how do you cook your roadkill?
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
September 14, 2009 5:48am CST
this is a growing trend in several countries including the usa, the uk, australia and canada, maybe others. in the uk you'd probably be limited to squirrels and hedgehogs unless you really wanted to try fox but in other countries things like moose and bear are available. using roadkill for your supper ethically makes sense - these animals are dead anyway so it seems better than killing them specially however there does seem to be a certain ick factor involved. if you're a meat eater could you be tempted? if you're not could you? - after all it's not the same as eating an animal that has been killed for your dinner.
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@xfahctor (14113)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
14 Sep 09
Up in my part of the country we have a lot of moose, bear, dear and such. It is actually pretty common after a collisoion for the person who hit the animal to take it home after fish and game takes a few notes on the animal, age, size, etc. If it isn't taken by the poor guy who hit it, it is somethimes sent out for butchering and donated to local food pantries.
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@tdemex (3540)
• United States
14 Sep 09
Hey X Hey J I've had bear! It's good if cooked right! I had a freind who got one and he gave a lot of the meat to friends as it was so big! I had some of it that my friend made and it was greasy and like shoe leather! 
Another friend had his gal make some ti was the same cut of musle, and she knew what she was doing, it melted in your mouth and was very tasty! Just thought I'd but in and give ya my 2 cents worth! 
T-----
Another friend had his gal make some ti was the same cut of musle, and she knew what she was doing, it melted in your mouth and was very tasty! Just thought I'd but in and give ya my 2 cents worth! T-----2 people like this
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
14 Sep 09
I used to live in Idaho in the mountains. there were bear, elk, and plenty of deer. The county there came up with the idea of giving fresh road kill to the senior center! There were no vegans there! So everyone gained from this, slow cooking with the right seasonings will make anything taste good! 
tdemex
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@Sissygrl (10909)
• Canada
14 Sep 09
well i have tried some wild meat before.. i can't say as i enjoyed the moose.. it wasn't roadkill though.. but the moose here eat pinecones and things anything they find in the forest.. so. to me.. that meat really tasty piney coney. And i had deer meat that was turned into peperoni.. that was pretty decent.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
14 Sep 09
I've never heard of that before but, then most of our "roadkill" in my area goes to a guy that has lions, tigers and bears. He has a farm close by and all big animals that are hit and kill he picks them up and takes them home for his animals to eat. The only big animals hit and killed around here is deer and sometimes cows.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
14 Sep 09
The guy that owns got his animals from a recuse. He's had them as long as I can remember and he does allow visitors and charges a small fee ($5.00 and our zoo is $10) to see the animals. It's quite the site to drive down the road and see a tiger and bear laying on the roof of the animal house sunbathing LOL
Here's a very good but very sad article on the man that runs "Tiger Ridge"
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090426/NEWS16/904260312/0/NEWS28
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@jb78000 (15139)
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14 Sep 09
is that a zoo or was he just after getting some really big kitties as pets? good idea of what to do with roadkill though - don't think zoos and safari parks here do that, they should although there's not all that many deer killed but i'm sure they have some animals that would like smaller things.
@kprofgames (3089)
• United States
14 Sep 09
Okay I had to read this twice. Roadkills for supper? I'm hoping the roadkill would be fresh kill and not left overs from the night before! LOL.
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@kprofgames (3089)
• United States
15 Sep 09
Honestly it depends. Sometimes when an animal is hit and depending on where it is hit the bladder or the bowels rupture. If that happens then all the contents go into the meat. So, taking that into consideration - I would have to know if either of those two things happened before I'd want to process any of the meat.
Hitting deer happens a lot in my area. Beings that they are corn feed it is very easy to get over 100 lbs of meat of a decent size deer, but if the bladder or the bowels rupture - it's better off as buzzard food.
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
14 Sep 09
Ack, Jb!! I actually saw a documentary on a woman who does this! She eats nothing from a grocery store, but relies on things growing in nature, and yes...roadkill! We also have a Roadkill Diner (not actually serving roadkill, but hey, it could happen!) And there are recipe books available, as well.
Um...I guess I'd burn mine to a crisp and eat the ashes, so as to be sure all germs, worms, and bacteria were killed in my roadkill dinner. Bleck!
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
15 Sep 09
Ack! I don't know which would taste worse...the butts or the fur. Either/or, I'll stick to the super markets lol.1 person likes this
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
15 Sep 09
OOOOH YUCK! The thought of eatng roadkill does not turn me on at all...LOL
I live in Australia and I have never heard of people eating roadkill here! I thimk the animals would be infested with worms and other nasties! I do not eat meat anyway, but if I would never resort to eating roadkill! 
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But not Kangaroo or Wombat!
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Sep 09
jb7800 no you must be joking,cook your roadkill gravel and tarva, and germs bacteria and maggots and all,oh yuck I just ate my'lunch. thank you very much. no indeed thats just too gross and disgusting, once you have mangled an animal of any size you have ground up his intestines and body parts into the meat, why eat garbage? no thanks I will eat
veggies first before I eat smeared on the highway animal.yuck again.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Sep 09
I'd have to be pretty darn hungry, but if my kids were starving I'm sure I'd stoop to some things I normally wouldn't...
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Sep 09
Goodness no, were rabbits don't make good road kill! Anybody knows that!
