Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Fri, 6 Dec 2024, pH wrote:

On 2024-12-02, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Mon, 2 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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On 01/12/2024 17:32, D wrote:

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On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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On 30/11/2024 20:54, D wrote:

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On Sat, 30 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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Well pie it with bacon mushroom and a white wine white sauce. Or curry
the bugger.
Or buy a chicken from someone who keeps them around the back yard eating
worms and stuff. THEY have taste

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After christmas, this is exactly the experiment I am embarking upon. The
wife will buy a chicken from a free range farm, and we'll see how it
compares. My bet is it will be better, but not good enough to get me to
enjoy chicken breast.
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I would concur with that. Chicken is cheap protein. Expecting it to be
more is nuts. All reptiles - and birds evolved from reptiles - 'tastes
like chicken'.

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I read that in terms of protein, breeding snakes is the Donald Trump of
protein when it comes to price! A free business idea for this group could
be to start a snake breeding farm and sell chicken:ish, protein at very
good prices!
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Then there's also insect protein. I do not know how it compared with snake
protein.
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In S Africa Locusts and crickets were known as 'pParkhurst prawns'
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Edible if you wanted.

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Fascinating to think about that, given the enormous amount of locusts
which plague them from time to time. Huge amounts of protein there, just
for the taking!

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I haven't checked with my friend Google/et.al. but I seem to recall that
there is a problem that the chitin (sp?) of those insects....the
'shell'...can have some potent allergen reactions for some people.
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I've heard that this can be a problem with 'cricket flour', I believe.
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This being Usenet I'm sure someone will set me straight if I'm way off base!
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pH in Aptos

Wouldn't surprise me at all, but if that is only a problem with a minority of people, it could still be a thing. Imagine, prime african grasshopper steak! Hmm, or maybe that would be closer to bread? Or grasshopper burger?

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Free range costs more and tastes a little better, but for the same money
you could find a better bird to eat.

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Duck should be possible to obtain here. I like duck!
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The pie idea is good though!

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Europe is full of ideas for making shit food taste better.
Porcini mushrooms (ceps) taste meatier than meat.

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Amen!
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Spices add some sort of interest as do herbs, and garlic.
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However some foods are so shit that nothing works.

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There is another method where you make the shit taste shittier, and thereby
the shit cancels out resulting in a less shittier final result!

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