What kind of animal that you're not "supposed" to eat would you not mind eating anyway?

[Bucky]

Often household, rare, and seemingly intelligent species of fauna are considered taboo in the munchable meats department. Thus cats, bald eagles, and dolphins are animals that decent people just shouldn't be curious about chowing down on.

But are there some critters you honestly might have a curiosity about marinating, skewering, and roasting over an open pit? What do you think about eating that you shouldn't want to?

For myself, I sometimes wonder how gamy tiger or lion might be. But the beast I would most want to try supping upon is kangaroo.

[Arugula Latte]

1. A Republican -- preferably one that had been kept in a veal crate for several months.

That way I wouldn't have to worry about the "intelligence" factor of said animal.

The "skewering" and "roasting" part appeals to me ... The eating part ... not so much.

[meow2u3]

8. That deserves a DUzy nt

[DarkTirade]

33. I wouldn't eat that...

you don't know where they've been.

[seemunkee]

2. You can order it

http://www.fossilfarms.com/

I've had everything these guys sell except for Kangaroo, Yak and Rattlesnake. I've always wanted to try rattlesnake.

[TZ]

3. Ostrich I suppose

I have a friend who likes Ostrich burgers but haven't quite gotten up the courage yet...

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. There's a burger joint in LA (in the "valley") that has ostrich, buffalo, lamb, etc.

Where is that, Van Nuys and M...something...

None of them are particulary surprising.

[Nailzberg]

37. Billys Grill, Van Nuys and Magnolia

I just looked it up. I could walk there and yet I've never heard of it!

Then again, I go to Irv's in WeHo for my burger cravings.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

A Spanish place in Tampa we

used to go to served ostrich. We had it as an appetizer a few times. It is really very good.
I guess my own weird one is armadillo. Hard part was getting the dillo out of the arma. Cooked it in a brown'n bag.
Edit: spelling

[BreweryYardRat]

38. Really? Which place is that, and how much did it run?

I'm in Tampa.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

42. Cafe Don Jose

in Temple Terrace, actually, on north 56th street. We lived in the neighborhood. I don't recall how much it was, seems like about $6 for an appetizer of I think four pieces. I never had it as a entree because I liked to order fish or shrimp when I went there.

[BreweryYardRat]

45. Cool, I know where that is, I pass it every time I go to Publix.

How big were the pieces -- and how was the food in general?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

46. Here's their web site

http://www.cafedonjose.com/dinnermenu.htm
I liked their food, would surely go back when (if?) I'm in town.

[lizerdbits]

11. Go to Whole Foods down the street

I've seen it there. The one off of 66 near my sister has ostrich eggs. I was curious but not $29 curious.

[TZ]

12. If I recall

I think I remember PO getting an ostrich burger at Fuddrucker's at one of our birthday lunches.

[lizerdbits]

23. I think you're right

You could try that since you hate cooking. :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Kangaroo is good, and is not a taboo food.

[IzaSparrow]

6. whale meat to see what the fuss is all about.

[RadiationTherapy]

7. Pit bull. n/t

[Bucky]

9. Not taboo. That's the speciality at the local Olive Garden

They marinate it in human milk right before your eyes.

[RadiationTherapy]

10. OLIVE GARDEN!!?? FUCKING BLAAAAHHHHH! Jeez. Pit Bull's a delicacy. n/t

[rateyes]

13. Beaver.

Uh oh. Did I say that? :hide:

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Dam!

[Trailrider1951]

14. Hmmm, back in the lost years of time before I became a vegetarian

I tried a buffalo burger. It was absolutely delicious! Tasted close to beef but with so much more flavor! Of course, now I won't touch one.

[Blue-Jay]

15. I'd eat a hippo.

I don't know why, but they look kind of tasty to me. Like a cow-pig or something.

[TZ]

16. eeeeyu

Hippopotamus means "river horse". You want to eat horse meat basted in dihydrogen monoxide? :rofl:

[Blue-Jay]

18. sure.

I've eaten worse. Just the other day, I had some sliders. Hippo meat can't be that bad.

[PeaceNikki]

28. "Like a cow-pig or something."

:rofl:

mmm cow-pig

[ElboRuum]

19. Not very strangely...

...I've never thought about this.

