Eating Cats, Dogs, Rats, Reptiles...

[Felithvian]

According to the truth, Saint Peter had a vision of a sheet full of animals being lowered from Heaven. A voice from heaven told Peter to kill and eat, but since the sheet contained unclean animals, Peter declined. The command was repeated twice, along with the voice saying, "What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common", and then the sheet was taken back to heaven.

 

After a vision by St. Peter, God cleansed all animals and made them fit and lawful for human consumption. If ALL animals are cleansed by Peter's vision, this includes dogs, cats, vultures, reptiles and rats: but you just don't see people getting excited about a cat-meat sandwich like they do over barbecued pork or bacon. Many excuses have been given, but none are very sound.

 

I have no moral objection to eating cats and dogs. A lot of people in western areas are weary of that because they are common pets, so I suppose they have trouble picturing Sparky as a cuddly house dog and also as dinner.

 

In any case, what the Holy Scripture tells us is that food, with thanks, is clean. So take from it what you will.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2012 by Felithvian

[Rosbjerg]

I'd have no moral objection eating any of those, I just don't like the taste of most predator meats or reptiles (tried crocodile and gecko so far).. But I've never tried cat, I imagine it tastes sour though. Rats and pigeons are fairly tasty though, but I would only eat those that live in the wild, they are both quite disease ridden when found near humans.

[Gfted1]

Alligator meat is delicious. So is monkey, tastes like BBQ pork.

[JFSOCC]

The only reason people don't eat these animals is because of some societal conditioning to thing of them as unclean. it's nonsense. insects, rats, dogs, reptiles, bring it on. As long as there are people alive who know how to prepare them, I'm game.

[melkathi]

I half expected this thread to be in the Project Eternity section in form of an obscure petition to include this as a morality grey choice in the game...

[Hurlshort]

If I was hungry enough, I suppose.

[Pidesco]

Crocodile is pretty damn good. So is shark.

[AGX-17]

Alligator meat is delicious. So is monkey, tastes like BBQ pork.

 

I've had alligator, I wasn't impressed.

 

I was impressed by bison. Had a bison burger once, it was definitively the best I've ever had.

 

I'm generally opposed to the eating of endangered species or the ingestion of their phalli for traditional superstitious remedy purposes though. So no chimpanzee or mountain gorilla or shark fins (it's not that I'm opposed to the consumption itself, it's that I'm opposed to the wasteful nature of the harvest rather than the cruelty of amputating their mode of locomotion and tossing them back to die of suffocation in their native habitat,) or tiger penises or rhino horns.

 

The only reason people don't eat these animals is because of some societal conditioning to thing of them as unclean. it's nonsense. insects, rats, dogs, reptiles, bring it on. As long as there are people alive who know how to prepare them, I'm game.

 

You should seek out beef infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy and eat it, since you are so correct in your assertion.

 

 

Temperature extremes cannot cleanse any meat of BSE Prions, if you follow my sarcastic advice you will die a slow and sad death as your brain disintegrates in your head.

 

Edited December 5, 2012 by AGX-17

[Ywerion]

Anyone tried bull testicles? Tastes sort of like a fish but better. My coworker used to eat dogs and told me it was pretty good especially smoked. But considering the topic, does anyone know name of the old RPG game where you could eat orc's flesh? When I was younger I randomly read some walkthrough but haven't catch a name, It sounded like dungeon crawler.

[Rosbjerg]

I was impressed by bison. Had a bison burger once, it was definitively the best I've ever had.

 

Yeah bison meat is delicious, have you tried Antelope? It's like cross between deer and bison.. Seriously the best meat I've ever eaten in my life.

 

If you're ever in Kenya and want to try exotic meat .. go here.. Canivore. In one night there I tried, water buffalo, camel, ostrich, antelope, alligator and Zebra I think.

[Tigranes]

I'm perfectly fine with it all, but it just doesn't make sense taste / availability / etc wise most of the time.

 

I did try dog once and it was pretty good, but nothing I'd look for specifically.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Personally I wouldn't want to eat cat, dog, or rat, but that's more because of the chance of parasites or other 'fun' complications goes up when eating predators (to be fair, I try not to eat pork, beef, etc and really only munch on the occasional fowl). But that's just me.

 

EDIT:

Also, using 'the Holy Scriptures' as a guide for what's safe to eat and not safe to eat doesn't strike me as a grand idea...

Edited December 5, 2012 by Deadly_Nightshade

[Sacred_Path]

"If that's all that's left for humans to eat, ok. In moderation, enjoy some whale. But just for fun, to scare tourists? I don't think so." - David Letterman

[Bartimaeus]

I ate frog legs at a Thai restaurant. It was delicious...but I'm pretty sure that was a result of the Thai thing, not because it was frog legs. (I realize frog doesn't fit under any of those categories, but close enough.)

Edited December 5, 2012 by Bartimaeus

[Gorth]

Kangaroo is delicious

 

A thing like scallops is best enjoyed without thinking about what you are really eating.

[LadyCrimson]

No moral objection, but I would definitely have an emotional objection to eating cats. Or a few other fave animals.

 

That said, if I'm lost in the woods or there's a zombie apocalypse and I'm starving, everything is fair game.

[Gorth]

Hot dog is a specialty in parts of east Asia.

 

It really is just meat. As long as my food isn't looking at me, I'm quite happy. Goes for crustaceans too. Much easier to stare down a potato.

[LadyCrimson]

For me it's all about taste. Which is why I don't like most seafood. Don't like the taste or smell. Lobster/oysters makes me a bit queasy (belly doesn't like it). Smoked salmon and some of the meatier fish can be cool, tho. And yeah....I don't like food that's staring at me. Gotta be butchered, no heads. Chopped off a giant catfish head once. That was tougher to do than it sounds. I mean physically...didn't have a huge chopper knife so we had to hack and hack at it before succeeding.

[Guard Dog]

Some folks will eat anything, even each other: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243169/Two-fishermen-suspected-resorting-cannibalism-getting-lost-trip-Siberia.html

[JFSOCC]

Kangaroo is delicious

 

A thing like scallops is best enjoyed without thinking about what you are really eating.

I found kangaroo way to tough and gamey.

[Hurlshort]

 

EDIT:

Also, using 'the Holy Scriptures' as a guide for what's safe to eat and not safe to eat doesn't strike me as a grand idea...

 

It was a pretty decent guide before modern science nailed down all the particulars.

[AGX-17]

I ate frog legs at a Thai restaurant. It was delicious...but I'm pretty sure that was a result of the Thai thing, not because it was frog legs. (I realize frog doesn't fit under any of those categories, but close enough.)

 

Well, legs are a step up from testicles. If frogs're good enough for Meera Reed, they're good enough for me.

Edited December 6, 2012 by AGX-17

[LadyCrimson]

Some folks will eat anything, even each other: http://www.dailymail...ip-Siberia.html

Not like humans are an endangered species at the moment!

 

[Fish Of Doom]

if there were no health risks associated with it, i would eat flesh cultured from my own cells, just so i know how i taste.

[Gorth]

if there were no health risks associated with it, i would eat flesh cultured from my own cells, just so i know how i taste.

 

Never licked your fingers or bit your tongue?

 

I find myself rather tasteless

 

Edit: Even if the blood adds a bit of salty flavour to me