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[-] EatsTheCheeseRind@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago

What three animals everyone else eating? We’ve got chickens, ducks, pigeons, quail, geese, cranes, turkeys, cows, deer, elk, moose, antelope, armadillo, beaver, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, lynx, bear, bison, caribou, goat, musk ox, pronghorn, sheep, muskrat, opossums, pigs, porcupine, rabbits, squirrels, pheasant, chukars, and tons of tasty insects to choose from.

[-] sethboy66@kbin.social 65 points 2 years ago

You forgot the many difference species of fish/creatures-of-the-sea.

[-] EatsTheCheeseRind@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I didn’t even go there because of so many tasty options to list!

[-] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 years ago

Tell me with a straight face that you eat a fucking squirrel

[-] EatsTheCheeseRind@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Squirrel are fantastic.

They’re the least “gamey” out of most small game, less so than rabbit, and taste something like leaner dark meat chicken.

Awesome in a crockpot substituted for chicken in most recipes. Can fancy up squirrel with a Sous vide to make squirrel confit bánh mì tacos, or keep it old school and make squirrel pot pie.

[-] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I grew up eating squirrel. Its very common in rural areas,

[-] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dove, too.

Knew someone that tried to eat possum once, said it was the nastiest, greasiest thing he'd ever tried.

[-] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You have to catch the possum first, then corn feed it for about a month or two to get the nasty taste out of the meat before you eat it. So basically, turn it into a pet, then kill and eat it.

[-] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Is.. is that actually true, or are you having a laugh? I genuinely cant tell.

but if its true, thats an awful lot of effort to make something nasty taste decent.

[-] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Its how they did it for the Possum Festival in Florida when I was growing up, so its a thing, But I can't imagine anyone would do it just cause they like possum though.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

They're good too.

[-] lps2@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

"very common" is generous. I grew up in rural GA and never once saw someone actually eat squirrel

[-] A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I'm from Kentucky, friend. I've definitely had a squirrel or two in my day.

[-] 007v2@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Tennessee checking in - I’ve had squirrel as well.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago

I used to live in rural Kansas, so yes

[-] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Squirrel is actually pretty good. Some of those others though...

[-] SuperSoftAbby@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Man the size of the of the ones in my neighborhood could replace our thanksgiving turkey if it wasn’t illegal to hunt them (I checked).

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

I mean tbf, the majority of Americans don't eat anything aside from chicken pork and beef, with the occasional turkey

[-] TheYear2525@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

True, but the majority of Americans also eat only a handful of plants, especially when counting brassica as one plant.

[-] Toast@lemmy.film 9 points 2 years ago

OP probably meant fish, octopus, and squid

[-] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats

[-] Surface_Detail@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Skip a bit, brother

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

To get 80k they're obviously counting variations. How many breeds of cow have I eaten?

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I don't have access to that many animals, nor that many plants. Maybe 5 animals and about two dozen plants.

[-] onichama@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Pls don't eat fox or lynx, they cute.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Not after you cook them?

[-] crypticthree@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And the slothes, and the orangutans, and breakfast cereals

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