{"id":256111,"date":"2021-05-21T23:38:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/virginia-chef-serves-up-tasty-cicada-tacos\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T23:38:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:38:21","slug":"virginia-chef-serves-up-tasty-cicada-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/virginia-chef-serves-up-tasty-cicada-tacos\/","title":{"rendered":"#Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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For many Washington-area residents, the coming of the 17-year cicadas is a dreaded nuisance, but for chef Tobias Padovano it is a rare culinary opportunity.<\/p>\n

In their few weeks on the Earth\u2019s surface, the many billions of 1-1\/2 inch-long (3.8 centimeter) black and orange insects will make life noisy and messy for those around them. But they also make a tasty taco.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore and more people keep coming to the restaurant itself to say, \u2018Hey, do you have the cicadas ready yet?’\u201d said Padovano.<\/p>\n

His Mexican eatery in Leesburg, Virginia, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Washington, regularly features grasshopper tacos, so adding cicadas to the menu as a limited-time special was an easy transition.<\/p>\n

The 17-year cicadas, part of Brood X, are just now coming out of the ground in big numbers in 15 states, including those surrounding Washington, and a separate region to the west that includes Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.<\/p>\n

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Chef Tobias Padovano prepares cicadas tacos.<\/figcaption>
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The cicadas are cooked with different seasonings to add flavor to their crunchy texture.<\/figcaption>
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Padovano, 43, gathers the red-eyed insects in a big plastic bag from their suburban habitat shortly after they emerge from their 17-year stay underground and make their way up trees. He boils them like lobsters, bakes them and plucks their legs and iridescent wings for easier eating.<\/p>\n

The cicadas are then sauteed in onion and garlic, topped with serrano chile, avocado and radish in a mole verde sauce, and wrapp<\/a>ed in flour tortillas.<\/p>\n

Like all insects, entomologists say cicadas make a low-fat, high-protein meal.<\/p>\n

But how do they taste?<\/p>\n

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Chef Tobias Padovano boils the cicadas like they\u2019re lobsters.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cYou can definitely feel a bit of the crunch,\u201d said Will Becker, 19, of his first cicada taco. \u201cBut you start to chew it, it kind of just melts in.\u201d<\/p>\n

His mother, Michele Becker, 52, a regular at Padovano\u2019s Cocina on Market restaurant, was also pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re an adventurous eater, the way I am, it\u2019s a great time, it really is,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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After 17 years, the cicadas are emerging in large numbers from underground.<\/figcaption>
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Many customers have commented that they taste like shrimp, Padovano said, who sees cicadas as just another critter meant for human sustenance.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on top of the food chain has its perks,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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