US chef serves up cicadas as billions emerge after 17 years underground

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Chef Tobias Padovano’s limited-time dish features a rarely used ingredient: cicadas. After spending 17 years underground, billions of Brood X cicadas are emerging throughout the eastern US. The insects will live above ground as adults for about three weeks to mate before dying.

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[windywendi]

Imagine coming out of a 17-year slumber just to get served on a plate.

[scpagent]

Imagine the last thing you hear is “he’s going to make a great taco”

[Oniontrololol]

Bruh I didn’t spend 17 years underground to be in a taco

[supremewhip]

They were making fun of Asians eating cicadas. Look at them now making it seem cool because they’re cooking and eating them too.

[Shirokuma]

I imagine if this happened in NY, then the chef would saying something like "here is your spicy bbq rat".

[gisannramharack]

After being 17 years underground, only to realize u r a delicacy..

[magicalcapi]

After -ten thousand- 17 years I'm free! It's time to conquer Earth-!
*On a plate*
Oh...

[drabyz]

Customer: um there is a bug in my food.

Chef: that is the point.

[Potato_n_Tomato]

3:03 It looked like she didn't really like it lol
Or more like a "huh so that's the Cicada, interesting"

[briana]

That one sentence “and that’s it. You know they’ll squirm for a couple seconds and DIE”

It gets me

[whatsondouyin]

American (US): _"What a 'special' food we have here!!"_
Cambodian, Laos, and around: _"This is our daily food... you want some tarantulas?"_

[hyuka]

Cicada: after 17 years I'm free!
Guy: mhmm cicada tacos

[OGxGoku]

“Being at the top of the food chain has its perks” that one sentence should be enough to make you feel really thankful and blessed to be a human.

[csr]

Give this cameraman a raise. He dares to stand right in front of this for so long to shoot this video

[aiko]

"Because they are special, you know"
"They are a great source of protein"
Now this is what we call a love-hate relationship :)

[MONi_LALA]

"US chef serve cicadas."
Asians: oh you're doing that too. Glad you join the party after all these times we are doing it. Better late than never.

[K-G-R-G]

The ones coming out from their old shell looks nice and tender.

[kakashigamer]

Cicadas: 17 will give you such a crick in the neck....
Chef: Fresh from the trees, fresh from the Tacos

[shortcut]

Customer: I a new one! There's a bug in this!

Chef uno reverse card: But that's our main ingredients

[belto]

It's weird the things ppl would do when it's made from a certified person