No, the title doesn't refer to the old Richard Burton gabfest, or the original Tennessee Williams play. Instead I want to discuss this news item.
It seems that a pair of Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas were released on a Florida island 30 years ago. Their numbers started to grow due to the abundant food supply and lack of natural predators to keep the population down. Now the aggressive, carnivorous reptiles are a real nuisance.
Various schemes have been proposed to deal with the infestation, most of which were unrealistic in the extreme. Now the residents of the island have taken up pellet guns to battle the scourge.
This actually sounds like a lot of fun, but I would have to keep the meat since I always eat what I shoot for sport. Iguana is considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, and it is one of the few meats that I have yet to try. If I bagged enough of them I could cook up some for the gaming group.
What was that? You don't think they would eat it if I told them what it was?
Hey, they're gamers! Of course they would eat it! The big problem would be to keep them from eating all of whatever I put in front of them.
Comments (5)
I used to know a guy who spent some time as a Mormon missionary in South America. He said he ate lots of barbecued iguana when he was there and it was delicious.
Posted by AlanDP | December 8, 2007 9:42 PM
Posted on December 8, 2007 21:42
Put bacon on it and I will eat iguana
Posted by Chris | December 9, 2007 12:51 AM
Posted on December 9, 2007 00:51
Sounds like plinker heaven. Too bad these guys are only using pellet guns.
Posted by PN NJ | December 9, 2007 12:51 PM
Posted on December 9, 2007 12:51
Someone should organize a hunting expedition. As much as I'd love to upgrade to .22 short or .17 HMR, I think we'd all do just fine with some Daisy's and a few tins of GAMO hunting pellets!
Posted by Prestersean | December 9, 2007 9:49 PM
Posted on December 9, 2007 21:49
Whilst in the PI, the street vendors sold what we always called "barbecued monkey meat", which for all we knew was monkey, or cat, or iguana, or...
And yes, gamer dudes will probably eat anything placed in front of them.
Especially hard core gamer dudes.
Posted by freddyboomboom | December 11, 2007 3:20 PM
Posted on December 11, 2007 15:20