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This is not a Southern delicacy.
And if, for some reason, it is, and I have never heard of it, I am not claiming the region that eats this as part of the South. Cicada season is in full swing as the bugs hum and fly everywhere. As if the constant buzz isn't enough during
cicada season, you also have to dodge the shedding shells of the bugs all summer wrong.
For me, it's a personal hell.
To make this already spooky time even worse, folks around the Midwest and South have suddenly decided that this is the year we must start eating these pesky bugs. Was the pandemic not enough trauma for you? Now folks are taking
"cicada-infused" Malört shots, and sports fans are
chowing down on the insects.
While most of these actions are, of course, going to have a "clickbait" aspect to them, one social media user posted a video of her frying cicadas, and I am officially throwing in the towel. The user posted a video of her dipping the bugs into an egg wash and then into seasoned flour before frying them into little crispy chips.
I am not going to lie: my stomach is turning just seeing the wings in the crispy batter.
Social media users quickly filled the comments, calling out the creator for doing it just for a bit...
"No, post a video of you eating them bc I genuinely don’t believe this."
"I'm calling cap until I see a video of you eating them."
If you get sick from seeing the insects fried, I highly suggest you skip this next video. Ask, and you shall receive, I guess, a video of the "delicacy" being devoured.
Check out some of my favorite commentary between the two videos.
"This GOTTA be Appalachia."
"Hello officer, THAT'S HIM."
"I feel there is never a good night for fried cicadas."
"Hey! Why!"
"I’m Appalachian and I don't even know what's going on right now."
"The duck table cloth told me everything."
"Do you ever eat chips or anything like that?"
"Maybe an apple?"
"Straight FERAL behavior."
"NO SAUCE EITHER JUST RAW DOGGIN THOSE CICADAS."
