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As a holiday job during my undergraduate degree I worked at the iThemba Labs particle accelerator in Cape Town. They have a braai (barbecue) event annually. I
by taliesinb 11y ago
As a holiday job during my undergraduate degree I worked at the iThemba Labs particle accelerator in Cape Town. They have a braai (barbecue) event annually.
I was told we were eating a quagga, an extinct species of zebra that was being bred back on the grounds of various facilities in the area. They have to periodically cull the quagga that roam free on the grounds of the particle accelerator.
When people ask how it tasted I say "rare".
- detaro 11y agoAnd I just realized where the Quagga routing suite (which is a fork of GNU Zebra) got it's name :)
- Outdoorsman 11y agoAhhh...me, too! I've eaten a lot of wild game, including rattlesnake steak, and wonder if taliesinb could compare the taste of aqagga to any semi-popular meats...? On a side note I've always marveled at the "animal husbandry" practiced by the Amish dairy farmers who live not far from me...no lab, no testing, little theory other than that passed down orally through the generations...yet they always maintain sturdy healthy-looking herds... An interesting article...glad it was posted...thanks...
- fiatmoney 11y agoIt's not that surprising. Animal husbandry quite plausibly predates civilization, let alone labs / theory / written records.