Spotted owl, it taste like chicken!

On a more serious note I tried whale when I was in Japan, Once and only once. I was not impressed, I am sure it taste good fried. But I am Southern and almost anything taste good fried.

Horsemeat is actually quite delicious, and it is a crying shame that extremists in the USA have been so successful in keeping it unavailable. Best steak I've EVER eaten was a bistecca di cavallo near Venice, Italy.

Liver is quite common in the USA, both in restaurants and in grocery stores.

Talk for yourself.

I've eaten 'carne equino' a few times, didn't much like it. There's never been much of a problem getting hold of it in my part of Spain. But even amongst my grandmother's generation it's not well liked. Definitely a niche market, and for good reason.

Well, I'm willing to accept not all cuts of Trigger are the same, but the steak I had (grilled MR, parmesan shaving, balsamic reduction) was excellent.

I didn't know Peruvians eat iguana. They DO eat quite a lot of cuy (guinea pig). Maybe they eat those lizards in the Amazon part of Peru.

Lewis and Clarke thought the dog meat they got from the Indians was super--some of their best meals. I think at that time the native Americans mainly kept dogs for that purpose.

My wife worked with an gal from Barrow whose parents would FedEx her whale meat once in a while. She grew up eating it and loved it.

There's a very strange law about trading in whale teeth. What's strange is that whales aren't killed for their teeth ever--just a byproduct and probably not a very lucrative one.

What all this has to do with flying I can't imagine except that folks that fly a lot tend to be interested in lots of things. Including zipping through the air at 500 mpg and 35,000 ft whilst sipping a cocktail. People are surely funny.

Doh! I was in Norway a couple of weeks ago and totally forgot to try some whale meat. What makes it worse is - I love liver!

Can it be got anywhere other than Norway & Japan, or is it illegal everywhere else?

I'll bet you'd have enjoyed a prime cut of venison, goat or ostrich (or cat, yak or kangaroo) given a similar treatment.

I'm also guessing that whilst you nibbled at your Sundancer steak niche, the rest of the animal was enjoyed as pet food.

chartreuse - Iceland


Can we continue with the dog meat verdicts now?

Venison - Been there, done that. Bambi tastes EXCELLENT as either a prime cut, jerky, sausage, or chili!

Goat - tried it several time in Mexico, but not my favorite. Too gamey.

Ostrich - breast meat makes for an excellent steak/roast.

Cat - pretty sure I've had it in Korea. Host swore the meat was beef. Beef isn't that color. And definitely wasn't pork, chicken or dog. Was pretty good though.

And your point would be......??

What do you think happens to the wierd bits of the cows, pigs, chickens, fish, etc. that people seem to find more (ahem) palatable? The bistecca di cavallo a la Barbarro was excellent. I hope Rover enjoyed his share at least half as much.

They make really, really good soup (Korea).

Now back OT. Didn't care too much for whale. Beefy with fishy afternotes. Seal was not much better.

That you've been rather quick to point your finger at 'extremists'.

Thanks LapLap, I've been meaning to visit Iceland for a while and now I've got yet another reason

See -
Horse Meat
Horse slaughter in USA

In the USA, legislation has been forced through by monied interests who sentimentally anthropomorphise horses, and insist on imposing their views on others (not unlike many other moralistic issues in the USA, unfortunately). Interestingly, the legistlation is strongly opposed by those actually involved in the industry, such as the American Quarter Horse Association. Politicians, afraid to stand up to little girls crying about ponies, caved.

Horse is a common baby food in Italy - soled in jars at most supermarkets (as is donkey and sheep).

The problem with eating whale (as opposed to dogs or iguanas) is that whale populations take very long to restock - as whales only have one calf every few years or so and grow very old (some upto 100 years). Lastly, pregnant females are preferred for eating because they carry a lot of blubber.

If you prefer to think that's the ONLY reason, fine. I'm just saying that it really isn't that tasty a meat (even you enjoyed it once it had been coated in dairy umami/MSG) and I doubt it would have become that popular anyway. There's not much of a history of 'sentimentally anthropomorphiing horses' in Spain, yet it rarely features on menus there. People in Spain have the choice, and they choose other meats.

My point is exactly that it should be a matter of taste, rather than legislation. In the USA, it has become a legislative matter, rather thaqn one of personal preference.

I can't stand cooked spinach, and once had a fern that meant a great deal to me because of from whom it was a gift. That doesn't mean I should pull out the stops to outlaw leafy green comestibles though. If you like them, more power to you. If I don't, that's also OK.

For the record, and back OT - even though I've tried whale (not that good) I do not believe it should be a harvested animal. Endangered trumps individual tastes and preferences.

I have a friend who tried it in Japan solely to piss off the tree hugger type they were having dinner with who was annoying him. He wasn't a huge fan, but it had quite the desired effect. Raw horse is apparently much better.