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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Imagine coming out of a 17-year slumber just to get served on a plate.
@teachingclinic2378
3 жыл бұрын
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@luigi55125
3 жыл бұрын
Tbf, many become bird food instantly.
@johnathannelson6195
3 жыл бұрын
That's kind of the idea behind it though. Everybody breaks out at one time every 17 years, and predators literally gorge themselves until they cannot eat anymore. They basically flood the market. And because it's only once every 17 years it's not a reliable food source so any boom predator population might have because of this crazy food source won't affect their offspring 17 years later. It's pretty elegant in biblical plague sort of way.
@feral_fangz_mp4
3 жыл бұрын
Basically gonna be us once covid decides to end... come out of lockdown just to get scooped up but aliens
@hd-sf9li
3 жыл бұрын
cicadas are not born when they come out of the ground. They are just in their development stage while underground.
Bruh I didn’t spend 17 years underground to be in a taco
@boeing7877
3 жыл бұрын
i'd wonder who would be brave enough to actually try it 😂 not me tho
@einsteinonblitz2345
3 жыл бұрын
"Cicada Tacos"
@kaminoyami5776
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@wumaobot
3 жыл бұрын
And the next is us, we Will be In 17 years of lockdown because of some nasty mouth
@clydefernandes9598
3 жыл бұрын
@@boeing7877 Maybe i might. Not so sure. But yeah, I've tried fried canned silk worms from Singapore. Wasn't the best but definitely not the worst too. I could eat it.
They were making fun of Asians eating cicadas. Look at them now making it seem cool because they’re cooking and eating them too.
@izal2860
3 жыл бұрын
Typical westerner bro
@50URC
3 жыл бұрын
different styles and traditions on how they’re eaten.
@Lightscribe225
3 жыл бұрын
@@50URC Still eating bugs. You can dress it up with all the seasonings and trimmings you want, it's still a bug.
@einsteinonblitz2345
3 жыл бұрын
@@50URC Asians eating bugs are disgusting. But westerners eating bugs sprinkled with salt is acceptable. LOGIC
@idk-wk2jo
3 жыл бұрын
@@izal2860 yep
Imagine the last thing you hear is “he’s going to make a great taco”
@ivansoedjono
3 жыл бұрын
-REDACTED-
@LiptonTea34
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@jahzara_
3 жыл бұрын
ㅠㅠ
@foundx8426
3 жыл бұрын
“They will squirm for a couple of seconds and then they will die”.
@user-tr9by8vb5p
3 жыл бұрын
Eh yo
I imagine if this happened in NY,then the chef would saying something like "here is your spicy bbq rat".
@lionkills1
3 жыл бұрын
Thing about NY rat is you can feed entire family with it.
@adeaddeity7265
3 жыл бұрын
@@lionkills1 I live in Long Island so it’s quieter here and I’m guessing that the rats are *t h i c c b o i s .*
@dr.brainwash7675
3 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Bronx NY and we just got mice but Manhattan NY Is a different story....
@memesfromdeepspace1075
3 жыл бұрын
NY citizen :" ITS cheaper and stil delicious
@redbrownwater
3 жыл бұрын
Another pandemic
After being 17 years underground, only to realize u r a delicacy..
@malikjordan833
3 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy because they literally a delicacy for every Animal when they come out
@amritnalam9994
3 жыл бұрын
They're not a delicacy. Some dumb humans made them into one
@teenabaskar7000
3 жыл бұрын
@@amritnalam9994 humans can make anything into anything that is the point
@carolinaqueseyo2365
3 жыл бұрын
Yum! 😘
@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320
3 жыл бұрын
When Chinese tourist eats a bat in South East Asia: Dang ALLLL Chinese people eat everything! When an American literally eats bugs: Oh cool, how eco-friendly! What a pioneer!
That one sentence “and that’s it. You know they’ll squirm for a couple seconds and DIE” It gets me
@DanDAlittleMan
3 жыл бұрын
It’s life
@runitsacow
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if the cicada just pulled an uno reverse
@Elduderino9097
3 ай бұрын
@@DanDAlittleManit’s definitely not tho. It’s not life.
Give this cameraman a raise. He dares to stand right in front of this for so long to shoot this video
@halozhelos2417
3 жыл бұрын
Prob there’s a camera stand…
@yunan9610
3 жыл бұрын
What, they're just food
“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.
After -ten thousand- 17 years I'm free! It's time to conquer Earth-! *On a plate* Oh...
