DailyDirt: Endangered Or Extinct Meals

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

Getting a craving for a McRib when it's just not available from the golden arches is definitely a first-world problem. There was also that brief period of time when Hostess Brands' Twinkies weren't for sale. Fortunately, these junk food shortages are relatively short-lived events, and if anyone really, really wanted to re-create a homemade version of these products, it wouldn't be impossible. However, some foods are actually gone forever (or are on their way to extinction). Here are just a few foods that probably haven't been on your dinner plate.

• The passenger pigeon was probably the most abundant bird on the planet.. until they were hunted out of existence. Americans used to be able to easily grab a passenger pigeon dinner during its nesting season, but the last known specimen died in a Cincinnati zoo in 1914. [url]
• Sea urchins from the Atlantic ocean are disappearing. Maybe it's due to over-fishing or maybe an invasive kelp is killing off these creatures, but in any case, if you like uni with your sushi -- you might want to savor it a bit. [url]
• Whale meat is a not-so-uncommon item on the menu in Japan, but some whale species are getting more rare. Yes, whale sushi is always uncooked, but it might also get harder to find.... [url]

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Filed Under: endangered animals, extinct animals, extinction, food, passenger pigeon, sea urchin, sushi, twinkies, uni, whale meat