The larval stage of cicada is called cicada monkey, which has rich nutritional value and delicious taste and has become a fashionable delicacy. Cicada is rich in nutrients, with dry basis protein content above 70%, fat about 7%, vitamins and various beneficial trace elements higher than ordinary meat foods, so it can be called the protein king in today's food.
Cicada, whose skin is called cicada slough, is rich in chitin, isoflavone pterin, pterin and adenosine triphosphatase, and is often used to treat exogenous wind-heat and cough with hoarse voice. Sore throat. Rubella pruritus, conjunctival congestion, tetanus, infantile convulsion, crying at night, etc.
According to "China Pharmacology", it is also beneficial to strengthen yang, relieve cough and promote fluid production, protect lung and kidney, resist bacteria and reduce blood pressure, treat baldness and suppress diseases.
Knowing that cicadas are cold and fragrant, they have the functions of dispersing wind, dispersing lung, relieving fever and calming convulsions. Cicada is rich in nutrition and delicious, and it has become a fashionable delicacy. It can be fried before the larvae become cicadas, or it can be pickled with edible salt and then fried.
According to the physical and chemical analysis and research of China Institute of Food Nutrition, it is found that every 100g, cicada nymphs are rich in protein 72g, fat 15g and ash 1.8g; In addition, it also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body.
Precautions for eating cicadas:
Knowing that cicadas are cold and fragrant has the functions of dispersing wind, dispersing lung, relieving fever and calming convulsion, but at the same time it can cause diseases such as stomach cold.
Cicadas that are stale, discolored, black, pink, hemp or spicy are inedible.
The cicada is inedible because of its peculiar smell and stench.
If the cicada is left for too long, it will be inedible if it is over 1 week in cold weather and over 20 hours in hot weather.
People and children who have a history of food allergies such as fish and shrimp are not edible.
The cicada can't be eaten without processing, and it can't be eaten directly in cold salad or salted.