@Vergil4093
3 жыл бұрын
Next meal human meats!!!!
@cutiebunnyamber3447
3 жыл бұрын
cicadas are healthy but i Havent tried...
@trollege9618
3 жыл бұрын
And then comes out the human back hole.
@player0fcardz
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like this comment shows my age that I know that reference. Guess they found a group of teenagers with attitude... To eat these.
@LayDiviana
3 жыл бұрын
You must conquer them through their stomach!
It's weird the things ppl would do when it's made from a certified person
@VirallVariety
3 жыл бұрын
You will eat the bugs, you will be happy
Customer: um there is a bug in my food. Chef: that is the point.
@koyonafri
3 жыл бұрын
"um there's food in my bug"
@zlyntudteam2394
3 жыл бұрын
underrated
@enakshiparua836
3 жыл бұрын
*here before this blows up*
@pannawishle2741
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320
3 жыл бұрын
When Chinese tourist eats a bat in South East Asia: Dang ALLLL Chinese people eat everything! When an American literally eats bugs: Oh cool, how eco-friendly! What a pioneer!
American (US): _"What a 'special' food we have here!!"_ Cambodian, Laos, and around: _"This is our daily food... you want some tarantulas?"_
@iceintheair
3 жыл бұрын
king of the hill reference _kreygasm_
@Alexander-vo4gv
3 жыл бұрын
We stan Douyin
Cicada: after 17 years I'm free! Guy: mhmm cicada tacos
3:03 It looked like she didn't really like it lol Or more like a "huh so that's the Cicada, interesting"
@NazriB
3 жыл бұрын
For people who don't have retail stores near their homes
@cb142
3 жыл бұрын
Look like she wanted to gag. Then oops I'm being filmed. I like it,not.
"Because they are special, you know" "They are a great source of protein" Now this is what we call a love-hate relationship :)
Customer: I a new one! There's a bug in this! Chef uno reverse card: But that's our main ingredients
Cicadas: 17 yearsssss will give you such a crick in the neck.... Chef: Fresh from the trees, fresh from the ground...... Tacos
I'm sure this guy pulled the wings off flies as a kid.
The ones coming out from their old shell looks nice and tender.
@jolo7
3 жыл бұрын
🤢
@ethand.5937
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda true looks like shrimp
@hawks5652
3 жыл бұрын
👁👅👁
@kevinzamora9019
3 жыл бұрын
And creamier, yummy
@solarmoth4628
3 жыл бұрын
I saw someone say those taste the best but i’m too scared to find out
"Oh boy! I finally woke up after 17 year of sleeping! Can't wait to find a girlfriend- *"You're going to make a great Taco"* "What's a Ta-"
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
Drops in boiling water*
@pillowman3740
3 жыл бұрын
*screams in pain*
@haydeecolon7868
3 жыл бұрын
😅🤣😂
Other People : Making fun of Asians for eating bugs Also Other People : Proceeds to eat food with red food coloring
@megascizor8275
3 жыл бұрын
Whats so bad about red food coloring
@TheYansc
3 жыл бұрын
Let's go green
@mytienvopham6594
3 жыл бұрын
@@megascizor8275 it’s made of crushed bugs
@maomaochi9228
3 жыл бұрын
@@mytienvopham6594 oh nonono dont tell him lol
@galarexia7186
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheYansc hahaha
"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.
@LoveNaisa
3 жыл бұрын
lol 😂
@joshll2007
3 жыл бұрын
Stop eating cicadas
@tazboy1934
3 жыл бұрын
Their was a japanese who had a cockroach as his girlfriend and he ate her lol
@HawkinaBox
3 жыл бұрын
XD
@countrygirl4422
3 жыл бұрын
NO, NOPE and NEVER I'm not ever joining that party. 🤮
gosh, cicadas are like pop rocks for dogs. Dogs love to capture them into their mouths
@amethyst5538
3 жыл бұрын
🤣You made me remember how our dogs would act during hatching time.
@sy-zu4uz
3 жыл бұрын
Cats too, my cats be cronching on them like chips 😅
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
@@sy-zu4uz crunchy
Cicadas 1: 17 years of slumber and this is getting boring.... oh a person, should i say hi. Cicadas 2: it's better to make a sound. Chef: you're going to make a great taco.
“So this guy here is awesome, he’s gonna make a great taco.” Is a phrase I never thought I would hear.
