The best way to eat cicadas: humans vs. chickens?
You can eat periodical cicadas, and we'll show you how. But our favorite way to convert cicadas into tasty food is by feeding them to chickens, who gobble down way more than we ever could and turn out fresh cicada-fed eggs! And watching chickens chow down on cicadas is great fun, while raising an interesting ecological question about how predators recognize this occasional food extravaganza.
Longer video on eating cicadas from @Feral Foraging: • The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cicadas
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