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Post number 5752

bondcliff — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 08:53:51 -0800

Aquarium worker makes turtle stew and people whine about it. The animal was dead already. Why is eating it any worse than throwing it out? I killed a moose with my car once and I was more than happy to see someone haul it away to his freezer. People are so silly.

By: argybarg

argybarg — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:16:55 -0800

Your case -- of a random driver killing a moose, then distributing the meat for food -- is a different case than that of someone in the role of a guardian to the animal. Veterinarians don't feed their clients' lost pets to other animals. It is a question of appearances, yes, but also one of dividing loyalties. The equivalent would be your financial advisor waiting until you were bankrupt, then buying up your property on the cheap. He might say that you were bankrupt anyway, and someone should profit. But that position opens up all kinds of uncomfortable ethical territories.

By: Neb

Neb — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:30:24 -0800

I wished they'd have given more description of the kind of soup he made. Turtle soup sounds gooooood...

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 10:55:15 -0800

I've had turtle before. I like it, but It's not as tasty as a nice roasted spotted owl.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 11:01:28 -0800

They just, you know, REALLY Really love animals.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 11:47:43 -0800

Nobody tell the chefs at the Shedd Aquarium (they'll cater a fish dinner fundraiser for you).

By: grimmelm

grimmelm — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 12:16:01 -0800

Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!

By: Neale

Neale — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:49:32 -0800

Turtle tastes a lot like porpoise. But we all know that's just the chicken of the sea. Mmmmm... chicken...

By: swank6

swank6 — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:49:48 -0800

Actually, in China (and probably many other places), people drink turtle soup all the time. I've never had it myself, but my parents have. Neither of them like it much, but to many people it's just another soup.

By: fiery

fiery — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:32:05 -0800

How the hell did you hit a moose and not die youself? Those things are huge! Like smacking straight into a wall, of meat. And back to the original topic, I must agree with argybarg.

By: Loudmax

Loudmax — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 14:53:37 -0800

I heard a story that in China, a few years back, a peasant had killed and eaten a panda. This is a somewhat different case, since he killed the animal on purpose so he could eat it. Anyway, the authorities found out about it and had him executed. I think I read this story in a Lonely Planet guidebook. I don't know whether or not it's true.

By: Neb

Neb — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 15:33:06 -0800

Mmmmm... Panda soup sounds even better...

By: Neale

Neale — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 16:02:17 -0800

Panda tastes like sloth. I don't recommend it. Orang-utan? Now there's a meat I can enjoy!

By: premiumpolar

premiumpolar — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:57:07 -0800

I live in Alaska, where you can't throw a pair of antlers out your window without hitting someone who's hit a moose. My dad's hit two. You don't usually die from hitting a moose, as long as you're buckled, but it'll probably total your car, and the moose doesn't like it much either. We have signs all over the place saying "Give Moose A Brake", with the number of moose killed in the area so far in the winter. It's always in the hundreds... (and I live in a small, small town)

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 19:07:09 -0800

In today's China peasants hunt endangered camels with guile and land mines.

By: Neb

Neb — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 19:34:28 -0800

"So when the camels come to drink they step on them, bang! They are blown to pieces and picked up as meat." Cool! Sounds much easier than fighting the crowds at CostCo!

By: leo

leo — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:37:13 -0800

Panda soup? Yuck. Go out and get a Chicken -- perfect for all trend-setting palettes -- good in soups, stews and garnishes of all kinds. And guys and gals -- remember, you don't have to run the thing over with your car like the hairy moose. Just go to your friendly neighborhood grocery and pick one up -- it couldn't be easier or more convenient. Up-to-date, thoroughtly modern Chicken -- no longer your mother's bird.

By: josh

josh — Thu, 08 Feb 2001 21:37:17 -0800

IMO eating turtle soup is just a perk if you work at an aquarium. That financial advisor example is cool -- except that the real-life 'victim' is a turtle and not a person. Turtles ain't people in my book. As an aside -- turtle soup was a big delicacy in Victorian England, or at least it's presented that way in Victorian novels. Oysters were the food of the poor then too... not anymore unfortunately.