Peanuts are a great source of protein too. If that's what you're looking for
@tinienteabanil2922
3 жыл бұрын
Really i thought they were unhealthy because of the high oil in spreads
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@bandanasaikia6048
3 жыл бұрын
Take your gf on a date to this restaurant 🤣🤣🤣
@bakurawthesupersaiyanhair937
2 жыл бұрын
I read "parents" 😂😂😂
Does this mean that the cicadas we hear in the summer day are those who buried themselves 17 years ago?
@Sam_Keys
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they were the last of em 17 years ago
@bandanasaikia6048
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@ANTSEMUT1
3 жыл бұрын
No some areas they come out every 13 years.
Being on top of the food chain...... Lion comes and eats him
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
Yes and then someone call the cops and the lion gets shot.
Vegans: we don't eat animals. Chef: eat this then.
@manareikitsu4398
3 жыл бұрын
I suddenly want to see those vegans "reacting" to eating bugs Im kinda betting on "oh no you evil humans now eating poor insects" some kind of stuff
@briotous8317
3 жыл бұрын
@@manareikitsu4398 its way more ethical than factory farming
@manareikitsu4398
3 жыл бұрын
@@briotous8317 yes but not all vegans would agree on that
@wellplayed4497
3 жыл бұрын
@@manareikitsu4398 most would, it's just that the ones who don't see the ones who keep on saying they're vegans lol.
@manareikitsu4398
3 жыл бұрын
@@wellplayed4497 idk and frankly idc. Not a vegan and not that interested in vegans so I guess whatever you say
"Eggs, and pancakes! With a side of cicadas and cockroaches!"
Imagine that in those 17 years they spend underground they’re actually training super warrior insects to take over the food chain those words would haunt this man forever lol
Ugh. Could never eat this myself.
@ganon01ryanoutsen92
3 жыл бұрын
Same
No chance of that bug ever going in my taco
Dont mock it til you try it. Yall chickens. Im a vegetarian and I would give this a try.
@overdosingontomatoes8619
3 жыл бұрын
People do be eating shrimp, clam, and snail then call it high tier delicacies but call cicadas disgusting.
@frillylily8005
3 жыл бұрын
@@iii___iii Well there's a reason besides animal there's nothing else to eat besides bugs and only vegetables Which isn't possible to live off of forever.
@malakatan3235
3 жыл бұрын
As long as not Asian, media will not trying to paint it so bad
1:30 they are definitely now within the same family 😬 the only similarity is that they are Arthropods. That means that grasshoppers should also taste like shrimp
@vr5076
3 жыл бұрын
Arthropoda is a phylum, not a family.
@laurencleckner652
3 жыл бұрын
@@vr5076 my point still stands, I was just stating the actual relation between shrimp and grasshoppers which isn’t a family
When I was a child back in Southern Africa, we used to eat big fat lying ants that flew out of the ground once the first rains fell. We called them “Inswa”. These cicadas remind me of them. We would drown them in a bowl of water , take off their wings, fry them in butter, and season with salt. Absolutely delicious! Tasted like shrimp!
@ruthlesslistener
3 жыл бұрын
I'd eat that ngl
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
be better if you can farm them.
@priscamolotsi
3 жыл бұрын
@@lolasdm6959 would be.... the problem is they go underground for about nine to ten months and only appear as fat flying ants when the rains wash them out of their underground nests.
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
@@priscamolotsi Ah ok, looks like they are ant queens and male ants in mating season then. Makes sense they would be delicious they are usually well fed by worker ants to make tons of babies fast lol.
@jocoolshow
3 жыл бұрын
I was about to comment that eating insects is something only Asians and White people do but I stand corrected
Those things have been plotting their revenge in secret my entire life, and this dude just EATS THEM LIKE POPCORN
I always think shrimp as sea bugs thats why i am disgusted when i was a little. Now it's getting better but sometimes i am still thinking i am eating a sea bug when i ate them and that's lowering my appetite.
@alfafebrian8898
3 жыл бұрын
Same here
@alfafebrian8898
3 жыл бұрын
And lobster, sea bug but bigger
@solarmoth4628
3 жыл бұрын
I’m terrified of bugs, I don’t think I could eat them unless I had to, to survive
@hezechiahjones8365
3 жыл бұрын
@@iii___iii The taxonomic ranks are Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species. Shrimp and cicadas only share being part of Arthropoda, which is a phylum. That’s as close as you are to being related to a frog.
@Vidchemy
3 жыл бұрын
Lobsters are sea roaches
Not to be negative but I’m going to say it: Imagine using this as a way of hiding your pest infestation problem.
