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Aristotle Greedy for… Cicadas

Aristotle

Even food tastes , just like anything else, they are subject, over time, to drastic changes.

This is why it cannot fail to impress us, as well as give us a sense of disgust, the fact that in many ancient civilizations, even evolved ones such as Greece and Rome, it was perfectly normal to eat insects, considered a delicious dish.

The great philosopher of Stagira Aristotle, just to give an example, he was very fond of cicadas, to be enjoyed, preferably, when they were in the chrysalis phase.

In this regard, he also pointed out that “males are the best to eat. Instead, after mating, the best are the females, all full of white eggs as they are " .