Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Soft-Shelled Cicadas

Ingredients:
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
60 freshly emerged 17 year cicadas
4 eggs, beaten
3 cups flour
Salt and pepper to season flour
1 cup corn oil or slightly salted butter

Directions:
Marinate cicadas, alive in a sealed container, in Worcestershire sauce for several hours.*
Dip them, in beaten egg, roll them in the seasoned flour and then gently saute them until they are golden brown.

Yield:
4 main dish servings
*this step may be skipped and you may go directly to the egg step instead

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