Spring's Secret Ingredient: Cicadas

Everyone”s favorite once-every-seventeen-years-emergence is getting set to terrorize the East Coast once again this spring, which means the foodie world is talking…what else–eating cicadas!

But just remember — we online slots were grilling these bad boys up on ES way back in 2009!

– Cicada Recipes: Bugs Are Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Food [Nat Geo]

– Cicada update: Latest coverage map and a cicada taste test [Washington Post]

– Chef Puts Cicadas on Menu (Yes, That”s a Bug in Your Soup) [Yahoo! Shine]