Right? There’s Atkins Diet, then there’s the Exotics. In Montreal, where my ace pal Jonathan scored me about 3 pounds of Schwartz’s Montreal Smoked Meat. Picked up a small wheel of brie at the local supermarket.
While strolling the aisles ( always amusing when I can look but not read and process solely on the basis of photos, illustrations and packaging ) I come upon Caribou Paté.
You know that “Caribou” is just a regional name for reindeer? You know, as in Santa and his sleigh? I love serving reindeer roast or casseroles and presenting them as “Rudolph”. Especially if our dinner guests are American
But yeah, the meat is just yummy. The traditional Sami way of living includes reindeer farming, so reindeer meat is easily found in the better stores over here.
I often see this picture sent on email or posted to Facebook around Christmastime
Oh god yes, the British tourists went apeshit a few years ago when this happened. My friend was working at Pallas in eastern (Finnish) Lapland at that time and the place was full of Brits who apparently spent most of their time pontificating about the absolute wrongness of eating reindeer meat while chowing down on industrial-farmed broiler chicken.
Might those Brits gag on a chunk of their own hypocrisy?? If you eat meat and do not hunt and kill and dress and eat it, then you are an active participant in the Industry of Animal Harvesting.