# Would You Eat a Hippopotamus Sandwich? (a poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897 "2002-12-06T12:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/21 "2002-12-06T14:47:24Z")
Yes. In fact, just thinking about eating a hippo sandwich has made me hungry. I think I’ll go find something to eat. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/22 "2002-12-06T14:48:21Z")
**Mr. O** : > [@](#): > > My list includes rattlesnake, snapping turtle, whale, horse, dog, silkworm larvae, and assorted sea monsters. I’m in **grimpixie’s** league but Mr O has got me beat. I’ve had squirrel, rabbit, goat, ostrich, alligator, deer, pigeon, grouse, and assorted fresh-water monsters. Despite being from the south, I’ve never had any 'possum, how’d that happen? ---
**Author:** ![TheKnightWhoSaysNi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheKnightWhoSaysNi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheKnightWhoSaysNi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/23 "2002-12-06T14:49:47Z")
Brings a whole different take on the song “I want a hippopotamus for Christmas”. Sure but only if it’s pygmy hippo, any larger and they get really tough. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/24 "2002-12-06T14:51:29Z")
Prolly…I hear they taste like chicken. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/25 "2002-12-06T14:53:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*Maybe. > Do they have split hooves? \*\* Hippos have four-toed hooves. [Cite](http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2330/hippo.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/26 "2002-12-06T14:59:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grimpixie \* > \*\*Yes - if only to add it to the list of “exotic” meats tried - cosisting so far of ostrich, crocodile and goat. \*\* Ditto for exactly the same reason. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/27 "2002-12-06T15:01:34Z")
Cue Aaron Copeland music - “Potamus! It’s what’s for dinner!” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/28 "2002-12-06T15:15:56Z")
Oh OK then; I’ll give it a try (with the salad please). If it’s any good, I’ll be back tomorrow to try the walrus on toast. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/29 "2002-12-06T15:23:55Z")
I’ll take two please, easy on the giblets though. Its gotta taste like bacon I’m thinking. actually stick some bacon in with it as well, and some tail, if theres any going. ---
**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/30 "2002-12-06T15:24:57Z")
y 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/31 "2002-12-06T15:25:39Z")
**Mangetout** , is the walrus on toast anything like that weird “chipped beef on toast” they sell in the frozen section? Funky looking stuff, that. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/32 "2002-12-06T15:30:20Z")
I’m sorry to say, hippopptamus is not Kosher. So feel free to add cheese. (10¢) **Mangetout** , I was going to put you down as a “yes” merely from your name. I’m glad you came back and said “yes” on your own though. It makes things more fair. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/33 "2002-12-06T15:34:18Z")
Sure, why not? ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/34 "2002-12-06T15:42:50Z")
I would _try_ a hippo sandwich without even thinking twice about it. Can’t promise I’d _eat_ it though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/35 "2002-12-06T15:50:20Z")
Yeah, I’d give it a try. This is your treat, tho, right? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/36 "2002-12-06T15:54:04Z")
Aboslutely…BTW, how is Hippo not Kosher? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/37 "2002-12-06T15:56:00Z")
The creepy part about all this is the fact that it sounds tasty. I wonder if any restaurants _do_ sell hippopotamus sandwiches/burgers… It’s gotta be better than sheep’s heads. Those things never stop smiling at ya. It’s a little unnerving. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/38 "2002-12-06T16:07:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mooch \* > \*\ ***Mangetout** , is the walrus on toast anything like that weird “chipped beef on toast” they sell in the frozen section? > > Funky looking stuff, that. \*\* I don’t think so; I’d be pretty disappointed if there was less than half a roast walrus on my plate. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/39 "2002-12-06T16:08:15Z")
Yes. I like to try “weird” foods. ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-hippopotamus-sandwich-a-poll/140897/40 "2002-12-06T16:11:53Z")
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