Roadkill Dining

[Out of Order]

I guess it is a good idea, but I have never had the "pleasure" before........

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/montana-bill-legalize-roadkill-dining/story?id=18549790

[Neesy]

I guess it is a good idea, but I have never had the "pleasure" before........

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/montana-bill-legalize-roadkill-dining/story?id=18549790

Well. Wheee doggies! What'll they think of next, eh? :confused:
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[GNTLGNT]

http://www.taverntoys.com/zencart_138/images/road%20kill.jpg

...even Unca Steve has gotten in on the action, to supplement his dwindling book royalties......:hahahahaha:

[Moderator]

Or maybe he'd been to the Road Kill Cafe in Greenville, Maine. They don't actually serve road kill but the menu is a tongue-in-cheek listing of various dishes such as Bye-Bye Bambi Burger. =D

[nate_watkins]

When I think of Roadkill, I'm reminded from the guy whose radio name is Roadkill. He is on a NH station.

[blunthead]

When I think of Roadkill, I'm reminded from the guy whose radio name is Roadkill. He is on a NH station.When I think of roadkill I think "Flat Animal". I hate to see 'em. To me it's nature's way of saying "You don't belong here" or "Something's gone horribly wrong." It doesn't matter what it used to be, to me each kill is tragic.

[Sundrop]

When I think of roadkill I think "Flat Animal". I hate to see 'em. To me it's nature's way of saying "You don't belong here" or "Something's gone horribly wrong." It doesn't matter what it used to be, to me each kill is tragic.

I brake for frogs and bunnies....

[exzel]

When I think of roadkill I think "Flat Animal".

LOL... Ever played frisbee with a "sail rabbit" as a kid growing up?

[blunthead]

I brake for frogs and bunnies....I understand that hunting is necessary because without it certain populations of animals would become so overabundant that many of their members would starve or otherwise die in far more intolerable ways than via hunters, and that it's a legitimate sport practiced by, hopefully for the most part, people who appreciate and honor nature including the animals they hunt. Nevertheless, I expect never to become a hunter (who knows what the future may hold for the world) because I don't like the idea of innocent beings being killed. To me it would be the same as if I were a Nazi hunting Jews.

[Out of Order]

I brake for frogs and bunnies....

And don't forget about the turtles!!!:smile:

[Autumn Gust]

A few years ago, the county commissioner back in my little hometown in western PA wanted to feed roadkill to inmates of the county jail. His reasoning: About once a day, someone in the county hits a deer with a car or truck. One carcass alone can yield up to 120 quarter-pound burgers and serving roadkill would reduce food cost $2.30 per day per prisoner. Nothing ever came of it. Well, except it was "fodder" for a lot of jokes...:laugh:

[nate_watkins]

A few years ago, the county commissioner back in my little hometown in western PA wanted to feed roadkill to inmates of the county jail. His reasoning: About once a day, someone in the county hits a deer with a car or truck. One carcass alone can yield up to 120 quarter-pound burgers and serving roadkill would reduce food cost $2.30 per day per prisoner. Nothing ever came of it. Well, except it was "fodder" for a lot of jokes...:laugh:

I ain't never had prison food before, but from what I've heard of it, venison burger sounds better than what they usually get.

[doowopgirl]

There is also a Roadkill Cafe in northern California, I have the apron to prove it. Seriously, the very idea gives me the heebie jeebies. :n:

[Sundrop]

And don't forget about the turtles!!!:smile:

Not many turtles in the NC mountains.....but you're right, I'd stop for them too!
....I'll put on the brakes for any living creature, other than a spider or snake ;-D

[GNTLGNT]

I ain't never had prison food before, but from what I've heard of it, venison burger sounds better than what they usually get.

....zzzzzzzzzzgoogle "meal-loaf" sometime....:blarf:

http://www.postonpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/img00136.jpg

[GNTLGNT]

Not many turtles in the NC mountains.....but you're right, I'd stop for them too!
....I'll put on the brakes for any living creature, other than a spider or snake ;-D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYdD9DdLNY

[mustangclaire]

We have a brilliant program called Top Gear here, it's a motor based program, where 3 blokes take road trips etc in different cars to test them etc, and get up to adventures. On the American episodes, one of the "tasks" they had to do was camp for the night, cooking only road kill for dinner. One squashed something or other, they sent Jeremy Clarkson out to find something with a bit more meat on it. The shot of him coming through a field with an absolutely enormous cow strapped to his roof still makes me chuckle. His reasoning for this was he found it "dead by the road, so it's road kill". They had to do several hand brake turns to get it off. Where it sat bloating and stinking next to their very small bbq. They went hungry instead.;-D

[doowopgirl]

....zzzzzzzzzzgoogle "meal-loaf" sometime....:blarf:

http://www.postonpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/img00136.jpg

Yuck and double yuck

[nate_watkins]

We have a brilliant program called Top Gear here, it's a motor based program, where 3 blokes take road trips etc in different cars to test them etc, and get up to adventures. On the American episodes, one of the "tasks" they had to do was camp for the night, cooking only road kill for dinner. One squashed something or other, they sent Jeremy Clarkson out to find something with a bit more meat on it. The shot of him coming through a field with an absolutely enormous cow strapped to his roof still makes me chuckle. His reasoning for this was he found it "dead by the road, so it's road kill". They had to do several hand brake turns to get it off. Where it sat bloating and stinking next to their very small bbq. They went hungry instead.;-D

I like that show. The episode you mentioned sounds vaguely familiar to me. It's definitely something I can picture Clarkson doing. :laugh:

[not_nadine]

Roadkill can feed a lot of raptors. Eagles, hawks and such.

[nate_watkins]

Roadkill can feed a lot of raptors. Eagles, hawks and such.

Speaking of which, I saw a bald eagle the other day.

With the light winter we had last year, there seemed to have been an overpopulation of squirrels over the summer. Which led to much more roadkill. Plenty of food for the crows. I'm sure the crows thrived, and maybe became a little overpopulated themselves.

[Autumn Gust]

I was walking along a country road one day and came across a vulture in the middle of the highway eating roadkill. Have you guys ever seen a vulture close up? They are UGLY!

[Out of Order]

I was walking along a country road one day and came across a vulture in the middle of the highway eating roadkill. Have you guys ever seen a vulture close up? They are UGLY!

I have and I couldn't agree more. They have a face a mother would be trying awful hard to love.....=Z