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Which taboo meat tickles your fancy?
cat (mainly China. In Guangdong, China, cat is reportedly served along with snake and chicken in a dish called "The Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix")
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
elephant (central + West Africa and sometimes parts of Thailand)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
horse (common in France and Italy; strictly forbidden in the UK for some reason)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
human (Jeffrey Dalmer said we taste like beef)
4%
 4%  [ 2 ]
kangaroo (available at many Australian butchers and major supermarkets as mince, sausages and steak; supposedly has a more exotic and gamey flavour than pork or beef)
9%
 9%  [ 4 ]
primates - apes, monkeys and whatnot
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
whale and dolphin (banned in the US and Canada; popular in Japan and Norway)
7%
 7%  [ 3 ]
Camel (Camel Lasagne is available in Alice Springs, Australia)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Caribou/Reindeer (predictably popular in Scandinavia, Alaska, Canada)
36%
 36%  [ 15 ]
I'd eat 'em all!
39%
 39%  [ 16 ]
Total Votes : 41

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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:28 pm    Post subject: Taboo meats Reply with quote

Which taboo meat tickles your fancy? see poll.

If you have experience with any of these meats, please share - taste, dish, where etc.

I have not included a "none" option, for the simple reason that "nays" will be deemed as non-votes for any of the options....completely superfluous, and besides, there is more than one possible viewpoint on meat ethics other than the Red Dogian one and the (significantly less logical) "it's okay to eat cows, pigs, fish and chickens but nothing else for reasons [x] and [y]" (selective pro-meat ethics?) and this thread is for people who aren't offended by the viewpoint that humans can eat what they like, so long as the animal dies quickly and relatively painlessly. Latter is definitely my view. I think it's also fine to eat meats of animals who suffered cruel deaths and this is commonplace - see cows and pigs in Western countries and dogs in Korea. However, ideally, animals wouldn't suffer much.
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

given the right circumstances I'd eat any of them. That's right! You don't want to be travelling with CLG on a plane flying low over the Andes.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd try human before I tried whale, but only if the human agreed to it or I was risking death.
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Moldy Rutabaga



Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ate caribou and moose once in a while when I lived in Newfoundland. The boys from Labrador would shoot them and make steaks and hamburger with them. Like lean beef, very tasty.

Ken:>
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migooknom



Joined: 10 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i heard whale galbi was the shiz...

think about it. whales are like the big cows of the sea.
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Zyzyfer



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I almost had a chance to try camel and kangaroo when I was in Aussie, but was ill from something when the chance came up. Heard camel meat is tough and stringy.

Anything that actually resembles meat I'd try once, except humans. Might not like it but I'll try it.
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Novernae



Joined: 02 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd try anything that isn't endangered or that doesn't have a high risk of contagion of a human 'friendly' disease (which basically eliminates primates, which are generally eliminated by the first criterion anyway).

Edited: to fix what I said to mean what I meant instead of saying the opposite of what I meant.


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peony



Joined: 30 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

none of the above, yes, im a selective meat eater- fish, chicken, duck, shellfish, beef, pork and lamb/goat only very rarely

a lot of different types of animals i have issues with, even birds like geese, pigeon and quail, turtles, rabbit, venison etc.

unless i was starving and had no choice of course, then im sure i'll eat what i can get but at the moment, that isnt an issue
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poet13



Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In south Africa we went to this restuarant where they served just about any kind of meat you can imagine. Long skewers. They would come by the table, and you would point to the bit you wanted and they would slice it off. Kudu, Blesbok, giraffe, zebra, elephant, Cape bufalo.....
Chewed my way through kilos of bil-tong, which is just jerky mae from some of the above. Delicious!
If I had to, I'm with CLG, but not unless there was some real need.
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pastis



Joined: 20 Jun 2006

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Human?... Hmm... If I was really hungry enough, I might try a (non-steroid using) athlete perhaps Wink . But basically that shit sounds pretty nasty... can't really imagine eating some medicated, junk-food eating, smoker lard-ass from the States and enjoying it...
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rockstarsmooth



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Location: anyang, baybee!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

meh, meat is meat. i'll try anything, my main issue is cleanliness and safety. so yeah, if i ate human meat (or any other for that matter), i'd want a healthy clean-living specimen. i guess as far as saramgogi goes, i'd want consent too...
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Zoobot



Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rockstarsmooth and Bibbitybop: you have my permission to eat me if I die an untimely death. I kind of like the idea of being eaten after death... The matter that was you becomes part of the cycle of life so quickly afterwards.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Zoobot! I'll keep some BBQ sauce in the fridge on reserve. Please PM me a release letter explaining what parts or organs I may ingest. I would rather you donate your working organs to living people who need them, but that is up to you.
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Qinella



Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I voted caribou because it's the least likely to disgust me when I picture it while I'm eating it. Also, I really enjoy venison, and I assume they are similar.
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rockstarsmooth



Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zoobot wrote:
Rockstarsmooth and Bibbitybop: you have my permission to eat me if I die an untimely death. I kind of like the idea of being eaten after death... The matter that was you becomes part of the cycle of life so quickly afterwards.


great! are you a clean-living type? 'cause i don't wanna eat no fat, pack-a-day smokers who live on fast food...
i don't like organ meat, so feel free to pass on that stuff to other people who want it. i just want the muscles... mmm....steak....
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