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Southern U.S.: Armadillos blamed for leprosy (don't eat Armadillo meat)
Telegraph ^ | 04/28/11

Posted on 04/30/2011 4:55:16 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Armadillos blamed for leprosy

A strain of leprosy found in armadillos has been identified in dozens of people in the southern United States, indicating the skin disease can be transmitted directly from animals to humans.

6:19PM BST 28 Apr 2011

The report published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the disease, most often found in India, can originate in the United States and infect humans who hunt armadillo and butcher the meat.

Leprosy, sometimes called Hansen's disease after the Norwegian doctor who discovered it in 1873, is a bacterial infection that causes lesions on a person's extremities.

About 249,000 new cases were reported globally in 2008, and about 150 cases arise in the United States each year.

Left untreated, it can lead to blindness and nerve damage that cripples the hands and feet, but it is usually curable with antibiotics.

The team of US and Swiss researchers looked at 50 leprosy patients in the United States and 33 wild armadillos with the disease.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armadillos; godsgravesglyphs; leprosy
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1 posted on 04/30/2011 4:55:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

But... but... I thought God created Armadillos so Texans could have Possum on the half shell!


2 posted on 04/30/2011 5:02:24 AM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

No big deal. These Texas speed bumps taste like chicken anyway!


3 posted on 04/30/2011 5:07:27 AM PDT by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: missnry

What?! No more armadillo burgers? No more eggs over easy with armadillo steak for breakfast? No more armadillo chimichangas?!! Noooooooooo
Seriously, I must confess my culinary ignorance; I had no idea folks ate these critters.........if anyone could enlighten me, how do they taste?


4 posted on 04/30/2011 5:09:10 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad
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To: TigerLikesRooster
"Contrary to popular theory, it is not a highly contagious disease, and about 95 percent of the human population is naturally immune."

Where did they get that from? Certainly not from the CDC, which lists leprosy as a nationally notifiable disease, subject to quarantine due to its public health threat.
5 posted on 04/30/2011 5:17:00 AM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Many years ago a friend and I shot one in Fla. and decided to cook it up.
We cut out the hams, no easy task, and tried to fry it like chicken.
It was so nasty my friend’s dog wouldn’t eat it, and that dog would eat anything.


6 posted on 04/30/2011 5:20:54 AM PDT by Vinnie (A)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
.........if anyone could enlighten me, how do they taste?

Well....it really depends lon how long it has been sitting on the side of the road. If it isn't ripe, actually it DOES take like chicken. Not as "gamey" or oily as Raccoon though. Hope this helps!

7 posted on 04/30/2011 5:24:54 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
.........if anyone could enlighten me, how do they taste?

Well....it really depends lon how long it has been sitting on the side of the road. If it isn't ripe, actually it DOES take like chicken. Not as "gamey" or oily as Raccoon though. Hope this helps!

8 posted on 04/30/2011 5:24:59 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Armadillo, the meal that jumped.

If you don’t understand this, ask. The explanation is a little funny (but not to the armadillo.)


9 posted on 04/30/2011 5:26:29 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Armadillo Recipe:

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed (optional)
1/4 cup butter
salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
1 medium onion, sliced thin
1 armadillo, cleaned and cut into serving pieces
1 1/4 cup light cream
1 tablespoon brown mustard (e.g. Gulden’s) or Poupon Dijon
1 tablespoon cornstarch

Turn this recipe into a puzzle! [click]

PREPARATION:
Mix all ingredients of marinade and add armadillo. Marinate about 8 hrs., turning meat occasionally. Remove armadillo and reserve marinade. Melt butter in deep skillet and brown armadillo pieces. Pour in marinade and bring to a boil. Stir in seasoning, cover and simmer until tender (about 1 - 1 1/4 hours.) Remove skillet from the fire and place armadillo pieces on a warmed platter.

Mix mustard and cornstarch, then mix in cream. Return skillet to low heat and stir in this mixture a little at a time. Stir sauce until hot, but not boiling, and thickened. Pour sauce over armadillo. Serve with steamed rice.

CDKitchen note: this was posted to rec.food.recipes - we can’t quite imagine eating armadillo - but hey, who are we to judge!


10 posted on 04/30/2011 5:28:13 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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A Texas buddy once said he and his family ate these things all the time.
I didn’t know if he was kidding or not...


11 posted on 04/30/2011 5:38:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Eh ?)
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To: central_va; Eric in the Ozarks


12 posted on 04/30/2011 5:40:26 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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I threw up a little in my mouth.


13 posted on 04/30/2011 5:42:44 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Sorry to ruin your Freeping.:-)
14 posted on 04/30/2011 5:48:18 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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Has anyone told Anthony Bourdain?


15 posted on 04/30/2011 5:49:36 AM PDT by mom4kittys (See you in another life, brotha)
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Damn.

I just had an armadillo and provolone sandwich for lunch.

16 posted on 04/30/2011 5:49:55 AM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: central_va

wuss


17 posted on 04/30/2011 5:50:37 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (For love of Sarah, our country and the American Way of Life.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Aren’t they just armored rats?


18 posted on 04/30/2011 6:08:46 AM PDT by jimpick
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To: TigerLikesRooster
There is an Arkansas joke in there somewhere: 3, 2, ........


19 posted on 04/30/2011 6:15:56 AM PDT by RobertClark (I carry a gun because I can't hurl a rock at 1263 fps.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I get interested in this stuff here in Texas, as that may be the only option for eating meat, for while, after the dollar crashes.


20 posted on 04/30/2011 6:17:39 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts))
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