Try our specials: cicadas!


For the adventurous: Cicadas are fried for a sushi recipe by Chef Bun Lai at Fort Totten Park in Washington DC. — AFP

THIS is definitely not for the squeamish. Or anyone who is turned off by the taste or texture of seafood.

Eating cicadas might sound like a competition you would see on Survivor, but Cortni Borgerson is not a reality TV contestant who is being forced to consume creepy-looking insects to win a reward.

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