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You can't eat wild boar. Or rather you can and individual hunters sometimes do. But the various diseases and parasites wild boars tend to have makes them uneco
by dreamcompiler 3y ago
You can't eat wild boar.
Or rather you can and individual hunters sometimes do. But the various diseases and parasites wild boars tend to have makes them uneconomical to harvest for resale.
Trust me, Texans have thought of this.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas-feral-hog-problem-swine-country/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas-feral-hog-problem-...
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- cryptonector 3y agoI mean, you can, and I've occasionally found wild boar at Central Market in Austin. But... it's very rare, and I suspect the boar wasn't that "wild". There are ranches in Texas that dedicate themselves to hunting, so they'll have serious deer fencing to keep deer in, and they'll even buy and breed deer to have enough for hunting season. It wouldn't surprise me if there's also ranches that breed "wild" boar for hunting.
- thsksbd 3y agoI thought that was a cooking issue? That is Americans like rarer, more parasitic prone, cooking. Would this be a concern in a traditional salume made with (albeit Italian) wild boar?
- dreamcompiler 3y agoNo idea about the Italian wild boar. The issue is that the American FDA regulates foods packaged for sale, and the amount of processing that would be needed to render American wild boar safe according to their standards would make the enterprise uneconomical. These regulations don't apply to Americans who hunt, kill, and eat wild boar for their own private consumption. But yeah, if they do so they should cook it thoroughly.
- thsksbd 3y agoThe idea is to ship it to Italy where wild boar is heavily regulated to avoid over harvesting. Let the Italians figure out if its safe and if they want it.