Do you eat meat? (thread-related spam only)

[Scayde]

@Grendel:...See....I am not the only one who is confused...look what you have done to poor Neddy



@Neddy:.....GREAT MOVIE !!!


BTW, My favorite dishes are wild game. There is nothing any sweeter that a well prepared vennison roast.

Some other game I have enjoyed are:
Wild Turkey
Rabbit
Harper's Antilope
Dik Dik
Kudu
Giraffe
Mokki
Elk
Moose
Cougar
Wart Hog
Wild Boar
Rattle Snake
Quail
Duck
Pheasant
Dove
Scorpions
Lobster
Grouper
Red Fish
Yellow Snapper
Squirl Fish
Amber Jack
Squid
Conch
Abalone

about the only thing I ever had to 'talk myself into' trying was Baboon. I just seemed rather cannibalistic to me..perhaps it was the hands

[Ned Flanders]

Scayde,

add caribou to your list. if you haven't had it, find a way, it's scrumptuous.

And you're right, I saw the green text and didn't even look at the poster. LOL

[Scayde]

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Scayde,

add caribou to your list. if you haven't had it, find a way, it's scrumptuous.

And you're right, I saw the green text and didn't even look at the poster. LOL

Oh I have....and you are right..it is a very lean and sweet meat.....I had it prepared in a stew with wild rice, carrots, red potato, cellery, pumpkin seed, in a wine base. It was wonderful

I also forgot Water Buffalo and Spring Buck

[RandomThug]

You guys are so mean. I haven't had a home cooked meal in ages and for me a Home cooked meal is that flavorless non free range chicken or the frozen steaks.


I live in southern California, LA. I've never even imagined eating deer or rabbit or caribou (perhaps because I grew up with a mother who threatned my livelyhood if I ate sheep because they were so cute)....





I want a nice juicy steak right now... but I know I am going to go home to raman.



Somebody kill me please.

[RandomThug]

wait wait wait I didnt catch your last thing you said scayde.


You ate babboon?


Wierd. Wierd.... wow... wierd.


Monkey meat... reminds me of that comic "Get Fuzzy" the cats always mumbling about eating monkeys...

[Scayde]

Originally posted by RandomThug
wait wait wait I didnt catch your last thing you said scayde.


You ate babboon?


Wierd. Wierd.... wow... wierd.


Monkey meat... reminds me of that comic "Get Fuzzy" the cats always mumbling about eating monkeys...

LOL..well.to be honest, I can't recomend it...it was rather sour tasting and very greasy. ...So you haven't missed anything there.

Actually, some really great hunting is rather near S.CA. If you head west past Bear Mt.....there is a large area where you can hunt mule deer, rabbit, snake, desert quail. Pick up a local hunting guide anywhere they seel liscences

And if you are ever in Texas, I will fix you some Venison Chili

[Waverly]

Scayde, how could you have missed jellyfish.

Now there is a treat

[Ned Flanders]

Ah, the coelenterates, delicacies fit for a king.

[HighLordDave]

You also forgot deep-fried walleye on a stick, which as I understand it, is quite a delicacy and readily available at the Minnesota state fair.

[Ned Flanders]

they deep fry everything at the minnesota state fair.

The best thing to do with walleye is grill it. deep frying ruins the fish.

I must confess, in september I'll have been in MN for ten years and I've yet to attend the state fair. the place scares me.

[HighLordDave]

I saw something on the Minnesota state fair on Food Network and I threatened to drag my wife there just for the deep fried everything on a stick. However, she managed to divert my attention away long enough to get me fixated on the Lobster Festival in Rockport, Maine, so I may have to wait a while longer to experience the Minnesota state fair.

[Scayde]

LOL...It is not as bizarre as it seems....I grew up in a family that liked to hunt...and have several friends who safari...so I have ahd the opportunity to try a lot of things that you don't find in the grocery

Besides....I like to try new things


@Waves:...I would guess that pan fying of jelly ish is out of the question

@HLD: If I ever make it up to Minnesota I will have to give it a try

[Grendel]

Originally posted by Ned Flanders
Regarding the ostrich, I recommend a bigger grill; then you fire up the sawz-all and cut the top of a 16 gallon keg. With the size of those eggs ostriches lay, i'm sure the rump would fit over the keg. From what I hear ostrich is tasty, I'd eat it.

Kegger....that would indeed do the trick. Would have to be a keg of Old P, would compliment the red meat of the ostrich rather well. Damn fine bird - if you ever see it try it out. They roam the hills of SoCal but are better if pre-prepared (nasty peck and all).

@Scayde - you didn't miss too many on the endangered list there. and was that a free range giraffe?

Maybe there is a call for an Endangered Species Cookbook after all...could have the subheading of get some while you can

[Tamerlane]

Hmmm, this thread reminds me that its almost lunch.

