The meat spectrum

[Buck]

I'd never seen that QI show before.
Tremendous.

 

[Buck]

What if there was a nuclear blast that you survived because you jumped into a refrigerator (I saw this in a movie once), then you found a football field where everyone had been wearing lead cups so all that was left was the string and beans?

What was in the movie, the introductory clause or the entire scenario?

You didn't see Indiana Jones and the Awful Awfulness?

I did, but I'd forgotten that part, a long with most of the movie.
So - nuclear blast and refridgerator in the movie, lead-lined cups and ball-eating not in movie.

I have to revert to the previous scenario: If I'm at the point where I'm eat human meat, I'm not going to sweat about the quality of the cut.

A little Grey Poupon, we're munching.

 

[Dyno]

I've had up through #13. Not a big deal.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Here seems a good place to tell this story on myself. :P

As someone who grew up hunting and fishing, I have eaten about every type of game animal your can think of native so the Southern Appalachians (no skunk or possum). Squirrel is very good fried, made into gravy and served over biscuits or toast. Anyway, when I was in the Navy I had come home one weekend and gone squirrel hunting and killed several. The way you clean a squirrel is cut him up the middle to get out all the insides; cut off his head, tail and feet; then pull his skin off like removing a wetsuit. You can picture how what remains looks like.

I took the squirrels and froze them to take back to Charleston. One night for supper I decided to fix a couple of the squirrels and took them out of the freezer to thaw. While they were thawing, I might have had a shot or six. Well, they took longer to thaw than expected, leaving time for more shots. By the time the squirrels were thawed enough to cook, I was quite drunk and no longer hungry or in the mood to cook. Soooo, in my not clearly thinking state I opened the door and threw the squirrel bodies outside into the middle of the complex.

My guess is the next morning someone came out and figured Jeffrey Dahmer had moved into the building. Not one of my finer moments, but I'll own it!

 

[imjustagirl]

This list seems ridiculous. I've never seen ostrich, but I eat gator weekly.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Move testicles and penis to No. 20 and I'll eat 19 of them.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I've had an ostrich burger. It was good.

 

[Versatile]

This list seems ridiculous. I've never seen ostrich, but I eat gator weekly.

The issue isn't what you have eaten but what you knowingly would eat.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I've done all down to 17. The horse was served as a steak in Mexico. It was meh.

 

[Key]

Like most, I've eaten up to No. 13 and would try No. 15.

Rabbit is delicious. I'd order it again next time I'm at Mr. B's in New Orleans.

Ostrich is pretty good, too.

 

[93Devil]

Has anyone eaten bear? That's pretty common in a lot of areas, isn't it?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Has anyone eaten bear? That's pretty common in a lot of areas, isn't it?

It's grizzly ... I mean gristly.

At least what I've had was.

 

[KJIM]

1. I am The Big Ragu
2. Fish
3. Crustacean (shrimp, clams, lobsters)
4. Mollusk (mussels, scallop, squid, conch, octopus)
5. Chicken
6. Cow
7. Pig
8. Duck, goose or pheasant
9. Deer and bison
10. Intestine or liver
11. Ostrich
12. Rabbit
13. Alligator and snake
14. Kangaroo and other non-carnivorous mammals
15. Testicle and penis
16. Lion and other carnivores
17. Horse
18. Cat
19. Dog
20. Human

Who created this list? It's not very comprehensive.

Two common meats I ate in Morocco aren't on there -- sheep and goat. There's no way they should be lumped in at 14. Neither should squirrel, but I'd put camel and hedgehog there. I guess grouse would be OK at No. 9. I've got some of that in the fridge right now.

Alligator and snake should not be lumped together.

Dog is a delicacy in Indonesia, but I couldn't eat it if I knew what it was. Woman I work with has bear in her freezer now, too.

 

[I Should Coco]

I've made it through No. 10 (liver, not intestine).

Missing from your list are frog and turtle, both of which are fairly common.

And if you've eaten at an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, you've probably tried No. 18 and/or 19.

Mmmm ... General Meow's "chicken" ... :P

 

[JC]

Has anyone eaten bear? That's pretty common in a lot of areas, isn't it?

I've had bear pepperoni and it was great.

 

[waterytart]

I can check all through 17. Several of the higher numbers I might not have occasion to eat again. Rabbit is definitely out; very scary allergic reaction the one time I had it.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

I've had a few bear claws.

 

[joe]

One of my friend says she once ate rabbit in Central America but wasn't told what it was until she had finished and commented on how delicious the Cornish hen was.

How far down the meat spectrum will you knowingly go:

1. I am The Big Ragu
2. Fish
3. Crustacean (shrimp, clams, lobsters)
4. Mollusk (mussels, scallop, squid, conch, octopus)
5. Chicken
6. Cow
7. Pig
8. Duck, goose or pheasant
9. Deer and bison
10. Intestine or liver
11. Ostrich
12. Rabbit
13. Alligator and snake
14. Kangaroo and other non-carnivorous mammals
15. Testicle and penis
16. Lion and other carnivores
17. Horse
18. Cat
19. Dog
20. Human

I'm leaning toward stopping after No. 14. I might give Rocky Mountain oysters a try, though.

Well, I'm not eating The Big Ragu, but I've had a bunch of the rest. I'm at 2 through 10, 12, 13, 15. I've also had rabbit and goat (both at Mallorca's in Cleveland), plus squirrel, barbecued raccoon and pig brains. Had turtle soup at Commander's Palace in New Orleans, plus four of the 25-cent martinis (my three and one from the newly minted wife).

And if I'm hungry enough, all you ****ers are on the menu.

 

[Versatile]

1. I am The Big Ragu
2. Fish
3. Crustacean (shrimp, clams, lobsters)
4. Mollusk (mussels, scallop, squid, conch, octopus)
5. Chicken
6. Cow
7. Pig
8. Duck, goose or pheasant
9. Deer and bison
10. Intestine or liver
11. Ostrich
12. Rabbit
13. Alligator and snake
14. Kangaroo and other non-carnivorous mammals
15. Testicle and penis
16. Lion and other carnivores
17. Horse
18. Cat
19. Dog
20. Human

Who created this list? It's not very comprehensive.

Two common meats I ate in Morocco aren't on there -- sheep and goat. There's no way they should be lumped in at 14. Neither should squirrel, but I'd put camel and hedgehog there. I guess grouse would be OK at No. 9. I've got some of that in the fridge right now.

Alligator and snake should not be lumped together.

Dog is a delicacy in Indonesia, but I couldn't eat it if I knew what it was. Woman I work with has bear in her freezer now, too.

I'm sorry to disappoint you. I think of sheep and goat as sort of being like crimson or magenta. They don't need to be named on the spectrum to be there. If you'll eat deer, you'll eat sheep or goat.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Bear tastes about like any roast, but is very greasy.
If you've eaten pepperoni pizza any time in the last several years, there is a good chance you've eaten goat.
Frog is fine.
If someone offered me dog, I'd punch them in the face.