I remember eating some barbecued armadillo in a town south of San Antonio. Tasted good, but had a weird pinkish-red color. That was a long time ago and before I knew about the association with Leprosy.
lots of people used to eat them- probably not so much anymore— We watched ‘turtle ma’ who catches animals with his bare hands- coyotes, bobcats etc- and he would catch armadillos, BUT he wore gloves and was very cautious around them