Would You Eat a Hippopotamus Sandwich? (a poll)

I would have thought the Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi would have had it on the menu, but they don’t seem to offer it. I tried to go to the Carnivore the last time I was in Kenya, but I couldn’t get a reservation.

To answer the OP: certainly. I’ve had kangaroo, whale (many years ago), kudu, peccary, alligator, turtle, guinea pig, muskrat, squirrel, Polynesian rat, paca, curassow, guan, grasshoppers, caterpillars, sea urchins, and jellyfish. Hippo’s got to be a lot better than a lot of those.

Joke:

A man goes to a restaurant that makes the claim: “We serve anything! If we can’t serve you what you order, we’ll pay you $100!”

The man says to the waiter: “I want an elephant ear sandwich on a Kaiser roll!”

The waiter goes away, and comes back after 15 minutes. He says, “I’m sorry, we can’t fill your order. You win the $100.”

He says, “Aha! I knew you’ld never have elephant ears!”

The waiter says, “Oh, no! We have the elephant ears, we’re just out of those really big Kaiser rolls.”

No.

Yes. As long as it wasn’t the one from the Flanders and Swann song who will gambol no more on the banks of the Nile, which Nasser is flooding next spring.

Sure, I’ll have mine with cheese and soup ‘n’ salad, please.

Kn*ckers Horse tastes a bit like really lean beef, but different. Pretty good actually.

I’ve also had jellyfish, wild boar, and sea urchin. Hippo sounds pretty tasty.

How busy is this place? I’m getting hungry

No.

Yes, definitely. And all those exotic animals made my mouth water.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm… HIPPO!

Sorry, but no. I’m just not adventurous like that.

Mmmmm, hippo on rye, toasted,
Oh, yeah!

Eat one (or at lest try it): yes.

Pay for one: no.

I’m vegetarian, so no. But if I wasn’t, I’m sure I would.

I’m curious, those who wouldn’t,

why not? Does Hippo taste bad? Is the idea icky?

(like I wouldn’t eat a mosquito, perhaps, even if I wasn’t vege.)

I’m with zev. If I did, my two stuffed hippos (one of 'em’s named Augusta! Get it? No…) would glare at me for the rest of my life.

Someone else know the Hippopotamus Song! “Mud, mud, glorious mud!”

Nope. I’m not a meat eater.

And besides, they’re so cute!

Damn right I would.

If a hippo got the chance it would eat you and everyone you care about.

Y

As I work here http://HIPPOPRESS.com it comes dangerously close to cannibalisim, but sure, why not?

BLEH

nope.

Yeah I’d try it.

By the way, it looks like you’ve got nearly 10 times the number of views than replies. Maybe a lot of people just “backed out of the thread”…

Yep, for two bucks I’d give it a try.

Yes, I’d try one once. I don’t expect I’d like it, though.