Butchering of deer closes restaurant

The Buffalo News ^ | 10/27/08 | Maki Becker

[Mr. Dough]

A Chinese restaurant in the Town of Hamburg was shut down by the Erie County Health Department Friday after an inspector found employees butchering a deer inside.

Officials don’t know whether the dead deer at China King, 5999 South Park Ave., had been hunted or if it was road kill...

[Mr. Dough]

Waste not, want not!

... a little comic relief. Or is it redistributing the deer's wealth? Hmmmm....

[wastedyears]

They have something wrong with people eating deer meat?

[kAcknor]

That ain’t chicken!!

[informavoracious]

Tastes like kitten! Er, uh, I mean CHICKEN!

[NYpeanut]

Road kill rangoon, my favorite.

[BGHater]

A deer in a Chinese restaurant is the least of my worries eating Chinese food.

[Pistolshot]

Dim Sum anyone?

[gwilhelm56]

OH ... so THAT’S what that was...

Kung Pao BAmbi ... Delicious

[Peelod]

Several yrs ago, a place on Main St was shut down for serving pigeon.

[Mr. K]

hmmmmmm I live near there and have been there.

I am guessing it is road kill.

This time of year the deer are all over the roads here- the stupid things walk out right in front of you and watch you as you hit them.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Well, at least it wasn’t cat.

[airborne]

It’s not the eating deer meat that was the problem, I think.

It’s butchering it in a restaurant. Gotta be a health code violation.

If they’d have hung it up and skinned it in the garage like we do, wouldn’t be a problem.

JMO-

[Vision]

Deer isn’t inspected meet so it can’t be cut in areas passed by the health board.(at least without a lot of heavy cleanup).

[mnehring]

Would they rather them serve it un-butchered? It would probably be harder to stir fry in it's un-butchered form

[Tijeras_Slim]

That’s what I was thinking.

[4yearlurker]

Any meat in a restaurant or store for sale to the public has to be at least USDA inspected that it is edible for human consumption.

[dalereed]

It’s illegal to have USDA meat and game on the same premises.

In hunting country, small packing houses that cater to hunters have to have all domestic meat out of the place before they can take in any game.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Courtesy of Travis T. O'Justice:

[weegee]

Mmmmm Peking Deer.

[RichInOC]

Well, it’s a bit difficult to eat with the pelt on, yes?

[weegee]

Worried they may have the 3 basic food groups, animal, vegetable, and cockroach?

[Travis T. OJustice]

YUM!

Hey, I certainly wasn’t the first to ever post that one, but thanks for the recognition.

[BGHater]

Indeed. Or it might be Tuesday and they serve the Pet Shop special.

[rfp1234]

5999 South Park Ave.,

Oh my God! They killed Bambi!

(You bastards!)

[Freds2nd]

The deer needs to be processed in a slaughter house. No hides, hair or hoofs in butcher shops or restaurants.

[Petronski]

Never mind the butchering, where did they get the deer?

Was it killed with a Winchester or a Peterbilt?

[shadow99]

The sccop is that is was road kill and people saw him dragging the deer into the front of the restaurant, so people called the police. Not too bright of a guy.

[Vaquero]

board of health rules here downstate says that deer can not be processed where other food is processed(may be statewide). My friend who worked in a butcher shop told me the reason was because of the hair. you can legally process deer but it has to be in a separate facility.

I do it myself in my garage....yum.

[TypeZoNegative]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOy2QCssTaI

Cat’s in the Kettle.

[Concho]

They were probably doing dog yesterday, Poodles and noodles.

[Longtom]

I’ve had deer meat. Loved it. I’d prefer it more to steak. And I live in friggin’ New Jersey. We’ve got the damned things running around all over the state. Don’t need to hunt them, just smack into them on the Garden State Parkway or Rt. 280.

[wastedyears]

Wouldn’t that ruin your car?

[ViLaLuz]

Scorpion kebab, anyone?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041266/Scorpion-kebab—Its-fast-food-Beijing-style-—But-Olympic-visitors-stomach-it.html

[Titan Magroyne]

Yes.

Twice.

[wastedyears]

Ouch