Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Martini tax.
In an earlier post, I advanced the idea that killing bears that have been stealing people’s grapes in Northern California, and then eating those bears “while sipping a nice red wine” (implicitly made from the very same grapes) is just a part of life. Clever, no? In the comments section to the post, “No Blood for Wine!” a gentleman named Leland suggested we boycott bear-unfriendly wineries, and was also apparently hungry so he asked what we thought he should prepare for supper:
Should we trap and kill bald eagles that eat grapes, too? Killing then eating bears “while sipping a nice red wine” is not just a part of life. At least not mine.
First of all, Leland, while it is a little unorthodox I don’t mind if you sip white wine with your bear meat. No need to get snippy. As to your other point, I’ve never eaten eagle, Leland, but I’m sure it tastes just fine. After all, bear is not for everyone! (Plus, with eagle meat comes feathers which you can make into a cool headdress as a sort of bonus.)
Questions for you people out there in Blogland:
- Do you prefer eagle meat or bear meat?
- And, do you think it is okay for Leland to drink white wine with dark meat, or should he stick with the red?
Please discuss in the comments section.
ALSO: Hate-mail from members of the animal-lobby should be directed to my email address, which can be found in the lower part of the left-hand column on my home blog, Cardinal Martini.
December 29th, 2005 at 6:04 am
Meat: Bear.
Outside of chicken and turkey I haven’t liked any other bird meat (pheasant, quail) that I’ve had. At the same time, I’ve liked the taste of every large mammal I’ve eaten (cow, pig, sheep, bison, deer, elk, goat, horse, kangaroo - I’m a regular ole Tasmanian Devil). So while I’ve never had a chance to eat bear, I expect it will taste better than eagle.
Wine: Is Leland drinking to get drunk? If so, he might as well drink MD 20/20 instead of white wine.
December 30th, 2005 at 9:10 am
Well be careful and I guess fully cook your bear:
http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/bulletins/docs/b1985_10.htm
http://www.epi.hss.state.ak.us/bulletins/docs/b1987_17.htm
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/jun99/929555302.Mi.r.html
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/trichinosis.jsp