much respect for WDNR after years of dealing with those jerks. MnDNR guys were pretty decent when they were not being overridden by politics, basically really professional when they were allowed to be. IDNR was pretty meh, they didn't do much of anything pro or con when coordinating with them.

I worked for the IDNR back in the 80s and then my job was all about locating and documenting the last remaining locations of plants and animals. The WDNR is an extension of the political system. The MDNR is likely much better than either. Take for instance their refreshingly holistic Wolf management.