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Because they do not sell it at the market. Ive found all sorts of meat (22 types from my specialty butcher), yet swan isn't there. Perhaps it's "too beautiful"

by kefka 12y ago

Because they do not sell it at the market. Ive found all sorts of meat (22 types from my specialty butcher), yet swan isn't there. Perhaps it's "too beautiful" to eat, or perhaps it has a more visceral "horse meat" kind of feeling to it. I don't know. And the article is lacking in detail. So, the answer is "it's not sold".

jqm 12y ago
But this leads to the question of "why don't they sell it at the market"? And the answer to that might be because people wouldn't buy it. Or if they did, only once because it tastes like an old glove that was left in the parrot cage.
- dllthomas 12y ago
  The one quote in the article about the taste was positive...
  - jqm 12y ago
    Somebody else said similar but I'm not convinced. I went back and looked and the guy was a professional chef. And probably some sort of esoteric gourmet of the kind that might drink civet poop coffee. I have to believe if swans were really good people would have started eating them in large numbers a long time ago and they would commercially raise them.
    - dllthomas 12y ago
      Batali may have weird tastes, maybe (though he's a pretty mainstream food personality not particularly known for crazy stuff), but it remains the case that we have one piece of testimony that it's tasty and none that it isn't. The fact that we don't eat them is arguably some evidence that they aren't but there are other potential explanations for that, so drawing that conclusion seems shakey.
      - jqm 12y ago
        I don't buy the Queen of England explanation. Because there are many other countries besides England. So what other explanation could there be? Given this, along with my poor goose experience, leads to my conclusion that they likely don't have a flavor that appeals to many people. Maybe I'm wrong. I suppose with current regulations and the fact swans don't live in my area I don't have a way to test my hypothesis.
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by kefka 12y ago

jqm 12y ago

But this leads to the question of "why don't they sell it at the market"? And the answer to that might be because people wouldn't buy it. Or if they did, only once because it tastes like an old glove that was left in the parrot cage.

dllthomas 12y ago
The one quote in the article about the taste was positive...
- jqm 12y ago
  Somebody else said similar but I'm not convinced. I went back and looked and the guy was a professional chef. And probably some sort of esoteric gourmet of the kind that might drink civet poop coffee. I have to believe if swans were really good people would have started eating them in large numbers a long time ago and they would commercially raise them.
  - dllthomas 12y ago
    Batali may have weird tastes, maybe (though he's a pretty mainstream food personality not particularly known for crazy stuff), but it remains the case that we have one piece of testimony that it's tasty and none that it isn't. The fact that we don't eat them is arguably some evidence that they aren't but there are other potential explanations for that, so drawing that conclusion seems shakey.
    - jqm 12y ago
      I don't buy the Queen of England explanation. Because there are many other countries besides England. So what other explanation could there be? Given this, along with my poor goose experience, leads to my conclusion that they likely don't have a flavor that appeals to many people. Maybe I'm wrong. I suppose with current regulations and the fact swans don't live in my area I don't have a way to test my hypothesis.
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