Thursday, June 5, 2008

Why don't we eat seagulls?

This question has been bugging me for some time. Consider that people eat blowfish in Japan and that will kill you if it is not prepared correctly. In Iceland they eat a shark that will make you vomit if you eat the fresh meat. To combat this, they first ferment it, then salt it and hang it to cure like ham. An viola', the uric acid is gone. America is the exception rather than the rule in our refusal to eat bugs. In South America, guinea pigs are routinely eaten. Chitterlings...need I say more?

The point is, man eats what is available even if he has to overcome challenges of inedibility or risk to ones health. Seagulls are everywhere in coastal areas so why are they not eaten. I invite anyone reading this to leave a comment sharing your thoughts. Perhaps we can take a trip to the coast, catch some seagulls and have dinner.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I moved to the New Jersey Shore 2 years ago, and I cannot find an answer to this question. It bugs me that I have not found an answer to this question. Seagulls are large and they are everywhere. We should eat them! I doubt they tast fishy, cows do not taste like grass or grain, lobsters eat crap all day long, as do crabs and they are delicious! Let's kill the seagulls. We need a good marketing gimmick, like calling dogfish seabass, etc.

Anonymous said...

I moved to the New Jersey Shore 2 years ago, and I cannot find an answer to this question. It bugs me that I have not found an answer to this question. Seagulls are large and they are everywhere. We should eat them! I doubt they tast fishy, cows do not taste like grass or grain, lobsters eat crap all day long, as do crabs and they are delicious! Let's kill the seagulls. We need a good marketing gimmick, like calling dogfish seabass, etc.

Anonymous said...

I am also wondering this. There are so many, people eat pigeons & ducks, how has the seagull not caught on?