Thread: British meat delicacies

spamtrap1888 <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm surprised that (afaik) no one posted this yesterday.
> Let's put the rat in ratatouille.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19622903
>
> Also hints to why Oscar Meyer stopped making "Little
> Smokies."
>



That makes a fine case for not buying mystery meat.

I wouldn't be surprised if rat is eaten in some parts of the
world.

A friend would drive to Tijuana, Mexico once a month to
calibrate his company meat scales in some way. Afterwards we'd
stop at a street cart run by two senoras making dog meat
taquitos. We didn't pay as we go, rather when we finished. Way
off the tourism of Revolucion Ave.

They were delicious. I asked my friend if it was really dog
meat. In all seriousness he asked "Do you see any dogs?" While
I didn't, I still felt he was joking but if he was he never
did let on that he was. After all these decades later I'll
never know for sure Still, they WERE tasty. We ate there
every time.

Andy

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:51:36 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888 wrote:

> I'm surprised that (afaik) no one posted this yesterday. Let's put the
> rat in ratatouille.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19622903
>
> Also hints to why Oscar Meyer stopped making "Little Smokies."

"West African and environmental health officer sources told the BBC
the Ridley Road Market, in Dalston, was a known hotbed of illicit meat
activity, including sales of illegal "smokies", a delicacy made by
charring sheep or goat with a blow torch."

Weren't they using food grade propane?

It's interesting to note that the first butcher they encounter to sell
them rat meat has several pictures of Obama on the wall behind the
meat counter. Possibly implying that Obama is a connoisseur of and
endorses African bushmeat?

> Also hints to why Oscar Meyer stopped making "Little Smokies."

Hillshire Farms still makes/sells them (as "Lit'l Smokies"). Sheldon
buys them by the case from Walmart.

-sw

"spamtrap1888" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm surprised that (afaik) no one posted this yesterday. Let's put the
> rat in ratatouille.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19622903
>
> Also hints to why Oscar Meyer stopped making "Little Smokies."

That's horrible!