Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs Aza and Jono Eat Cicadas

June 27, 2007
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At BarCamp Chicago, I became aware that Jono and Aza of Humanized had dined on cicadas during the recent cicada brood XIII emergence! While I didn’t ask if they checked with an allergist before dining and eating cicadas as is recommended by many experts, Aza did share the following about the cicada eating experience when he sent me a follow up roasted cicada picture:

I’ve attached the picture of Jono with skewered Cicadas. We prepared them by marinating them in white wine before roasting them over smoldering coals. They tasted like freshly roasted peanuts, but with a slightly bitter aftertaste. If you closed your eyes, you wouldn’t know that you were eating a cicada except that the legs scratched a bit on the way down.

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Comments

5 Responses to “Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs Aza and Jono Eat Cicadas”

rod / techfold.com on June 27th, 2007 12:03 pm

Ughh. That comment about the legs turned my stomach.
WindyBits on June 27th, 2007 12:42 pm

The guys from Humanized eat bugs…

“Marinated in white wine,” makes it classy, uh, I guess. Also see humanized.com. Cool, Chicago-based software.

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Wiglaf on June 28th, 2007 2:41 am

mmm. tasty. Can I get them with a side of fries?
Chris Garrett on June 28th, 2007 9:12 am

I was just sick in my mouth a little. Um, thanks for sharing that wonderful photographic experience
SELaplana on July 11th, 2007 2:18 am

bwahhhhhhhhhhhh owwww. i don’t think that food will go in my stomach….