Sorry, but I just don't gastronomically fantasize about what a three-toed sloth tastes like braised and served with an au jus reduction.

[harmonicon]

20. NOT TIGERS!!!!! THEY'RE NEARLY EXTINCT!!

ok, now that I got over that..... some butchers do sell lion meat. If you're in a bigger city, I bet you could find it. I know there are places in Chicago where you can get it. Personally, I stick to a few core animals for eating: bigs, sheep, goats, cows, chickens.... that's about it. When my mom was a kid they ate a lot of different things - whatever my grandad caught hunting (they were poor): possum, raccoon, etc.

[RainDog]

21. Brad Pitt n/t

[Ptah]

22. I grew up on the prairie and I can't bring myself to eat bison.

I've helped slaughter numerous mammals and fowl,
but I still can't bring myself to eat bison.

I don't know why.

[stuntcat]

24. just humans

I don't eat animals but I'd gnash real hard on some factory-farmed Republican and then throw it back up :puke: and flush it.

[Wcross]

25. Panda bear meat.

They look so tender.......

[Sanity Claws]

30. You can have the meat; give me the fur

[Danger Mouse]

32. Quoth Homer Simpson: "It's finger Ling-Ling good!"

[seaglass]

26. But kangaroos have an enzyme that can reduce greenhouse gases

...you would be endangering the planet. Seriously.

[petronius]

27. As long as it has 4 or fewer legs and doesn't leave a trail of slime when it moves

I'll at least take a taste of it...

[Quantess]

29. I have eaten horse meat

they lied to me and said it was deer meat.

I can't say I would do it again.

[China_cat]

40. I have too, in Europe.

I love it.

[Danger Mouse]

31. I hear long-pig is very good.

I'd like to try some of that.

[vixengrl]

34. I was just intrigued by the idea of seal meat--

swear to Eris, just five hours ago or so, when I read the first page of the preface of Anthony Bourdain's The Nasty Bits. He writes about Inuits, and they eat every bit of the seal. I grew up vaguely environmental/tempermental, so my thing about seals is, I'm so against the baby ones being clubbed for fur--but the scooping out of seal brains by people who just *know* what eating seal is all about--and they eat them just so. Rare. Doesn't it make sense to eat what you have--locally? And why wait--it's *fresh*. Could not be more healthy.

Fascinating. My rare meat is all about the sushi and real fresh beef. The idea of seal meat still nearly live-hot is culturally taboo--for me, but culturally natural--for them, and they enjoy it. So would I find it vomitous, since I think of seals as "sea-doggies" (and I adore dogs)? Or would the taboo-nature of the repast make me appreciate the flavor that much more? I honestly don't think I would know until I was actually looking at stripped seal carcass, and every minute I'd be weighing that one.

(Aw hell, I eat pigs, and they are about as smart and cute as dogs. I'd probably eat it.)

[blitzen]

35. Ferret is probably good...tastes like rabbit?

[krispos42]

36. Sacred cow

I hear they make great burgers...

:rofl:

[BreweryYardRat]

39. Whale.

:P Only kidding, guys and gals.

On a more serious note? Wildebeest or cobra, but that's more because you can't really get them in America. Horse might not be bad, either -- I've heard it actually gets more tender the longer it's cooked.

Cape Buffalo might be interesting, if gamy, and I wouldn't feel bad about eating one. They're nasty, aggressive critters that kill quite a few people every year.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. California Condor - I hear it tastes like Bald Eagle

dumb fragment from an old joke.

But I wonder how raccoon or opossum would taste? We have enough of them in the neighborhood.

[Glorfindel]

43. Raccoon is delicious - it needs to be marinated overnight

to get rid of the "gamy" taste and baked with salt pork and sweet potatoes (discard the salt pork after cooking). Squirrel is also good, stewed with dumplings, as is rabbit, parboiled, rolled in flour, and deep-fat fried. I've never tried possum, but people whose opinions I respect report that it's quite tasty. As you might have guessed, I'm a hillbilly, from the mountains of north Georgia. :hi:

[TZ]

44. How about some squirrel?

I have a friend that grew up in the country and swore that squirrel pot pie was da bomb.....

[graywarrior]

47. Alan

Rawr. He's such an animal.