Comments on: Eating Roadkill: Would You?

By: LinnieX

LinnieX — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:40:50 +0000

I’ve just recently struggled with a roadkill Deer carcus that my neighbor brought over….at first i was totally skeeved out, but i realized that this beautiful animal shouldnt be wasted. My nieghbord had bled it out, however i soaked the deer in milk for two days, that was kind of gross because the blood kept turnign the milk pink. (my ex used to do this to get rid of the gamey taste so it was habit).

not only was the venison roast the best i’ve made, i froze two of the tenderloins and have been using them for chilli.

i will admit that if i stopped to think about where it came from, it made me a little grossed out….but i know that is just the way i have been programmed. There was nothing wrong with that meat whatsoever after we bleed it out!

for our company chilli cookoff next week, i will be submitting my “Roadkill Chilli”. i’m sure it will be a hit for those who are brave enough to taste it!

By: Dear Dead ‘possum on the Road, « Dear __________________

Dear Dead ‘possum on the Road, « Dear __________________ — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:57:03 +0000

[…] front-room shade to reveal your awkward attitude, there in the middle of the street. If I were a meat-eating freegan, I could flay you and boil you using the directions in my yellowing copy of The Joy of Cooking. If […]

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:10:58 +0000

Many food banks rely heavily on roadkill with cooperation with their local fish and game department. You maight also check your local laws. In many states it’s illegal.

By: Bessie Pop

Bessie Pop — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:37:58 +0000

You just made me hungry. Mmmmm, burgers! Waste not want not. YUM

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:15:29 +0000

I myself am a meat lover and I will feed my family any way possible so if I can do so with a road kill I will. I also have worked for serveral animal rendering plants and have had to shoot animals that someone doesnt want anylonger or has had a problem like bad hips or a leg broken, the sad part about this is privot drivers operators of small companies profit from this kind of animal slaughter. yes some have desieze but most dont. I myself have asked farmers if they knew of a place to donate the animal to for needy families, they allways say they wished the knew of someone who could use it. but also say they feel thier hands r tied due to some gets ill and then tries to sue them just for donating meat. so what do they do have it simply rendered. (Safe) yep. Myself I wouldve eaten any one of the animals i shot if I wouldnt have been working for the company.

By: Jay'me Golden

Jay'me Golden — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:51:51 +0000

As I dont eat meat, this is repulsive to me, however, I also dont like the idea of anyone starving because they cant afford food. This was how it was in the days of old…I also beleive that things happen for a reason and maybe this is one of those things…just not for me.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:31:27 +0000

There is a pretty interesting article on the roles of race, ethnicity, class and gender in the construction of our views of animals, including which animals we consider edible. See Jennifer Wolch, Alec Brownlow and Unna Lassiter. “Constructing the Animal Worlds of Inner-City Lost Angeles.” In Animal Spaces, Beastly Places: New Geograqphies of Human-Animal Relations. Eds. Chris Philo and Chris Wilbert, pp. 71-95. London and New York: Routledge, 2000.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:28:52 +0000

My friend eats squirrels. Because he refuses to take food stamps after he lost his job. Wake up call to all those depending on the government. As, it may soon be you needing to hunt to survive. Of course, most feminized Americans don’t know how to hunt.

By: Texsun

Texsun — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:22:26 +0000

How to eat a possum!
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Very carefully skin the possum.

Tack the skin to a board, and scrape off any excess meat.

Place the board with the skin in the sun to dry for 3 days.

After 3 days, throw away the skin and the possum,

then eat the board.

By: Nick Wright

Nick Wright — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:06:18 +0000

I have nothing against the eating of roadkill - more power to you if you go that route - but this tall tale about the vegans who heard the gospel and baptized themselves in a carnivorous orgy in honor of the roadkill gods is pretty obviously embellished. If they were vegans, they were crappy ones.