DailyDirt: Exporting Weird Meats

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Some people don't eat meat at all for a variety of reasons, and some omnivores are just picky about the types of meat they eat. There are a lot of other animals besides cows and pigs. Here are just a few less commonly consumed meats that seem more suitable for exporting. By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
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Filed Under: chicken feet, china, horses, iguanas, meat, puerto rico
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  1. identicon
    Dr.Hannibal, 24 Feb 2012 @ 5:43pm

    Artificial meat

    I can't wait 'till we start using that artificial, lab-grown meat we've been hearing about. Wonder what a panda, or tiger would taste like? Or maybe even... a human?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    fb39ca4, 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:01pm

    bronies

    the bronies wont be too happy with the last one

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. icon
    Killercool (profile), 24 Feb 2012 @ 7:27pm

    Re: bronies

    Brony here, and your comment made me wonder:

    Perusing the source article, they only mention horses, but would these rules really apply to equines in general? I have had tasty donkey sausage (har har), but it was not for sale. I am told that it is a traditional Spanish dish.

    The AP article is inaccessible, so I am at something of a loss.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    fb39ca4, 24 Feb 2012 @ 9:30pm

    Actually, imma vegetarian so I don't really care about all this.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    Pixelation, 24 Feb 2012 @ 9:52pm

    "And US researchers somewhere are working on genetically modified chickens to grow more than two feet..."

    More than two feet long, that's one large chicken!

    link to this | view in thread ]

  6. identicon
    Pixelation, 24 Feb 2012 @ 10:12pm

    "Puerto Rico is planning to get rid of its overpopulation of iguanas by exporting the meat of this lizard."

    Illinois should start doing the same thing with its Carp.

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    DOlz (profile), 25 Feb 2012 @ 2:03am

    Re: Artificial meat

    "Or maybe even... a human?"

    I believe the technical term is "long pig".

    link to this | view in thread ]

  8. icon
    Richard (profile), 25 Feb 2012 @ 2:03am

    old joke

    US researchers somewhere are working on genetically modified chickens to grow more than two feet...

    and so the old joke comes true!

    http://www.punk77.co.uk/talkpunk/viewtopic.php?f=41&p=309388

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    btrussell (profile), 25 Feb 2012 @ 4:03am

    "Horse flesh isn't expected to become a widely popular entree in the US, but some 200,000 horses per year could be processed and exported."

    How about dogs? Cats?

    Instead of shipping them up here to Canada for us to house and feed.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  10. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 26 Feb 2012 @ 3:51pm

    I knew it! The reptilian invasion began years ago! And people say I'm crazy...

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    lrobbo (profile), 12 Jun 2012 @ 10:24am

    David Icke may have something to say about this . . .

    link to this | view in thread ]


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