# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 445
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8883 "2025-10-20T12:30:13Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > At a regular steak place, i expect fries, possibly sweet potatoes fries, and probably a baked potato, maybe with stuff on (in) it. Maybe mashed. That makes sense. But I didn’t think the poll was multiple choice. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8884 "2025-10-20T16:25:30Z")
While not as common as beef, I’d argue that lamb is pretty common in the US, whether it’s lamb chops or the big cylinder of it in any Greek restaurant / food truck that they shave some off for gyros ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8885 "2025-10-20T16:29:07Z")
I debated whether lamb should be included, but I decided to include it since while it’s not _that_ uncommon, it’s way less common than beef, pork, or chicken, and it’s less common here than it is in other countries. And I just realized I meant to include horse in the poll, since someone mentioned it in the French restaurant thread. But it is too late to edit the poll now. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8886 "2025-10-20T16:32:11Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And I just realized I meant to include horse in the poll, since someone mentioned it in the French restaurant thread. But it is too late to edit the poll now. You could also include Wildebeest. I think duck is pretty common. Not like beef, fish or chicken, but I wouldn’t call it unusual like Reindeer (which is pretty common in Alaska). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8887 "2025-10-20T16:35:03Z")
But if you’re going to include rabbit in the poll, it’s only fair to include duck, so they can argue about what hunting season it is. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8888 "2025-10-20T16:37:29Z")
I don’t know whether I’ve eaten barramundi. I certainly ate fish when i visited Australia. In addition to the birds in the poll, I’ve had ostrich, pheasant, and quail. Oh, and some unnamed “songbirds” on a stick in Japan. I really want to try guinea fowl, and I’d like to try grouse. In addition to the mammals, I’ve had venison, elk, horse, moose, kudu, springbok, impala, wild boar, and warthog. Despite my general curiosity about new meats, I decided not to try whale when i could have bought it at the Bergen fish market in Norway. In addition to the oddball meats I’ve had American alligator and Australian crocodile. There are too many fin fish and shellfish to name them. (And i haven’t really kept track.) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8889 "2025-10-20T16:40:03Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You could also include Wildebeest. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > But if you’re going to include rabbit in the poll, it’s only fair to include duck, so they can argue about what hunting season it is. With comments like that mebbe it _should_ be **WildaBeast** season!!! 😲 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8890 "2025-10-20T17:09:46Z")
I’ve had duck, escargot, and frog legs, all of them on a Carnival cruise back in 2019. I’ve also had gator meat. AJ Gator’s serves it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8891 "2025-10-20T17:18:06Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > But if you’re going to include rabbit in the poll, it’s only fair to include duck, so they can argue about what hunting season it is. It’s Elmer season! [![](https://www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bugs-Bunny-Rabbit-Fire-1951-scaled.jpeg) ](https://www.thechildrensmediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Bugs-Bunny-Rabbit-Fire-1951-scaled.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8892 "2025-10-20T18:28:57Z")
Rabbit is my favourite meat. Yum! When travelling in southern Africa, I had a number of game meats (various -buck / -bok things). I don’t think wildebeast was among them, though. And of course I’ve had moose and elk and venison. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8893 "2025-10-20T18:46:34Z")
I’ve had Kangaroo at a restaurant on the quay in Sydney while we were on our honeymoon. It was… okay. **Mrs Magill’s** steak was better. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8894 "2025-10-20T19:56:35Z")
In Africa, I often ate guinea fowl. It was really tasty. I also had grasscutter a few times. It was nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8895 "2025-10-20T19:58:26Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > In addition to the birds in the poll, I’ve had ostrich, pheasant, and quail. Same here, and also sea turtle. (tiny fishing village in Mexico, food issues, if they caught one and it died in the nets they ate it). Also venison, bison, wild boar &, bear. Escargot tastes like bread crumbs in butter with garlic. Goose is VERY greasy. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8896 "2025-10-20T20:00:03Z")
I tried cuy when I was in Ecuador a few months ago. I didn’t really care for it. It was maybe kind of like pork, but gamey and fatty. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8897 "2025-10-20T20:03:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > also sea turtle. Oh, I meant to include turtle in the poll, too. That’s what I get for trying to make a poll while also doing work stuff. Apparently turtle soup used to be considered a delicacy in the US, but fell out of fashion about 100 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8898 "2025-10-20T20:08:30Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’ve had Kangaroo at a restaurant on the quay in Sydney Oh, yeah, i tried that, too. I agree it was “meh”. And turtle soup in New Orleans that tasted like highly seasoned soup. Maybe the turtle added some meatiness? It certainly didn’t add a distinctive flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8899 "2025-10-20T20:34:19Z")
I may have cheated by selecting ostrich. I’ve eaten the eggs. I’ve pretty much eaten all of the rest except for Guinea pig and the African game. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8900 "2025-10-20T20:38:43Z")
I’ve never had guinea pig. Despite having kept them as pets, I’d be happy to try it if it was offered. They are cute, but yeah, kinda “prey animals”. But I’ve never been to the parts of the world where they are eaten. (I don’t think I’d be happy to eat dog or cat. And I’ve cut way back on pork because pigs are too smart.) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8901 "2025-10-20T20:40:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > And I’ve cut way back on pork because pigs are too smart. That’s why I won’t eat Octopus. That and they’re kind of ugly IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/8902 "2025-10-20T20:43:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > That’s why I won’t eat Octopus. Same. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve never had guinea pig. Despite having kept them as pets, I’d be happy to try it if it was offered. They are cute, but yeah, kinda “prey animals”. I could not. My husband has pointed out though that they’re terrible survivalists. Any predator seeking food need only run in the direction of “WEET! WEET! WEET!” I love them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=446)