[Sca-cooks] Note to "spices hide the taste of bad food"

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

I've eaten porcupine in Cameroon. Nothing particularly striking about  it.
 
My theory is that most unfamiliar meats taste like chicken (porcupine),  
veal (gazelle) or squid (crocodile tail). I'm sure some taste like beef as 
well,  though more or less tough or rank. There are gradations - boa tastes 
like squid  on the outside, but strangely granular (like marrow) on the inside. 
But one can  get a long way by triangulating between those basic 
textures/flavors.
 
Jim  Chevallier

Comparing early and late medieval food in France
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In a message dated 10/23/2013 3:37:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
johnnae at mac.com writes:

Wikipedia indicates that they are eaten as a delicacy in Kenya  where they 
are a pest. They are also eaten in Southeast  Asia.


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