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A Tasty Cicada Treat

March 31, 2005 - 6:30am
Cicadas are a delicacy in the city of Shanghai, China, where this creative recipe originated.

Ingredients: Cicadas, anises, salt, rice wine, mashed garlic, celery, and turnip greens.

Recipe:

1. Boil the cicadas and anises in salted rice wine for five minutes, then remove the cicadas.

2. Saute the mashed garlic, adding water and rice wine to make a paste.

3. Deep-fry the cicadas, then skewer them with bamboo picks. Arrange them on a plate with the turnip greens, celery, and garlic paste to look like the cicadas are climbing out of a mud pie onto green foliage. Bon appetit!

(Courtesy of West Virginia University Alumni Magazine)

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Cicadas are a delicacy in the city of Shanghai, China, where this creative recipe originated.

Ingredients: Cicadas, anises, salt, rice wine, mashed garlic, celery, and turnip greens.

Recipe:

1. Boil the cicadas and anises in salted rice wine for five minutes, then remove the cicadas.

2. Saute the mashed garlic, adding water and rice wine to make a paste.

3. Deep-fry the cicadas, then skewer them with bamboo picks. Arrange them on a plate with the turnip greens, celery, and garlic paste to look like the cicadas are climbing out of a mud pie onto green foliage. Bon appetit!

(Courtesy of West Virginia University Alumni Magazine)

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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