Although it is rumored to "taste like chicken", Armadillo actually more resembles pork in taste. You come be the judge.
Bob & Cath will supply the Armadillo, some slaw and potato salad, plus napkins, plates and utensils.
Bring your own chair, your beverage choice and, if your dish to share needs it, a serving spoon. And don't feel you must bring a dish to share in order to attend.
We always have literally TONS of food.
But if you have something yummy don't hesitate to bring it.
The heavy drinking starts at 4 pm. Dinner will be around 5 or 5:30, whenever we get hungry.
Strange but true:
Surprisingly some people feel the need to drink before consuming Armadillo meat!
Listen, the rumors that Armadillo's carry leprosy is vastly overstated. It's true, they do have a better chance of carrying that dread disease than other mammals ('cause their cute little armor plated bodies are cooler than ours) and the flattened evidence left in the middle of many a Southern highway MAY be attributed to the fact that most Armadillos have lost their toes...thus their traction...and can't scamper out of the way of traffic.
Never the less, rest assured that Dr. Bob has gone to great lengths to assure that his gourmet Armadillo meat is not free range but grain fed. No nasty wormy flavor.
Be sure to pass the word, spread the info and invite the masses...especially to friends and neighbors who many not be "on the blog".
Oh, and as a special treat, we have visiting experts, Dave & Nancy, who are seasoned veterans and experienced judges at several of our areas Armadillo Dinners. Their expertise in road kill dining has made them invaluable connoisseurs at these regional events. Thank you, Dave & Nancy!
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In closing..a joke.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To show the armadillo it could be done.
2 comments:
In my lifetime of 71 years, I have eaten many exotic meats--escargot (a delicacy), cabrito (young tender goat), venison (delicious, especially the chicken-fried backstrap), rattlesnake (tastes like chicken but too many bones), bear (shot and killed by a nudist hunter in Arkansas- it was OK, not great), buffalo (I don't remember if I liked it), feral hog (plentiful and unwanted in the Hill Country of Texas), and "calf fries" (fried beef testicles - crispy and tasty), to name a few.
But in all my "born days", as my East Texas-born relatives would say, I have never eaten armadillo. I don't know that I can, but I can eat all the side dishes, I'm sure.
Just remember, armadillos CAN carry leprosy (Hansen't Disease) but only if humans eat undercooked armadillo meat. So, BURN, BABY, BURN!
Patsy 108
Way up thar in the Midwest, the ubiquitous road-kill is Possum.
Down hyar in the deep South, armadillo road-kill is known as "Possum on the Half-Shell."
Here in the deep South, the cuisine is MUCH more refined than the stuff "up Nawth!"
Up thar in the Nawth, they would NEVER eat armadillo. But them uncouth Yankees just don't know what good eatin' IS, do they!
;-)
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