Save a Species: Eat It

[Calliander]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/dining/30come.html?hp

SOME people would just as soon ignore the culinary potential of the Carolina flying squirrel or the Waldoboro green neck rutabaga. To them, the creamy Hutterite soup bean is too obscure and the Tennessee fainting goat, which keels over when startled, sounds more like a sideshow act than the centerpiece of a barbecue.

But not Gary Paul Nabhan. He has spent most of the past four years compiling a list of endangered plants and animals that were once fairly commonplace in American kitchens but are now threatened, endangered or essentially extinct in the marketplace. He has set out to save them, which often involves urging people to eat them.

So, in other words:, just convince a bunch of trendy, pretentious white folks that this stuff is great to eat AND that the ingredients tie into American history equals win! That said:

The book tells the stories of 93 ingredients both obscure (Ny’pa, a type of salt grass) and beloved (the Black Sphinx date), along with recipes that range from the accessible (Centennial pecan pie) to the challenging (whole pit-roasted Plains pronghorn antelope).

I need to eat a whole pit-roasted Plains pronghorn antelope.

The question is, what is the TNL verdict?

[Pineapple]

do it the American way: eat until you can't.
less of them means more room for my children.

[BerringerX]

Don't eat the goats. They're way too entertaining.

[bbobb]

They had whale meat on sale at the grocery store the other day.

I was a bit perturbed.

[mannerbot]

That's illegal and in ten years there won't be Japanese whales at all. Unless we're talking about fat bitches, of course.

[Anne Bonny]

Yeah, but when I was a kid they said that about pandas, California condors, etc.

[Grave]

Yeah, but when I was a kid they said that about pandas, California condors, etc.

Yes, but what supermarket can you find those in? I really want to shop there.

[nixhex311]

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbert...?videoId=90339

Stephen Colbert already had this idea

[mannerbot]

Yeah, but when I was a kid they said that about pandas, California condors, etc.

I really hope you're kidding.

[Drewbacca]

Don't eat the goats. They're way too entertaining.

No, it's good to eat them. By eating them you foster a market for their existence. If a market exists it will develop the species numbers up to fulfill that need and they will continue to exist. This plan would mean more entertaining goats for you to make internet gifs about.