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IAIN · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

hmmm...delicious murder!

Robbie · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

Veal is indeed delicious. I want some now!

Kangaroo is nice, but I will add a warning not to eat wild kangaroo (if you find yourself in Australia living off the land). It will give you hepatitis. All the supermarket kangaroo is farmed and healthy. Kangaroo fur is also lovely and soft. If you buy a real fur koala from Australia, it will be made of kangaroo (koala fur is nasty and stinks of eucalyptus).

Ostrich steaks are nice but a bit odd, sort of a cross between beef and turkey. Alligator is bland and chickeny -- rather overrated, sold mainly to people who want to say they've eaten alligator.

Carnivore meat is described as beefy, rich, and sweet (although hyena would probably be an exception). My husband Colin has travelled extensively and says the best meat he's ever eaten was jackal stew. He's also eaten lion steak and enjoyed it. I've had bear steak once and found it very tasty.

Colin has had roast lyrebird. Yes, it's a protected species. It's also not bad eating, he says. (He was leading an Australian army survival course at the time, and that's what they caught.)

He's also eaten owl, and says that's by far the worst meat in the world. Dry, sour, and disgusting. It would keep you alive under survival conditions, but you might prefer the alternative.

Craig Browning · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject:

Ok... I find this a rather peculiar thread on a magic forum (and it's doing my diet absolutely no good at all)

I've had many "exotic" foods over the years, most of which I absolutely loved such as those huge beetles from Africa that actually do taste a lot like shrimp... same texture, etc.

In the Insect column I've also had the classic Grasshopper and chocolate ants but had to draw the line when it came to maggots and grubs (though there is a fried grub dish that ain't too shabby)

I love snake... I've had a couple of different kinds, prefer Diamond Backs

Gator meat has to be one of my favorite along with Ru steaks.

Iguana was an interesting experience and oddly enough, it has a taste and texture that's close to papaya than any sort of meat I've ever consumed.

I love my shark steaks, Squid and a handful of standard crustations NOT including Lobster or Crawl Fish (they taste too "fishy" to me).

I'm not a huge fan of plant life when it comes to food (outside traditional grains) but I have experimented with grains, herbs, etc. that I can combine with foods for improving my health and satisfying my appetite via a healthier variety of foods and food preparations.

Just to Keep This Thread Loosely on the Magic Theme... Viking magic will soon be re-releasing the Falstaff Book Test. My own "Bon Apetite" will also be hitting the shelves in the spring of 2009.

Jordan C · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

It's in the doves head where non magic related topics are discussed my man!! Razz

AndyRegs · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

Don't eat meat myself. Though I'm not one to preach to people about it. However, I do believe that you should be willing to kill whatever it is that you eat. People these days distance themselves from where the food came from, and many who eat meat couldn't kill it (if it was natural to eat meat, wouldn't we all have te instinctive urge to go out and hunt and kill our prey? Perhaps its just natural to eat something?). Somebody has to. If I was on a desert island and had to wring a chickens neck to survive, then I would. I don't have to at the moment, so choose not to.
O.k....you can blaze me now!

IAIN · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject:

eat what you want mate...

im happy to throttle for my dinner Twisted Evil

Farlsborough · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject:

Me too. I see your point Andy but does that mean we'd have to be willing to risk our lives climbing cliffs for delicious birds' nest soup?! Wink

Nah, I know what you mean. People have become detached from the reality of where their meat comes from, and it can become hypocritical. I think this recent spate of cooking programmes are doing a lot of good for people, it's like "this is what happens, if you don't like it, don't eat it - or try to buy stuff where it's been done respectfully."

Roadkill is brilliant! Driving through the countryside, you're sure to come across a nice plump pheasant still warm and twitching... the best thing is you're not going to break your tooth on shot! Not long ago my dad was behind a family car driving along a country lane - they hit a pheasant, stopped and were distraught as it was still alive (sort of). My dad got out, goes "it's OK, I'm a doctor", wraps an old towel round it and looks like he's going to take it home and nurse it back to health... the family drive off feeling happier, and as soon they're out of view - snap - roast pheasant for tea. Yum.

bronz · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject:

Darn right with the idea that you should have to at least be able to watch a critter getting topped and gutted if you're willing to eat the end product. I grew up around farms in Kent (family are farmers and I lived in a village) and it's often hard to explain to anyone that hasn't seen the whole cycle how country types can simultaneously love and respect wildlife whilst comfortably killing it where necessary. Note the word necessary there, that includes to eat as far as I'm concerned.

Recently I was driving along a smallish A road at 5:30am on the way to work with another chap in the car. The sun was just up and there was wildlife of all sorts jogging about and doing whatever it is they do, often in the middle of the road. After narrowly avoiding several rabbits and a fox I rounded a bend and saw four adorable fluffy bunnies sitting perfectly equally spaced across the width of the lane as if they were being drilled by an invisible rabbit sergeant. There was no time or point to swerve or brake so I carried on. Three went the correct way and one stayed put.

Bump.

I looked in the rear view mirror to see the poor thing flopping about miserably and knew I had to stop, so I pulled over and strolled back up the road to find my victim twitching and squirming and making a horrible racket, with blood coming out of it's nose and eyes. At this point I really really wanted to get back in the car and pretend it hadn't happened but that would have been even more unkind so I did the decent thing and finished it off with one fell swoop, courtesy of a nearby bit of fence post, and put the unfortunate corpse under the hedge for mother nature to do her bit. Funny thing was the reactions I got from the people I told about the incident, about half were grudingly respectful of the fact that I'd ended the suffering speedily, the others said I'd been unkind! Apparently the thing to do would have been to take it to an emergency vet! Now I have priorities and driving round the countryside at dawn looking for someone to tell me that a rabbit with a broken spine and mushed internal organs won't make it before charging me for the privilege is not one of them. I blame Disney.

Tomo · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject:

I once hit a pheasant on the road that goes past Jodrell Bank on my way to the motorway one early morning. There were feathers everywhere!