You should put your full iTunes and amazon links on your video descriptions, because people are too lazy to search unless they really really really really really really want it. lol. Thanks RevKirk!
@PantyMython Hey -- what are you interested in using the song for? If you just want to make a fun video for youtube etc, you can just buy the theme on iTunes or Amazonmp3 and then use it. (That way I get a tiny bit of $ for the song) If you're doing a commercial project, you should contact me for a licensing agreement.
@revkirk I'm just going to make a video for my YouTube channel. We have a lot of cicadas where I live now. I will purchase the song on itunes. I'm not sure if I could use it on my channel without the licensing because I'm a Youtube partner and I'll have adsense running on the video. I will definitely download the song on iTunes right now though.
how'd you find and gather the cicadas? i've only recently heard of recipes for them before and have never tried it. I guess i'll have to wait a very long time haha.
I waited 17 years for them to be in my area. I guess I could travel around the US to the different places they emerge, but I'll probably wait until 2024 for them to come back here in Northern Illinois.
Don't use non-stick pans over too high of a flame. It does release a gas which can cause flu-like symptoms for some time. And generally not the greatest for your health. I will admit I have eaten some rather odd foods in my life but I will leave the cicadas to you.
"Many cicadas were harmed in the production of this program". ROTFLMAO! Those are small compared to the ones I saw in Korea. No, I didn't cook up any! LOL!
I just ate one of these tonight. My friend gave me 25 bucks to do so. I ate it raw and alive. For any one wondering the texture it like something fried, kind of crunchy. Once all the juices are gone it's like sunflower seeds and a little hard to swallow cause it gets so dry. The bug taste real meaty and the juice has an almost teriyaki like flavor. It really wasn't bad. Try them some time.
Kirk is singing and playing guitar and the drummer from "Hardware store - cassie's gift to dad" is the drummer actually playing here. you can't see him. He is in some of revkirk's other videos doing his own movies. he wrote, acted and edited these. Kirk just posted them. he's a great drummer. THat's the connection.
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 sautee 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.
Seems like they should be gutted clean or something. Then maybe you could steam them. You realize there is a 13 yr. cicada as well. The 13 and 17 yr. cicada only get together every 221 yrs. thanks to the magic of prime numbers.
What? And lose all that flavor from the "insides"? I've got some links to 13 and 17 year cicada broods on my blog. I don't have any experience with the magic of prime numbers, however :)
If they were non-prime numbers such as 15 and 18 they would get together every 90 years. I think the advantage is this prevents overpoplulation problems, or else confusion from so many different love songs. I'm not so sure I would like the crunch, probably better stick to peeled shrimp.
Hi Aaron! I've never done anything but shoot video of a praying mantis eating a cicada or preparing cicadas for a snack! Everyone's doing fine here -- Not too much enthusiasm about a cicada brunch, though the boys each ate one!
hmm how does it taste the cicada will come to chicago next week and im scared to pick them up and cook them what should i do should i try one and make one. it looks creepy
Pretty much like whatever you cooked them in. I'd say it felt like a bug (legs and abdomen espeically) but tasted like batter fried something with a worchestershire flavor.
You should put your full iTunes and amazon links on your video descriptions, because people are too lazy to search unless they really really really really really really want it. lol. Thanks RevKirk!
PantyMython 9 months ago
Is there anyway I could get your permission to use this song? And if you will let me use it, could you please email me the mp3?
PantyMython 9 months ago
@PantyMython Hey -- what are you interested in using the song for? If you just want to make a fun video for youtube etc, you can just buy the theme on iTunes or Amazonmp3 and then use it. (That way I get a tiny bit of $ for the song) If you're doing a commercial project, you should contact me for a licensing agreement.
revkirk 9 months ago
@revkirk I'm just going to make a video for my YouTube channel. We have a lot of cicadas where I live now. I will purchase the song on itunes. I'm not sure if I could use it on my channel without the licensing because I'm a Youtube partner and I'll have adsense running on the video. I will definitely download the song on iTunes right now though.
PantyMython 9 months ago
@revkirk Dude I was just wondering how they taste cuz my dog just ate like 4 of them... I was funny as fuck.
Killerdoctor27 7 months ago
@PantyMython The song is called "I Like Cicadas" by Kirk Moore
revkirk 9 months ago
If you had smell vision you would know how this would smell...BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
ajene1000 9 months ago
This is making me sick no offence
Blody1337 1 year ago
how'd you find and gather the cicadas? i've only recently heard of recipes for them before and have never tried it. I guess i'll have to wait a very long time haha.
MaladaptiveCatalyst 2 years ago
I waited 17 years for them to be in my area. I guess I could travel around the US to the different places they emerge, but I'll probably wait until 2024 for them to come back here in Northern Illinois.
revkirk 2 years ago
i want lol
donutooo 2 years ago
discusting...
Evangeloz141 3 years ago
Don't use non-stick pans over too high of a flame. It does release a gas which can cause flu-like symptoms for some time. And generally not the greatest for your health. I will admit I have eaten some rather odd foods in my life but I will leave the cicadas to you.
Sho81 3 years ago
"Many cicadas were harmed in the production of this program". ROTFLMAO! Those are small compared to the ones I saw in Korea. No, I didn't cook up any! LOL!
Tamar1973 4 years ago
Oh yeah, true fact they are good for your hearing. In japan they are not just a treat but also medicinal, it's on in wikipedia.
