Texas candidate sees roadkill as food, not waste

[TexasTowelie]

SAN ANTONIO — A candidate for the Texas House wants to see the state offer up a new kind of roadside dining.

Rack of raccoon or smidgen of pigeon would be on the menu if legislators were to take up a call by Tink Nathan to allow motorists to collect and consume roadkill Gathering it currently is a misdemeanor.

“That meat goes to waste. Why not utilize it?” asked Nathan, 72.

The suggestion to expand the state’s culinary options sets Nathan apart from the four other Republicans looking to succeed longtime state Rep. Harvey Hilderbran in District 53, which extends northwest of San Antonio to the border.

More at http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/wire/article_309b1382-9b78-11e3-98e5-0017a43b2370.html .

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. Wisconsin already permits people to collect roadkill

(usually deer, but the occasional bear as well). You just have to let the DNR know about it.

[shraby]

3. That's usually fresh roadkill..the person hit the deer themselves, called the cops and then were

given permission to take it...or if another person is on a list to pick it up, they are called to get the dead deer. As long as it isn't left to lay for a day or two..then it WILL be "gamey".

[Jackpine Radical]

9. If they've been there a while, some enterprising cheeseheads

find other uses for them.

In the interest of delicacy, I'll just give the link to the story (sorry it's Fox)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/03/21/wisconsin-man-sentenced-to-probation-for-having-sex-with-dead-deer/

[Downwinder]

2. Pressed Armadillo and Dried Skunk or Shredded Coyote.

[TexasTowelie]

4. An amuse-bouche? Give me something hearty--I'm a Texan afterall.

I actually have a buzzard to my credit. It smashed into my windshield on the driver's side. If I wasn't wearing sunglasses it could have been a bad situation with the broken glass in the car. Pigeons, rabbits, squirrels and a deer are also on TexasTowelie's Victims List. Vying to be included on the list were a javalena and an emu.

However I think I may have thought of dessert--a dried skunk sherbert with a smidgeon of serrano peppers and cilantro might cleanse the palate!

[Downwinder]

8. No reason to let all that meat and protein go to waste.

Maybe pedestrian stew topped with crushed grasshoppers
(in season).

[stg81]

5. side of cinders? with a reduction of gas and motor oil

[TexasTowelie]

7. I sense that the Cooking & Baking Group will be

upset relieved that I didn't post in their group again. The thread about lamb testicles being cheap and tasty may have put me on the list with some of those folks.

[handmade34]

6. can be good idea...

"In.. Vermont, you can even add your name and number to road kill phone trees: the state game warden will give you a call when there’s a fresh moose or deer “that’s not too smooshed.”

...must account for intentional kills and possible infected meat but otherwise it shouldn't go to waste