# Lion Tacos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444 "2011-01-21T13:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/21 "2011-01-21T19:19:47Z")
Lion Tacos… 10,000 hyenas can’t be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/22 "2011-01-21T19:42:37Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > There’s an interesting double-standard people have.\* We can eat cows and pigs and chickens, even lambs and deer and bison. But _lions_? OMG!!! I don’t know what’s so different about it. You think that’s bad? Try and open a restaurant that serves canine stew or feline nuggets. Then go check your restaurant facebook page for comments. I remember a minor kerfuffle in Switzerland when Swiss people found out that China was raising St Bernards to use in restaurants that serve dog meat. [Snopes verdict: True](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/bernard.asp) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/23 "2011-01-21T19:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > You think that’s bad? Try and open a restaurant that serves canine stew or feline nuggets. Then go check your restaurant facebook page for comments. > > I remember a minor kerfuffle in Switzerland when Swiss people found out that China was raising St Bernards to use in restaurants that serve dog meat. Have a look at one of my favorite anthropological texts, **Good to Eat** (AKA **The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig** He reportedly changed the title because too many folks thought it was a cookbook) by the late Marvin Harris. He talks at length about what people will eat and what they abhor, and why this varies from culture to culture. > **[Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture: Marvin Harris: 9781577660156:...](https://www.amazon.com/Good-Eat-Riddles-Food-Culture/dp/1577660153)** > > Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture \[Marvin Harris\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/24 "2011-01-21T22:18:26Z")
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion) says that lions are “Vulnerable,” if not “Endangered.” How does this not mean that they can’t be farmed (a horrible word, IMO)? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/25 "2011-01-21T22:19:29Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > How does this not mean that they can’t be farmed (a horrible word, IMO)? You would prefer “ranched”? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/26 "2011-01-21T22:27:23Z")
Lion tacos might be alright. But I’d prefer the cub sandwich. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/27 "2011-01-21T22:36:41Z")
Maybe he’s blending lion with cheaper elephant, 50/50. One lion, one elephant. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/28 "2011-01-22T01:13:08Z")
These are human-fed lions. Lions who have been fed humans are very very pricey. Kinda like Kobe beef, except with lions and humans rather than cattle and beer. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/29 "2011-01-22T02:23:49Z")
I rarely notice sequential threads, but this showed up as I go through New Posts: \*\*What’s for dinner tonight? Lion Tacos \*\* ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/30 "2011-01-22T02:33:35Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > I rarely notice sequential threads, but this showed up as I go through New Posts: > > \*\*What’s for dinner tonight? > > Lion Tacos \*\* With Fava Beans and a Nice Chianti. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/31 "2011-01-24T20:28:08Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > You would prefer “ranched”? Ranch could be OK on a lion taco. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/32 "2011-01-24T20:55:46Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > There’s an interesting double-standard people have.\* We can eat cows and pigs and chickens, even lambs and deer and bison. But _lions_? OMG!!! I don’t know what’s so different about it. It’s a _cat_, ffs, _that’s_ what’s so different about it. I’d have to be pretty hungry to want to try eating cat. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/33 "2011-01-24T21:02:23Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Lion tacos might be alright. > > But I’d prefer the cub sandwich. … and for an appetizer can we get some fried Kalahari? ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/34 "2011-01-24T21:28:20Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > … and for an appetizer can we get some fried Kalahari? Sure, and we offer a nice dry desert wine to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/35 "2011-01-24T21:54:07Z")
♫ … There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon, The place that I eat every day at noon. … ♫ “Weird Al” Yankovic Parody of “Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin > **[Cats In The Kettle Lyrics by Weird Al Yankovic - Lyrics On Demand](https://www.lyricsondemand.com/w/weirdalyankoviclyrics/catsinthekettlelyrics.html)** > > Cats In The Kettle Lyrics by Weird Al Yankovic at Lyrics On Demand ---
**Author:** ![billigan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@billigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billigan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/36 "2011-01-24T22:42:19Z")
If you make spaghetti with a lion-meat sauce, would it be African Sperenghetti? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/37 "2011-01-24T22:46:52Z")
What if you make spaghetti with meat balls made from Lawrence Ferlinghetti? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/38 "2011-01-24T23:27:25Z")
I want mine served to me by a man in a Shaman/Monkey costume. He is to walk up to the table, and raise my plate of taco’s high in the air, then gently lower them to my table. Extra tip if he can synchronize the music. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/39 "2011-01-24T23:34:48Z")
Payton Curry, a zany chef here, was serving up a reindeer sampler at his [Cafe Boa](http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2010-12-23/restaurants/payton-curry-plays-reindeer-games/). It was $65 and offered from December 21 thru January 6. He got death threats, too, even after he admitted it was caribou. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444/40 "2011-01-24T23:38:56Z")
Reindeer _is_ caribou. [Rangifer tarandus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-tacos/568444.md?page=3)