OutOfVogue 4 years ago
Alas -- I only ate them because it seemed like a strange thing to do -- something I'd rememer and be able to tell my grandkids!
revkirk 4 years ago
I just ate one of these tonight. My friend gave me 25 bucks to do so. I ate it raw and alive. For any one wondering the texture it like something fried, kind of crunchy. Once all the juices are gone it's like sunflower seeds and a little hard to swallow cause it gets so dry. The bug taste real meaty and the juice has an almost teriyaki like flavor. It really wasn't bad. Try them some time.
OutOfVogue 4 years ago
@OutOfVogue HAHAHAHA FUCKIN A MAN!
NoatallicA 9 months ago
Maybe you should invite Andrew Zimmern over for a snack?
TheCatAteMyShoe 4 years ago
thats horrible....
starshock01 4 years ago 2
Yet strangely tasty . . .
revkirk 4 years ago
hey you haven't really explained how it tasted? What did it resemble?
kemalican 4 years ago
Sort of like peas and sort of like deep-fried shrimp without the shrimp flavor :) Mostly it was like eating a bug.
revkirk 4 years ago
give the guy 5 bucks to go get a whopper and a coke....calories and all.....and I thought I wasted my time....
rushfan9thcmd 4 years ago
You can send the cash to my paypal account . . .
revkirk 4 years ago
Dude! Wash your hands after handling raw egg!!!
Starlight1010 4 years ago
Uh . . . I ate bugs . . .
revkirk 4 years ago
yes. and at the end..
Cassign 4 years ago
Kirk is singing and playing guitar and the drummer from "Hardware store - cassie's gift to dad" is the drummer actually playing here. you can't see him. He is in some of revkirk's other videos doing his own movies. he wrote, acted and edited these. Kirk just posted them. he's a great drummer. THat's the connection.
Cassign 4 years ago
the fire alarm was gods warning him...heh
monkiesrule88 4 years ago
It was a really funny "I think he's gonna say a naughty word!" moment.
revkirk 4 years ago
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 sautee 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.
tigerx2374 4 years ago
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
tigerx2374 4 years ago
No cicadas at all in Somonauk -- Warrenville either, for that matter. I've had to collect them in Glen Ellyn.
revkirk 4 years ago
Can you please post the recipe?
tigerx2374 4 years ago
it's on my blog -- search cicada recipe after you click the link in my channel
revkirk 4 years ago
omfg bro ur making me hungry...we dont hav any of these in the city...i wanna try it
Avarice7DS 4 years ago
Maybe Ebay?
revkirk 4 years ago
I'm the Pastor of Union Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Somonauk, IL.
revkirk 4 years ago
I wonder if THIS is what the Israeli nation ate while wandering in the desert all those years?
Lessee -- 40 years, divided by the 17-year Cicada cycle -- they must have FEASTED at least twice!
parson925cabs 4 years ago
I don't know the lifecycle of desert cicadas.
revkirk 4 years ago
That's just wrong. WRONG! Run away!!!!
l4ou 4 years ago
What -- do we lose our sense of adventure when we become pastors?
revkirk 4 years ago
Adventure is a youth lock-in, alone. Insect cusine is not adventure, IMHO. Good song though. :)
l4ou 4 years ago
Youth lock-in with insect cuisine?
revkirk 4 years ago
Now you're talking!
l4ou 4 years ago
I think the fire alarm is a nice touch.
sohappy2 4 years ago
Especially the timing of the "Beep!"
revkirk 4 years ago
glen ellyn, nice, im from downers grove. eating cicadas are gross...id only do such a thing if survival depended on it =]
WakenBakeGrl 4 years ago
I grew up in Downers Grove! And while eating cicadas I have continued to survive too!
revkirk 4 years ago
I hear that they can make shellfish allergies act up . . .
Cassign 4 years ago
Seems like they should be gutted clean or something. Then maybe you could steam them. You realize there is a 13 yr. cicada as well. The 13 and 17 yr. cicada only get together every 221 yrs. thanks to the magic of prime numbers.
tooomp 4 years ago
What? And lose all that flavor from the "insides"? I've got some links to 13 and 17 year cicada broods on my blog. I don't have any experience with the magic of prime numbers, however :)
revkirk 4 years ago
If they were non-prime numbers such as 15 and 18 they would get together every 90 years. I think the advantage is this prevents overpoplulation problems, or else confusion from so many different love songs. I'm not so sure I would like the crunch, probably better stick to peeled shrimp.
tooomp 4 years ago
Shrimp and just the right amount of love songs. I'm with you.
revkirk 4 years ago
do cicadas realy taste like almonds?
axoflight44 4 years ago
Well, mine didn't.
revkirk 4 years ago
Sounds like someone here needs to visit LTHForum to meet up like-minded chicago cicada eaters.
gleamicus 4 years ago
Wow -- there's some professional cicada cuisine! I'm such an amateur!
revkirk 4 years ago
Hi Aaron! I've never done anything but shoot video of a praying mantis eating a cicada or preparing cicadas for a snack! Everyone's doing fine here -- Not too much enthusiasm about a cicada brunch, though the boys each ate one!
revkirk 4 years ago
wow, what happen to the wings when u fry them and eat them do u eat the wings to?
sharoz4 4 years ago
The marinate made everything very tender -- wings, head, legs and all!
revkirk 4 years ago
hmm how does it taste the cicada will come to chicago next week and im scared to pick them up and cook them what should i do should i try one and make one. it looks creepy
sharoz4 4 years ago
I don't think cicada eating is for everyone -- if you think it would be fun try it -- otherwise, live vicariously through the video!
revkirk 4 years ago
fine i would try it. but how do they taste? =p
sharoz4 4 years ago
Pretty much like whatever you cooked them in. I'd say it felt like a bug (legs and abdomen espeically) but tasted like batter fried something with a worchestershire flavor.
revkirk 4 years ago