January 08, 2008
It seems somehow incongruent for me to post this, but: "What is the largest number of different animal species who have been harmed or exploited for a single meal that you've eaten? I think I'm at 5."
Weaksauce! I retired before age 20 and I'm sure I've topped that.
So: describe a menu exploiting as many different species as possible. Eggs, Milk and Honey count[*]; white cane sugar does not. Desirable dishes for under say $100 total, that might conceivably be served at a restaurant or fine dinner -- no ortolan-infused california highway of the sea from a gonzo combination of Grandpa Freeman's scrapple house and Marlon Brando's Komodo Dojo. Winner gets a video on battery cages and puppy mills from Pablo! The bidding shall start at ten.
I'm gonna go have a cucumber sandwich with bean sprouts.
Ah, but we already narrowed it down to the kingdom animalia. So no protists, bacteria, plants or fugi allowed.
how about "things that are different and have a distinct familiar name" -- so no fair counting potato grouper, chilean sea bass and giant sea bass. And what I meant was let's say using an egg counts as exploitation at least. But you don't get to count chickens and eggs separately.
and you didn't answer the question ;-)
Based on feedback I edited the post at the [*] to remove the clumsy "as harmsplotation".
Is this a real thing, or something we can imagine?
ultimate osteremurheaturduckenphesortolan:
from inside to outside: a pate de foie gras, feta, tilapia, salmon, trout, catfish, bass, squid, frog, turtle, caviar (sturgeon), and butter (12)
ortolan (13)
phesant(14)
chicken (15)
duck (16) (I should mention that the foie gras from earlier was goose liver not duck)
turkey (17)
rhea (18)
emu (19)
ostrich (20)
With bacon wrapped veal steaks (22)
Caesar salad (anchovies in dressing) (23)
served with quail eggs, oysters, mussels and clams (27)
and a side of cat and dog - of course (29)
Unfortunately, I could keep going (didn't include honey since I didn't think it would hold up with this crowd).
Who wants to see appetizing videos?
This is the random-est post I have seen on AE in eons.
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Harmsploitation != exploitation?
$100 max? For a few dollars, I could probably cultivate several million different species of bacteria. And mix them into a mango lassi. I call it "Mega-Bac Mango Lahsee (TM)". Do I win?
posted by javelina at 10:25PM CST on January 08