Re: The carnivor thread.

[Tank]

The guys from Madventures ate human meat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21RWUIFHD_s

Oh dear! That was strange, funny and gross all at the same time. I'm not sure I could have done that. Although I have heard that eating a placenta is good for the mother after birth, presumably it was a man who first thought it was a good idea!

[AnimatedDirt]

I'll stick with the cow, chicken and occasional swine, goat and lamb.  I don't even do seafood that well.  Tuna, ok.  Almost anything else just turns my stomach.  You all are brave.  Not me.  

[Ihateyoumike]

The guys from Madventures ate human meat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21RWUIFHD_s

And here I was hoping to see them with someone laying stomach-down on a platter covered in banana leaves with an apple stuffed in their mouth, and all I get is placenta. What a letdown.

I wonder if I can donate my body after I die to let others see that happen... You know, for science.

[joeactor]

Hmmm...

I've eaten lots of things from the land, sea and air.

Haven't seen "Buffalo" on the list yet - had it as jerky once.  Good.  A bit sweeter than beef.

Also ate most parts from a sheep's head when I was a youngster.
Eyes were odd texture, but good with lemon.

[Sweetdeath]

I had a bison burger once. I remember enjoying it.

[Whitney]

Are bison and buffalo the same thing?

Buffalo is good and it is less fatty than cow.  I would use buffalo instead of cow if it was easier to find at decent prices.

[joeactor]

Are bison and buffalo the same thing?

Buffalo is good and it is less fatty than cow.  I would use buffalo instead of cow if it was easier to find at decent prices.

My understanding is that Bison are American Buffalo - actually, Bison is probably the correct term, as I think Buffalo are a different species found in Africa.

There's also "Beefalo" - a cross between Bison and Cows...  Haven't tried that yet, but would be keen to find it...

[fester30]

The weirdest experience I had was deer I killed.  I am not a hunter.  Never been hunting in my life.  I like to think it was the deer that was hunting the front end of my parents' Oldsmobile when I was 17.  The hunter in that case became the hunted, and a family friend took it and made meat out of it.

[Tank]

Are bison and buffalo the same thing?

Buffalo is good and it is less fatty than cow.  I would use buffalo instead of cow if it was easier to find at decent prices.

I have read that the Bison is a more efficient producer of protein than the domesticated cow and thus it should be the animal of choice on grazing land.

There is a specialist restaurant in Nottingham that serves ostrich and Bison burgers and steaks. I think I'll try the Bison steak next time I'm there

[Tank]

The weirdest experience I had was deer I killed.  I am not a hunter.  Never been hunting in my life.  I like to think it was the deer that was hunting the front end of my parents' Oldsmobile when I was 17.  The hunter in that case became the hunted, and a family friend took it and made meat out of it.

The law on road-kill in the UK is bizarre! If you kill the animal you can't take it, it's classified as poaching. However if you find a dead animal you can take it and eat it. There was a chap on the TV recently who is a sort of hermit self-sufficiency type and he had a freezer stuffed with Rabbit, Pheasant, Badger, Deer and Fox! To much to eat himself.

[The Magic Pudding]

You ate a hedgehog?
How did you fillet it?

It was many years ago. You gut it and then wrap it in mud (clay is best), then bake it in fire embers for an hour or so. Then you crack the mud off and IF you have done it right the spines fall out in the mud and the hedgehog pretty much falls apart and you just pick the meat out. The mud also keeps all the fleas out of the meat. Hedgehogs are riddled with skin based parasites. Tasty and gamy flavour. Only did it myself twice.

I have seen them up close and personal and they do seem to be full of disease, you are very brave to eat one.

I assume hedgehogs were introduced to New Zealand to control pests, killing them doesn't seem much of a sport and there must be easier things to eat.  I don't suppose things worked out as planned.

[Whitney]

There is a specialist restaurant in Nottingham that serves ostrich and Bison burgers and steaks.

We have a place in downtown Dallas that serves both too.  I think even one of our chain restaurants serves both...but I am in texas and texas is pro gun and pro hunters so that's probably why.

[Pharaoh Cat]

I can add:
Hedgehog
Warthog
Locust
Whelks
Herring
Cod
Salmon

Wow.  I don't even know what whelks are. 

You described cooking and eating hedgehog later in the thread, Tank.  Care to elaborate on any of the others?  Warthog?  Locust?

I would try almost anything but have had few occasions to.  Sushi is probably my coolest carnivory.  I've sampled pretty much everything you would find on a standard menu at a sushi restaurant.

I've always wanted to try horse and alligator but never had the occasion to.  I've had ostrich and buffalo as burgers but those are commonplace nowadays.  I've had goat at Middle Eastern restaurants.

[Asmodean]

The weirdest experience I had was deer I killed.  I am not a hunter.  Never been hunting in my life.  I like to think it was the deer that was hunting the front end of my parents' Oldsmobile when I was 17.  The hunter in that case became the hunted, and a family friend took it and made meat out of it.

Did the Oldsmobile survive? 

[Tank]

I can add:
Hedgehog
Warthog
Locust
Whelks
Herring
Cod
Salmon

Wow.  I don't even know what whelks are. 

You described cooking and eating hedgehog later in the thread, Tank.  Care to elaborate on any of the others?  Warthog?  Locust?

I would try almost anything but have had few occasions to.  Sushi is probably my coolest carnivory.  I've sampled pretty much everything you would find on a standard menu at a sushi restaurant.

I've always wanted to try horse and alligator but never had the occasion to.  I've had ostrich and buffalo as burgers but those are commonplace nowadays.  I've had goat at Middle Eastern restaurants.

Warthog, restaurant in Cape Town, it was horrid, the Warthog not the restaurant!
Locust, deep-fried in oil at Manchester Science Museum they had an evening workshop on sustainability.
Whelks A type of sea-snail boiled and served with vinegar.