[Sca-cooks] They eat camel? (Was Re: Massively expensive feast )

[Nicolas Steenhout]

>So...where did you get the camel again???  Never had camel.  I didn't know
>people ate them.  Then again, it never occurred to me to think about it.

I have been lucky enough to try many a meat in my life and travels.  Camel,
however is not one.  Nor do I know where to find it.

As to not knowing people ate camel...  Well, there's a saying in West
Africa that goes something like this:  "We eat everything that moves,
except missionaries" (as missionaries are too tough to render tender, even
with prolonged poaching!!!).  A variation says "even missionaries"
:-)  Seriously, I suspect that if it's not poisonous, it's likely eaten
*somewhere* in the world.

In my cookbook on wild meats and game (in French, shameless
plug:  ISBN:2-921365-57-X), I have recipes for a variety of meats that folk
look at me funny when I mention it.  Classic venison, duck, quails,
etc.  Less often heard of grouse, squirel, bear and others.  And the rarely
found/heard of such as lynx, beaver, otter and a couple others.

So, yes, "they eat that", and that can be just about anything :-)


Nicolas
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