The Beachwood Reporter collected the following:
“Descriptions of the taste range from shrimp to canned asparagus to not much at all.”
– USA Today“They taste like almonds.”
– RedEye“They taste like raw potato.”
– Northwest Herald“I found them woodsy and nutty at first, kind of crunchy. And there was a creamy peanut butter taste under them that was not unpleasant”
– ABC News“Clam-flavored potato.”
– National Geographic“Potato with some flavor in it.”
– RedEye“At first it tasted nutty, with a finish like asparagus.”
– Chicago Suburban News“They have an earthy, potato-like taste.”
– Chicago Wilderness Magazine“They taste like cold canned asparagus.”
– Inside the Mount, College of Mount St. Joseph“They taste like avocado with a dash of clam juice.”
– Northwest Indiana Times“They’re like a juicy almond.”
– Sun-Times“It wasn’t bad, tasted a little like chicken,” said sixth-grader Sam Freedland. “Not KFC or Popeye’s though, more like the kind you get at Dominick’s.”
– Daily Herald“They had a weird taste that I’ve never experienced before that I can only describe as disgusting,” said 13-year-old seventh-grader Laura Zimmermann. “I’m trying to get the taste out now with the rest of my peanut butter sandwich, and if that doesn’t work, maybe some chocolate.”
– Daily Herald
Who cares? I’M not eatin’ ’em! Anyway, I do believe it was the Chicago Tribune story about how tasty the cicadas were for zoo animals that made the national headlines! Pretty sweet! Unlike cicadas … at leat according to the quotes above. ;o)
Cicadas taste like almonds or a peanut.