@noonehere4332
3 жыл бұрын
Cockroach tacos.
That's our snacks....from a Tribal girl in India...😁
This just doesn't seem right after emerging after 17 years.
@PrincessofKeys
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Im like let them breath after 17 years! Does everything on this earth have to be eaten!?
@runitsacow
3 жыл бұрын
@@PrincessofKeys yes apparently..
@tambaloslos2493
3 жыл бұрын
@@PrincessofKeyskinda.... eaten or decomposed
I'm not offended but his logic of being top of the food chain instantly makes me envision a giant plucking him and saying "yea the shinier the bald head the crispier"
“They’ll squirm for a couple seconds... and DIE!!!!” Oh lovely ☺️
Imagine exiting underground to mate but then die before being able to mate
Gross. last time 17 years ago I watched a toad come out from under a shed, and go hole to hole devouring them as they came out of the ground. He ate so many he swelled up like a balloon, and slowly crawled, not hopped, back under the shed.
@purplemonkeydishwasher6725
3 жыл бұрын
Humans do the same thing. They eat fat food until they can barely move and they are so lazy they created vehicles to drive them home in which they sleep
@overdosingontomatoes8619
3 жыл бұрын
Shrimp and the like are basically the same thing, whats so gross about it?
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
That just how they eat man
*picks up cicada* “Ah see this guy will make a great taco”
Interesting. Shrimp seem appealing now.....
@hepthegreat4005
3 жыл бұрын
No. I wouldn't eat either.
@sushitrash-dj9vq
3 жыл бұрын
Wow it's ryosucc
1:44 Cicadas: Guess I'll die
Wow i didnt know cicadas and shrims are on the same family xD
@GreenMatcha102
3 жыл бұрын
Inside cicadas. There are small amount of muscle taste like shrimp.
@sonsapothecary2267
3 жыл бұрын
Yea they both arthropods, it's like saying blue whale and hamster are in the same family bcs they're mammals lol
@chriba6815
3 жыл бұрын
Illuminati
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
@@GreenMatcha102 That is why people just eat shrimp instead.
@GreenMatcha102
3 жыл бұрын
@@lolasdm6959 yeah. Not only that but shrimp is easily harvest. Cicadas take years to get it!
imagine reincarnating into a cicada and you bump into this guy
He just touches them like um I have a flower.
Normal in Thailand. By the time where livestock decreases lesser fish catch, the only sustainable food source in the world are bugs.
@ipshita5147
3 жыл бұрын
I hope I'll be dead by then.
@npc5500
3 жыл бұрын
@@ipshita5147 not until we meet.
@ipshita5147
3 жыл бұрын
@@npc5500 say whaaaaat? 😂
POV: you are cicada and a middle aged man tells you are going to be a great taco.
The chef seems like a actually really nice guy
May’s Menu Special.. straight from the tree 🌲
Hopefully I can use this in fishing
Whether you can eat something or not just depends on how you think about it. If you think its gross, you'll feel the same way. But if your mind feels it isn't that bad, you'd be trying it without having that feeling of disgust.
I'm on the Atkins diet, but you'll never catch me slipping a bug onto my plate!
Cicada: grows up after 17 years Also Cicada's: *am I a joke to you*
So this guy here is awesome. He's going to make a great taco The guy:👁️👄👁️
This is one of those dishes you have to try out before being told how it's made, like Kopi Luwak coffee
@myracraft3365
3 жыл бұрын
Balinese coffee
so opens his restaurant every 17 years?
Cicada: "Anyone wants to be in a taco?" Cicada•2: that's a weird dream but i guess im in
But not easy to handpick so many
@einsteinonblitz2345
3 жыл бұрын
And it's easy to find a Ray Mak comment
@anonymous1hahaa
3 жыл бұрын
can u go away for 17 years 😜
@shekelboi
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, must be expensive this way, too much manual processing.
@momoware
3 жыл бұрын
@@shekelboi That's why it's more common to deep fry them (in regions that eat them). You don't have to pick the legs and wings that way.
@tiamarie894
3 жыл бұрын
Very true
sick duuude
"Finally, I'm free from the ground! Let's get down to bus-" " *So these are guys are great on tacos* "
Imagine going outside after 17 years of hibernation just to become Mexican food
As someone who eats cicadas because of their culture, sorry for eating ✋😔
@anitat9727
3 жыл бұрын
I mean it's probably more sustainable then meat.
