re: #226 albusteve
actually hippo meat is highly desirable according to what I’ve read…but it’s easily the most dangerous beast on the African continent…ancient Egyptians savored hippo…but how the hell do you kill one?…back then
Sadly, my restaurant story is true. They did at least claim to serve all the wild stuff (claimed it was legal product of licensed big game hunting). The joint did serve this stuff as near as I can know.
It is also true that as group we had been drinking (a lot) and were summarily 86’d shortly after complaining that the pussy (lion?) was too tough.