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Old 05-17-2007, 07:11 AM   #1
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May 17, 2007: Croc for sale to be et



Spluch highlights this Xinhua item, a rather small photo for IotD but striking enough.
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At around 11 am, the reporter made the discovery at the seafood section of the supermarket, spotting a decapitated crocodile with its body being cut up. The dead reptile attracted many curious shoppers to crowd around it, and one even used a handkerchief to open its deadly jaws to have a look at its teeth. Others were asking the staff if it's legal to eat crocodile meat, or how they should cook it.
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Old 05-17-2007, 11:52 AM   #2
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I'm not sure about crocodile, but I've been to an farm where they raise alligators. They slaughter some of them for food, and you can eat them in the restaurant area.

It's a bit of a cliche, I know, but they really do taste like chicken. I can't imagine crocodiles are much different.
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:18 PM   #3
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I had cajun alligator years ago at a local seafood restaurant - it was fantastic. Way better than chicken.
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:21 PM   #4
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big deal. we eat chicken, fish, cows, lobster, oysters, pigs. why is eating a reptile considered so weird?
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:23 PM   #5
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reptiles and birds are descended from that same dinos, so it makes sense tht they taste alike. the muscles are similar.
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Old 05-17-2007, 12:55 PM   #6
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assuming crocs taste the same as gator, i would highly recommend this delicious firm, white meat. it's almost like lobster as far as consistency.


fyi, it does not taste like chicken. nothing tastes like chicken.

except chicken.
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Old 05-17-2007, 01:03 PM   #7
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My hard and fast rule is: I don't eat anything that could have eaten me. It's a mutual respect thing.
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Old 05-17-2007, 01:50 PM   #8
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Love the pic, UT.

It's so much fun going shopping in the International District. The fresh food section is like a tour through the morgue at the zoo.
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Old 05-17-2007, 03:30 PM   #9
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In Florida I went to a party at a friend's lake house. When I opened the refridgerator to get another beer there was a gator head, much like the one in the picture, sitting on a tray on the top shelf. I guess it says something about my life back then that I didn't find it too unusual or disturbing. I'm not sure WHAT it says...
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Old 05-17-2007, 04:39 PM   #10
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I once had a meal at a restraunt it was strips of crocodile meat and kangaroo meat, both taste very good.
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Old 05-17-2007, 04:41 PM   #11
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All you guys are gross--except for gravdigr.
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Old 05-17-2007, 07:13 PM   #12
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Welcome to the Cellar, siroo & smurfalicious.

Watch out Gravdigr, Bri's put her stamp of approval on you.

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This "delicacy" costs 198 Yuan per 500 grams, but its paws are slightly more expensive as they are sold for 300 Yuan each.
One yuan - $0.13 US.
So it's $1.46 per ounce or $23.35 per pound.
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Taking account of the safety of its shoppers, the crocodiles are not slaughtered within the supermarket's premises.
Hey, that ain't fair. The Crocs should have a shot at eating the shoppers, too.
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Old 05-17-2007, 07:13 PM   #13
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Talking Here a chick chick~

Know someone who ate crocodile meat... she said it tasted like chicken. LOL. Surprisingly for me at that time, the meat is soft... eeww... she even ate rabbit meat once...and snail... oh great... i'm having breakfast in a few minutes...that thought surely is appetizing.

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Old 05-17-2007, 07:16 PM   #14
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Snails are great on your breakfast cereal. They get shrinkage in cold milk, however.
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Old 05-17-2007, 08:03 PM   #15
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You can get crocodile sausages here. I don't think they're anything special.

There's a few croc farms up north especially for the purpose of human consumption.

It's quite expensive.
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