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Why are people so quick to eat cicada bugs? Apparently, they taste darn good as a hard-serve ice cream, because the concoction sold out in minutes at one New Jersey ice cream shop. ....
Get our free mobile app The Bent Spoon in Princeton served up cicada chocolate chip ice cream last Saturday, and reportedly hit the bottom of the barrel in approximately one hour, according to Patch.com. The Bent Spoon s owner Gabriella Carbone and her business partner Matthew Errico tell Patch.com the Brood X cicada emergence gave them a perfect opportunity to cater to their more adventurous customers. It certainly gives new meaning to the term organic . The duo managed to collect just enough uncompromised cicadas (meaning, not spoiled by any pesticides) to make a couple barrels of their unique treat. I think it really worked out because people could get the sense that they were experiencing something, and it was really palatable, said Carbone. ....