SC - Tainted Meat

[chuck_diters at mail.fws.gov]

     Lord Ras speaks of "hanging" meat for aging purposes; this is 
     certainly something that we do with game, and, as he points out, that 
     is done for culinary purposes to good effect.
     
     I am minded of a story told by a friend's father back in 19++ 
     (TRANSMISSION ERROR: AUTHOR COULDN'T BE THAT OLD) concerning his 
     experiences in Europe during WWII.  He was serving in a MP unit behind 
     the lines in France after Normandy, and encountered a dead cow (land 
     mine?), one haunch of which they removed and hung on the back of their 
     jeep, where it remained for nearly a week until they found the 
     opportunity to properly deal with it.  After scraping off a layer of 
     road grime/exhaust/dead flies, they sliced it and grilled it and 
     proclaimed it the best beef they had ever eaten.  (Hunger does make a 
     great sauce . . .)
     
                                        Bjarni
     
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