Alabama Beware: Cicadas Are Invading Again

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Ok, THIS IS REALLY BUGGING ME!
I know I’m not the only one who feels this way.

How often we’re going to deal with these cicadas, we heard it was going to be a once every 17 years event.

Now, these little cicada buggers are back in multiple cities across Alabama!

I could not even get a wink of sleep from how loud these cicadas sound at night!

Cicadas are classified into two main groups: annual cicadas, which appear every year, and periodical cicadas, which emerge in synchronized cycles (either 13 or 17 years) depending on their brood.

The most recent cicada event was the emergence of Brood X.

Cicadas don’t sting. Cicadas don’t bite.

Actually, they don’t have the necessary mouth parts to bite. Cicadas don’t spread disease. They aren’t toxic. Cicadas are good for your plants. Cicadas are full of nitrogen which feeds into your soil when they pass away. Cicadas aerate your lawn to improve water filtration.

The cicadas will urinate, mate, and return underground. What a life.

And now we are told you can eat them!

The Cicada is a delicacy in some countries. You can pan-fry or toast them. Some people put them in gumbo, tacos, or pizzas. Or stir-fried over rice.
The Food Network reports Cicadas are extra crunchy.

We are warned to clean the Cicadas.  Handle them like you prepare chicken. Do not try and catch them yourself. And do not eat them raw. Buy them from a vendor. What? Will they have them at Piggly Wiggly?

Cicada Recipe

-1 minced onion
-chopped cilantro
-minced ginger
-sliced carrots
-chopped broccoli & cauliflower
-water chestnuts
-Bean sprouts
-snow peas
-blanched cicadas

Friends tell me their taste has been compared to fried okra. I will take their word for it.
So, cicadas are just our noisy friends.