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Lion meat tacos cause uproar in Florida
ABC ^ | 5/9/13

Posted on 05/09/2013 6:40:45 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

- Exotic meat tacos at a Florida restaurant are causing a big uproar.

The small tacos at Tampa's Taco Fusion restaurant look enticing and many who try them say they are tasty. The meat in question -- lion....

The specialty tacos cost about $35. The restaurant also serves other exotic meats, such as beaver tacos and camel tacos.

Brad Barnett, the restaurant's operation manager, says it is all legal. His message to people: "If you don't like it, don't eat it."

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bigcats; cats; felines; food; lion; liontacos; tacos; tasteslikechicken; weird
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Food nazis.
1 posted on 05/09/2013 6:40:45 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Beaver and camel tacos...nope, NOT gonna say it


2 posted on 05/09/2013 6:41:42 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: tx_eggman

Camel tacos... camel tacos...

Sounds familiar. Have I had those before?


3 posted on 05/09/2013 6:42:10 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: JRios1968; tx_eggman

No, wait... it was a camel-toed beaver. I remember now...


4 posted on 05/09/2013 6:43:21 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
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To: SpinnerWebb

Yum, yum

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=nutria+tacos&qpvt=nutria+tacos&FORM=IGRE&adlt=strict


5 posted on 05/09/2013 6:45:20 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Carnivore meat is a bit gamey.

But some people like that.

Who am I to criticize?


6 posted on 05/09/2013 6:45:35 AM PDT by left that other site ((Ban the ubiquitous and deadly solvent, Di-hydrogen monoxide!!!))
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To: SpinnerWebb

Aren’t lions on the endangered species list though? And no name calling by the libs or this atrocity? Bet it’s cat meat, not lion ...


7 posted on 05/09/2013 6:46:06 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: SoFloFreeper

I can understand the controversy. Lions are not indigenous to Spain or Mexico and so don’t go well with tacos — unless we are talking about mountain lions or lions who have eaten their Hispanic trainers.


8 posted on 05/09/2013 6:46:09 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: SoFloFreeper

As I open the item stating, “I will not post to this thread, I will not post to this thread, I will not post to this thread.”


9 posted on 05/09/2013 6:46:21 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: SoFloFreeper

Taco Fusion CAVED to the whiners....

http://tbo.com/dining/taco-fusion-pulls-controversial-lion-tacos-off-menu-b82489636z1


10 posted on 05/09/2013 6:47:27 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: JRios1968

Beaver Tacos? Sounds like something that runs on Cinimax around 2AM...


11 posted on 05/09/2013 6:48:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JRios1968

“Beaver and camel tacos...nope, NOT gonna say it”

Go ahead and say it! Most of us are already thinking it. :)


12 posted on 05/09/2013 6:48:35 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Some people take there grammar way to seriously.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Maybe they meant cougar tacos...dang it, I went there.


13 posted on 05/09/2013 6:50:09 AM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Hey, if you don't like it, don't eat it!

14 posted on 05/09/2013 7:12:58 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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15 posted on 05/09/2013 7:14:39 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Bever taco.. redundant.


16 posted on 05/09/2013 7:14:40 AM PDT by CygnusXI (Im back!)
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To: JRios1968

One time at Band Camp, I got tackled by a Camel toed Beaver.


17 posted on 05/09/2013 7:15:24 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: SoFloFreeper

All “fashionable” libs will be lining up for the Tacos Devine!


18 posted on 05/09/2013 7:35:50 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: SoFloFreeper

“They’re GRRR-E-A-T!!!

(Oops - wrong predator)

;^)


19 posted on 05/09/2013 7:38:27 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

Beaver tacos?

I’m in.


20 posted on 05/09/2013 7:42:12 AM PDT by moovova
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