Udderly kosher: (or if you prefer) Locusts and sparrows and udders, oh my. Diners feast on exotics

Chicago Jewish News ^ | 5-10-04 | Uriel Heilman

[SJackson]

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[Solamente]

Don't any of you get me started about what goes on in NYC restaurants, kosher or not.

I have extended my time on this earth immeasurably by preparing my own meals with my own hands.

[cavtrooper21]

Ping aroo for yet another fine dining experience...
I really like the part in where one of the sheep was described as "drop dead gorgeous!!". BTW not one bit offended by the archived horse material!!

[Solamente]

Sorry, I should have included that I am a mechanic who is capable of fixing almost everything in the restaurant biz.

I have seen just about everything.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I've heard that people actually eat quail, but the rest of it? Yuuuuck!

[Slings and Arrows]

Oy gevalt!...err, just damn!

[adam_az]

"At one point during the conference, a Yemenite Jew prepared a kosher locust- Sephardi Jews, unlike Ashkenazim, ate such kosher insects until recently-but there weren't many takers when it came time to eat the fried grasshopper."

I thought it wasn't known which specific species of locust was kosher?

[SJackson]

I think there are a few kinds kinds defined by color. Telling them apart may well be a lost art, though someone must have figured it out for the restaurant. I wonder where you order locusts?

[SJackson]

I've heard that people actually eat quail, but the rest of it? Yuuuuck!

Of course people eat quail. Venison, bison, sheep, those aren't yuuuuuck.

[Lizavetta]

Thanks, but I'll take a T-bone steak and potatoes.

Why would people choose to eat this way?

[Krafty123]

Ashekenaz Jews do not have a tradition identifying which species of locust are kosher. Sephardi Jews do. Therefore, Sephardi Jews eat certain locusts, while Ashkenaz Jews don't.

[BykrBayb]

If the price is high enough and the name foreign enough, people will eat anything. Do you think anyone would eat fish bait at a penny a pound? No way! But if you charge $20 an ounce and call it calamari and escargot, they'll stand in line for it.

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[Clemenza]

Are "Rocky Mountain Oysters" Kosher? How about fried calves brains?

The older members of my family (non-Jewish) eat a soup made with duck's blood.

[Alouette]

The most exotic kosher thing I ever ate was goat kebabs at a Sephardic bar mitzvah in Jerusalem. They were so heavily spiced that, yeah, tastes like extra hot buffalo wings!!

Speaking of buffalo, there is a bison ranch in Postville, Iowa, and they supply animals to Agriprocessors, the kosher slaughtering house. I have never had buffalo meat, though. I guess I am "chicken."

I'm sorry that the "Jewish" PETA-freaks have to be such party poopers.

[Alouette]

Are "Rocky Mountain Oysters" Kosher? How about fried calves brains?

Those, uh, gourmet delicacies could be prepared according to kosher specifications.

Calves foot jelly! Now there's a kosher "delicacy" I could live without.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Venison is good when cooked properly, otherwise you'll lose your teeth trying to chew it. my ex's uncle used to hunt every season. No thanks.

Some folks I know have eaten buffalo burgers. I guess I'm pickier than I thought, because that's right up there with ostrich burgers. Fyi, there is such a thing these days as a cow crossbred with a buffalo. My friend just told me.

Sheep. Hmmm, I remember getting exactly one lamp chop for dinner when I was a kid, when that was on the menu. I could have eaten 10 of them. We used to have lamb for dinner on Easter. It was pretty good, but my mom would scream every year that the butcher sold her mutton, lol! Lamb is too expensive for me, and no one I'm feeding will eat it. I asked my friend if he likes lamb...nooooo.

[SJackson]

Are "Rocky Mountain Oysters" Kosher? How about fried calves brains?

Alouette will know better about the oysters, I've read they're not but I don't know why. Fried rattlesnake is out though.

My father ate a dish he called pitzah which consisted of fried brains and garlic. I've later heard pitzah is garlic and cows feet, so it's likely anything you can tell the butcher is for the cat, fried with garlic.

Duck's blood soup, yuk, though I have relatives that eat whitefish soaked in lye (lutefisk-a winter thread) so to each their own.