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Comment on land shrimp
GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
So like, do you have to de-shell them or do you just eat them exoskeleton and all? Given that their diet is fresh sap and xylem water, they seem like pretty clean little bugs to eat. I’d try it.
DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wouldnt shelling leave a gooey blob anyway?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Yeah how do you get a cicada out of its shell and still have something that is meaningfully a cicada?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Very gingerly i would think
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Maybe not after cooking? How would they get to shrimp-like texture otherwise?
Unless they mean shrimp-like with the shell still on, which is silly.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Go ahead and eat them how you want to i’m just gonna sit here and not ;)
Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I feel like this is what needs to be stated when talking about eating bugs. If you’re giving me bugs that eat what amounts to sugar water then I’m much less concerned about bug poop.
GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Texture seems important too, and the thought of a sap eating bug that has a similar texture to shrimp… Doesn’t sound all that bad. I’m honestly half tempted to try to test it when they emerge.
Seems like there’s a fungus that’s known to eat their ass, but as long as they’re free of that it seems fair game.