[Scayde]

Originally posted by Grendel
Kegger....that would indeed do the trick. Would have to be a keg of Old P, would complement the red meat of the ostrich rather well. Damn fine bird - if you ever see it try it out. They roam the hills of SoCal but are better if pre-prepared (nasty peck and all).

@Scayde - you didn't miss too many on the endangered list there. and was that a free range giraffe?

Maybe there is a call for an Endangered Species Cookbook after all...could have the subheading of get some while you can

Well, according to my friends who go on Safari every year.....the hunts take part on a game ranch that is part of the National Park Reserve system . The last hunt they were on allowed x number of kills, and only of certain animals of certain populations. The limits are strictly enforced...and the hunts are part of the wildlife management program. The free range in Africa is shrinking drastically...as it has here in our own country, and with out these programs many of the animals woulds starve, or come in direct conflict with the people in the cities surrounding the parks. Because there is realy no 'free' animal wilderness any longer, if the populations are allowed to expand unchecked, they would eventually collapse causing far more damage to the animal population in general than responsible game management.

The money generated by these hunts goes to fund the park management and hire wardens to patrol against poachers who have no regard for the populations...nor do they care if it is the last one on the planet. If it were not for the parks system, many of these animals would indeed be extinct today, but because of responsible game management..it is likely that they will be here for generations to come

[Grendel]

Each to their own. Can't see how it can be called a "hunt" tho'. Not like deer which hide in forests and are difficult to see/find. A damned giraffe sticks up a good 15' and can hardly be considered a sporting challenge. ..ought to just paint a large target on 'em.

That said, I'm still curious what they taste like (sick puppy). Surely not chicken..

[Scayde]

Originally posted by Grendel
Each to their own. Can't see how it can be called a "hunt" tho'. Not like deer which hide in forests and are difficult to see/find. A damned giraffe sticks up a good 15' and can hardly be considered a sporting challenge. ..ought to just paint a large target on 'em.

That said, I'm still curious what they taste like (sick puppy). Surely not chicken..

I have to agree with you on that point...a 'canned hunt' is no hunt IMHO...nor is it very sporting......I do not consider it as such....for me, it is more akin to harvesting a steer from the herd for food.

I am not, nor have I ever been a 'Trophy hunter"..In fact, I make it a point to take the culls from the herd....thereby improving the gene pool for next year. A four year old stag is not going to taste any better because it is a 14 pointer.....a cull spike will taste just as good. The shot I prefer is a simple madula shot...they are not in pain.....and typically dead before they hit the ground. I have never gut shot an animal..nor will I settle for a lung shot...if I can't get a clean shot off to the base, I let it pass. If I shoot it..I eat it, and I dont shoot anything I would not eat.

To me, that is sport, and it is also humane

[Grendel]

Nuff said. No aversion to reasonable culling done right.

You any good with fleas? Gut shots appreciated.. My animals are working up an excessive local population that is straining the environmental tolerance. I might have to reverse my opinions of culling and nuke the lot of them..

[Scayde]

Originally posted by Grendel
Nuff said. No aversion to reasonable culling done right.

You any good with fleas? My animals are working up an excessive local population that is straining the environmental tolerance. I might have to reverse my opinions of culling and nuke the lot of them..

LMAO....sorry, never had them myself.....you might ask Weasel..he is the only fur bearing SYMian I know around here

*HUG* @ Weasely One

Well, it's time for me to lock up..I'll catch y'all later

[Chanak]

@Scayde: As I have tasted of the fruits of your hunting, I must say you went the extra mile in ensuring the deer you killed was taken out properly, and processed the right way. The venison we had not too long ago was awesome, the best I ever had. *hug*

@Ned: Oddly enough, I don't see whale mentioned here. As anyone who has tasted a whale steak will attest, it's better than beef. Really, it's true. Not too long ago I read a National Geographic article pertaining to the survival of the great whales, which are not in danger of extinction from being hunted...rather, their populations are not being managed properly. A rather controversial zoologist suggested that with the proper education, whaling countries could get a handle on what species they hunt at particular times of the year, allowing for herds to compensate for the loss of population during periods when they were not "in season." This makes alot of sense if you think about it. Plus, the guy made a great point: one whale can yield over 40 tons of meat. Damn. That's a helluva lot of burger in the freezer, man.

EDIT: Okay, some clarifying is in order here. Whereas deer and smaller mammals need a breeding season to recover from hunting (which, as we know, simulates predation and attrition that would otherwise occur naturally in their population, were the country more like a Druid's paradise), whales need more time to breed and grow. I think the scientists were basing their opinions on data currently being collected concerning the whale population in the planet's oceans...which apparently is not as sparse as was previously believed. Based on what they were saying, Blue Whale season would last for about 5 years or so, then lapse into a safe zone of about 10 to 15 years while they recovered. In the meantime, other whale species could be hunted while those behemoths squeezed out more baby whales.