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 ...
But... but... I thought God created Armadillos so Texans could have Possum on the half shell!
No big deal. These Texas speed bumps taste like chicken anyway!
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?
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.
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!
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!
Armadillo, the meal that jumped.
If you don’t understand this, ask. The explanation is a little funny (but not to the armadillo.)
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
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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!
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...
I threw up a little in my mouth.
Has anyone told Anthony Bourdain?
I just had an armadillo and provolone sandwich for lunch.
wuss
Aren’t they just armored rats?
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.
Must be good at removing shotgun pellets from games eventually.
I dropped a small (less than foot long pecan wood) stick on the head of one to get it out of my garden. That thing hopped, jumped and flopped around like it was in the mortal thrall of death itself!
I’ve never seen an animal put on such a fake show as that. Maybe birds trying to fake an injured limb to draw a predator away from the nest is the nearest thing like it.
I guess it is a survival technique because it sure freaked me out. I thought it was having a fit.
Good point.
This is going to upset the AR15.com boys!
hoover hogs
Obama Oinkers!
“Must be good at removing shotgun pellets from games eventually.”
I’d think calling in a napalm strike would get the critter and also barbecue it. But I bet the veggies would be overdone, unless you’re talking kudzu or collards.
Pardon me, do you have any Poupon?
Would smell like gasoline, though.
That photo reminds me of some parts of Maine as much as the south. The body of that old Olds on blocks would be rusted right through if it was, though. I’m calling southeast Ohio. They’ve got union written all over them, those two.
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That would explain why the concrete blocks are supporting that Olds by its sheetmetal floors, rather than the frame rails.
Poor Huckadillo is not going to be pleased with this news.
I am not trying to offend but that is the most unappetizing food/animal/critter whatever that I have seen in a long time.
the infowarrior
What did the leper say to the prostitute?
You can keep the tip.
GACK!
Nobody said they were bright, lol.
Why was the leper hockey game canceled? There was a face off in the corner.
Thanks for posting the Lone Star Beer armadillo photos, I’m having to work up a knitting program for Nine Banded Armadillo boot socks, and a clear shot of how the bands look is hard to come by. Should look pretty cool, the pattern’s going to be drop stitch on a flat knit with lycra. Does the species always appear beige-brown-grey like this? I thought they were shades of grey.
If you want to get rid of annoying house guests, you might find it useful. Bring it out at the last moment, and most of them probably hit the door immediately.
I have known that armadillos are carriers of leprosy for most of my life. I wonder what percentage of the animals are carriers and do they die of it as well?
I have no idea! I was privileged to live in Texas for about a year in 1979/80. I remember a great advertisement for Lone Star Beer in which the fat, tall, old wife of a short, fat, cigar-ed millionaire mocked her husband with, “I know all about the armadillo!”
I do remember a LOT of roadkill armadillos though.
:-)
Me too.
Why are they treating this as some new discovery?
Around here (the South), we've know this our whole lives.
I’ve heard they have an odd habit of jumping and rolling into a ball when frightened, leading to getting embedded in the grilles of oncoming traffic, or worse, ping-ponged into the windshield.
I’ve only seen one live one in person, drove out to New Mexico from North Carolina during summer break when I was in college to visit with my dad in Las Cruces, he was setting up a manufacturing plant and was there for six weeks. That one was grey, almost silvery.
There was a long time leper colony in Carville, La. (Yes, like James Carville) that closed years ago. I often wonder why. Perhaps the National Health Service decided it was not contagious.
Pretty much the only critters who even *get* leprosy.
Armadillo is the most gristly meat I’ve ever eaten.
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