For those of us currently being tormented by cicadas...

[redhen]

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Awwhhh! You should have tried it!

 

[sheaviance1]

They make good bass bait.

 

[Randy]

I'm tempted to try the pizza.


Cica-Delicious Pizza*
Ingredients:
3 cloves garlic, pressed
3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp. chopped fresh oregano
2 tbsp. chopped fresh basil
2 tbsp. chopped fresh italian parsley
4 cups chopped tomatoes, including juice and seeds
1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped nonsense mushrooms
3/4 cup coarsely chopped red onion
3/4 cup kalamata olives, chopped
1 1/2 cups blanched cicadas
1 cup feta cheese
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 recipe of your favorite pizza dough (for a 12” pizza)
Directions:
1. Heat oil in sauté pan over medium low heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 2 minutes, or until just beginning to turn golden.
2. Add the herbs and cook for another minute, until wilted.
3. Add the tomatoes and juice, turn the heat to low, and gently cook, covered, for 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and the liquid had been absorbed and the sauce has thickened. Remove from heat.
4. Meanwhile, prepare the dough by rolling it out to desired thickness and shaping it into a 12” circle. Using a shallow wooden spoon, spread the tomato sauce over the pizza dough to the desired thickness. 5. Distribute the rest of the ingredients evenly over the top of the pizza.
6. Place pizza in a 375F oven for 15 minutes, or until the top is bubbling and the crust is golden brown.
Yield:
Enough for 2-3 hungry cicada-maniacs
*change any of the ingredients to suit you

 

[Southernbelle]

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Nah. They are just annoyingly LOUD! And they zoom around a lot. My sister did have one fly up her shirt the other day. That was pretty exciting.

My dogs have been chasing them and eating them. Popcorn on the wing.