Re: Paleo diet -- one month results

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Ignoramus15381 said:

For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel.

I want to say "Bravo" and "Ew" in the same breath.

Actually, I was being facetious. I've eaten squirrel stew. Not
something I'd like every day, but no worse than bear or rabbit or
venison or rattlesnake---some are gamier than others. It really all
depends on the stew, and when you've got good veggies with lots of
onions and garlic and maybe some tomatoes, meat is meat, whatever its
source.

I spent two years in Vermont. A lot of the small towns up there have
annual wild game suppers. As soon as hunting season is over, the
hunters cook up their prize catches in rather fanciful ways
(fricaseed, barbecued, blackened and pan-fried, etc.) and all the
people in town have a fun communal supper at the town hall (which is
usually the firehouse). Each dish is clearly labelled, which is good,
since you probably want to know if that delicious meal was bear or
possum.

So I applaud your trying stewed squirrel.

Just not for breakfast.

..:. Craig

Ignoramus15381 said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Craig Smith

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I said:

Ignoramus15381 wrote:

> For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel.

I want to say "Bravo" and "Ew" in the same breath.

Actually, I was being facetious. I've eaten squirrel stew. Not
something I'd like every day, but no worse than bear or rabbit or
venison or rattlesnake---some are gamier than others. It really all
depends on the stew, and when you've got good veggies with lots of
onions and garlic and maybe some tomatoes, meat is meat, whatever its
source.

I spent two years in Vermont. A lot of the small towns up there have
annual wild game suppers. As soon as hunting season is over, the
hunters cook up their prize catches in rather fanciful ways
(fricaseed, barbecued, blackened and pan-fried, etc.) and all the
people in town have a fun communal supper at the town hall (which is
usually the firehouse). Each dish is clearly labelled, which is
good, since you probably want to know if that delicious meal was
bear or possum.

So I applaud your trying stewed squirrel.

Just not for breakfast.

.:. Craig

That's interesting. My friend is a hunter, so I ate some venison,
myself. And wild duck.

I would be careful about venison right now. There is some kind of a mad-cow
type disease striking people who eat venison. If you want me to, I will try
to find some articles.

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Ignoramus15381 said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Craig Smith

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I wrote:

> Ignoramus15381 wrote:
>
>> For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel.
>
> I want to say "Bravo" and "Ew" in the same breath.

Actually, I was being facetious. I've eaten squirrel stew. Not
something I'd like every day, but no worse than bear or rabbit or
venison or rattlesnake---some are gamier than others. It really all
depends on the stew, and when you've got good veggies with lots of
onions and garlic and maybe some tomatoes, meat is meat, whatever its
source.

I spent two years in Vermont. A lot of the small towns up there have
annual wild game suppers. As soon as hunting season is over, the
hunters cook up their prize catches in rather fanciful ways
(fricaseed, barbecued, blackened and pan-fried, etc.) and all the
people in town have a fun communal supper at the town hall (which is
usually the firehouse). Each dish is clearly labelled, which is
good, since you probably want to know if that delicious meal was
bear or possum.

So I applaud your trying stewed squirrel.

Just not for breakfast.

.:. Craig

That's interesting. My friend is a hunter, so I ate some venison,
myself. And wild duck.

I would be careful about venison right now. There is some kind of a
mad-cow
type disease striking people who eat venison. If you want me to, I will
try
to find some articles.

Best of luck finding them because there has not been any conclusive
documentation that CWD has lead to disease in humans. Speculation is not
proof, nor is scaremongering.

Jenn

only in the wisconsin/minnesota area where stupid hunters were feeding them
banned feed products. :\

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Peace,
Pen
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Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats!
http://www.pawbreakers.com

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Ignoramus15381 said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Craig Smith

Quoted message said:

I wrote:

> Ignoramus15381 wrote:
>
>> For breakfast tomorrow, I am going to eat a stewed squirrel.
>
> I want to say "Bravo" and "Ew" in the same breath.

Actually, I was being facetious. I've eaten squirrel stew. Not
something I'd like every day, but no worse than bear or rabbit or
venison or rattlesnake---some are gamier than others. It really all
depends on the stew, and when you've got good veggies with lots of
onions and garlic and maybe some tomatoes, meat is meat, whatever its
source.

I spent two years in Vermont. A lot of the small towns up there have
annual wild game suppers. As soon as hunting season is over, the
hunters cook up their prize catches in rather fanciful ways
(fricaseed, barbecued, blackened and pan-fried, etc.) and all the
people in town have a fun communal supper at the town hall (which is
usually the firehouse). Each dish is clearly labelled, which is
good, since you probably want to know if that delicious meal was
bear or possum.

So I applaud your trying stewed squirrel.

Just not for breakfast.

.:. Craig

That's interesting. My friend is a hunter, so I ate some venison,
myself. And wild duck.

I would be careful about venison right now. There is some kind of a

mad-cow

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type disease striking people who eat venison. If you want me to, I will

try

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to find some articles.

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i

--
nimue

"If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater
influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF."
Joss Whedon

Great T & A requires great DNA.
Penn (of Penn and Teller)

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Pawbreakers - The Candy for Cats!
http://www.pawbreakers.com

For a paleo diet for cats see:
www.barfworld.com

Commercial cat food ( not Pawbreakers) is a major source of death for
cats. That's really a shame when natural food for cats ( frozen or
live mice)is readily available and costs less than the [censored] most cats
are fed.

The State of Texas requires that I feed my hawk only what it eats in
Nature (the same things that cats eat in Nature). Were I to feed him
commercial cat food, the state would take him away and charge me with
animal cruelity.

Why should I have lower standards for my cat, my dog, myself or my
child?

Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin"
www.NeanderThin.com

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I would be careful about venison right now. There is
some kind of a mad-cow
type disease striking people who eat venison. If you
want me to, I will try
to find some articles.

"Wasting Disease" hasn't been very widespread, at least
not in the northeast US. I think most of the instances
of wasting in white tail herds was found in Wisconsin...

NYS DEC has done some testing here, but hasn't found
any signs in NY's herds. Which is good news for us, as
we eat venison at least once a week in one form or
another.

Amy (mmmm...tenderloin)
168/115

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In article
<[email hidden]>, "nimue"

Quoted message said:

I would be careful about venison right now. There is
some kind of a mad-cow
type disease striking people who eat venison. If you
want me to, I will try
to find some articles.

"Wasting Disease" hasn't been very widespread, at least
not in the northeast US. I think most of the instances
of wasting in white tail herds was found in Wisconsin...

NYS DEC has done some testing here, but hasn't found
any signs in NY's herds. Which is good news for us, as
we eat venison at least once a week in one form or
another.

Amy (mmmm...tenderloin)
168/115

Here's a map of the known distribution of CWD
http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/about.map

It mainly affects Elk in the west and has only recently hit some Wisconsin
deer. It's not up in my area and they do a very decent job testing. I know
a number of hunters who have turned in heads for testing.

Jenn