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"Strange" animals, "strange" cuisine
RabidApache:
Desert Pack rats in AZ. Its actually pretty tastey. In a side by side taste test challenge rabbit and pack rat is almost identical.
stickbender:
As for pack rats, probably taste like squirrel. However, be very careful when handling pack rats, or mice, or other rats, as especially out west, they may have fleas, with the "Hanta" virus. :o Always burn the hair off, and handle with gloves, or stick tongs. As with any wild or domestic animal, be careful about blood contact. We had a problem with "Brucelosis" with hogs down here for awhile. I think they had a problem with that with Buffalo in the Yellowstone area, once also. I have BIG ground squirrels in Montana. Been thinking of trying one. ;)
Wayne
killir duck:
calf, elk, deer and antelope nuts the calf was the best and antelope by far the worst :)
hedgeapple:
I tried squirrel brains once NEVER AGAIN. They tasted like rotted fat. BBlluuukkkk
Dharma:
Yes, Stickbender is correct. Hantavirus is a problem here in the Southwest. It's usually found among Kangaroo Rats and White-Footed Mice. There is a Navajo taboo against allowing rodents to live in the hoogan, and it probably comes from that. In addition, Bubonic Plague is often found here among prairie dogs which is why so many people have given up eating them. Tularemia is found among rabbits here, so surgical gloves are a must for skinning and gutting. Add to that almost every summer, Rabies occurs among the skunk and fox populations. A skunk seen in daylight here certainly has it. An infected fox once attacked a guy here and he like to have never got it off his foot. Good reason to carry a stout hickory walking stick while hiking here. "Nothing beats a fine piece of hickory..."
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