cicadas: good eatin'? or plague upon the earth?

Grab a skillet. You have just a few weeks to munch on fresh cicadas, 'the truffles of the insect world.'

I take serious exception to the cicada eater's comment about lima beans:
"There are people who eat lima beans ... mushy, gross, nontasting lima beans."
Obviously, Ms. Williams has never had fresh baby lima beans from a garden, steamed and served with lots of butter.
Then, someone else describes the cicada as "relatively bland, mild, crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside with a nutty flavor."

in other words, eat this:


but not these:


yeah, good luck selling that, folks. Maybe in 2021 I'll be feeling more adventurous.