@icantbreathe4921
3 жыл бұрын
Disgusting
@muriloxavier5776
3 жыл бұрын
@@icantbreathe4921 look at your videos, you are disgusting
@amethyst5538
3 жыл бұрын
I grew up down the southeastern seaboard and it was a big deal during a big brooding year to eat them as a delicacy.
@icantbreathe4921
3 жыл бұрын
@@muriloxavier5776 don't give us virus
Covid-2022
I’d honestly eat that it doesn’t bad at all
here, during our dry season we usually clean them then fry them with cooking oil then be served with some seasoning and sauce...
@rambo0071
3 жыл бұрын
Where
@amethyst5538
3 жыл бұрын
What kind of oil, and seasonings?
@oswaldjohnson9505
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@azazzelx
3 жыл бұрын
@@amethyst5538 generally we used any oil with high evaporation temp point. some salt and pepper and other optional seasoning like sesame seeds and spices if you'd like (or anything with a combination of sweet and sour profile)... also soy sauce/sauerkraut/kimchi can be paired with them
@azazzelx
3 жыл бұрын
@@rambo0071 somewhere
Americans finally realized they are missing out on eating bugs. Fried spicy intestinal worm goes well with bat burger with cheese.
@johnjohnson9431
3 жыл бұрын
I’m a big fan of sautéed parasitic heartworm with a dab of plum sauce
Absolutely nuts no way
People might be disgusted by bugs and not want to eat them,but then again, u guys casually wanting to eat me,an ocean bug
Idk how i feel about this lol 😬
@marcopedras518
3 жыл бұрын
Traveling I've eaten worse or weirder. Cicadas don't even make the list of worse. They actually on my better foreign foods list. And can confirm the texture is different but they low key taste like shrimp.
@arandompanda1349
3 жыл бұрын
I feel big ewe energy
He better not be charging more than 5 bucks for that taco. Or I'm calling the police
@lolasdm6959
3 жыл бұрын
There are some thicc avocado on that, at least 8 dollars.
Where is this place
I wonder if 3301 cicadas were hurt every dish just to reference a elaborate ARG
Same family or not. I highly doubt cicadas taste like shrimp. Lol
That is absolutely disgusting
Imagine what will earth looks like in 2038 when Cicada comes again.
Emerge after 17 years to be someone's supper :(
This comment section - Is this safe to eat? - Covid - Weebs crying - Other - It tastes like shrimp
@f-35lightningii6
3 жыл бұрын
This safe than Wuhan Virus worst.. lol
@deepikatamil4021
3 жыл бұрын
Yes better than bat soup 😂
@deepikatamil4021
3 жыл бұрын
@no name Learn the actual facts before commenting 😂😂...educate first 😂😂...Cowdung bathing is happened in one state ...So it doesn't means every state people who took cow dung bath 😂😂..poopis💩
@user-wy1yb7zj1j
3 жыл бұрын
@@deepikatamil4021 You seem like that Vietnamese person who always trashtalks in any game
@idonthaveaname8164
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-wy1yb7zj1j They are not Vietnamese, judging by the name.
This new protein is perfect for most a mericans, remember that their government wont be distributing Stimulus Checks for the whole year.
This insect is actually revered. We do not eat them. They are actually very rare. Because they come out after many years.
They only come out after 17 years, let them live! Cicadas do not transmit disease nor are harmful to humans.
My great slumber have finally ended now let me rise Bald dude what a nice snacks you guys make!
That’s interesting. It’s a bit intimidating though haha 😅.
@franklin2014
3 жыл бұрын
NO, that disgusting
@stayhydratedkingsqueens
3 жыл бұрын
What up chiaki
Cicada 3301 lookin at this be like: 🥵
Better than my idea I was gonna roll 'em up & smoke 'em.
"Chin-" China: ? "OH sorry, force of habbit"
*Finds random cicada* "He's going to make a great taco"
4 more years and 13 year cicadas will be out , I'll be 39 cicada baby here
Finally you can always ask for new food by complaining "theres bug in my food"
Im a super understanding and respectful person when it comes to cuisines around the world but this 🤢 and they do it here where I live. They brew beer with the shells and everything *shudders*
"Tonggeret goreng" my favourite food.
“Mom there’s a bug in my taco!” “Oh, it’s supposed to be there honey!” *”say sike rn”*
Send this guy to north africa to deal with the cicada issue. Get rid of a plague and feed people
So this was their fate after staying underground for 17 years just to end up as food and not mate with their female counterpart Edit : cicada dish ...limited No of cicadas: billions