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Squirrel Haggis and Japanese Knotweed Reach UK Menus as Invasive Species Trend Grows
The Guardian ^ | Sat 27 May 2023 | Tomé Morrissy-Swan

Posted on 05/28/2023 2:47:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The rise of ‘invasivorism’ has introduced a range of unusual eating choices as diners strive for a more ethical diet

It can be grilled like asparagus, mixed into a sweet-sour ripple ice-cream or even turned into a beer. When guests arrive at Silo, a “zero-waste” restaurant in east London, next month they’ll be treated to a series of dishes from an unlikely source. It is more famous as the scourge of homeowners, but for some, the solution to the Japanese knotweed crisis is to serve it for dinner.

Eating invasive species – called “invasivorism” – is increasingly fashionable as people search for ethical diets. In London, at The Ninth in Fitzrovia, three-cornered leek, a milder version of wild garlic, has been whipped into aioli, while at Native in Mayfair it is used alongside asparagus. At Seasonality in Maidenhead you can tuck into muntjac deer tartare, while Edinburgh’s The Palmerston uses sika deer extensively.

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To: nickcarraway

Eating squirrel is not the unusual, but squirrel stuffed with roasted crickets might not be good (but I’d try it anyway).


21 posted on 05/28/2023 4:08:33 PM PDT by JJBookman (Democrats = Party of bug eaters)
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To: GaltAdonis

What time should I be over????


22 posted on 05/28/2023 4:09:20 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: No name given

East Carolina Shrimp and Grits is delightful!!!!!!!


23 posted on 05/28/2023 4:11:38 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Real, authentic Haggis is wonderfully delicious. Haggis, Tatties, and Neeps, oh boy!


24 posted on 05/28/2023 4:18:09 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: nickcarraway

Native English squirrels were red. Grey squirrels came from the US and Canada, probably in grain shipments, and displaced the native species. The original species isn’t extinct yet.

We had aggressive black squirrels coming down from Canada, but apparently, they are just another variety of the usual grey squirrel species.


25 posted on 05/28/2023 4:19:45 PM PDT by x
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To: JBW1949
"What time???"

It's already too late.
Pasta is already eaten.
But you could come over for a brownie and a cup of coffee, if'n you want!

26 posted on 05/28/2023 4:36:54 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis

LOL...Thank you very much!!!!


27 posted on 05/28/2023 4:54:14 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: pas

As dog food they’d be fine.


28 posted on 05/28/2023 6:08:10 PM PDT by CletusVanDamme (The breaking point will be reached soon. )
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To: EvilCapitalist

Best thing about a squirrel haggis would be that there is so little of it.


29 posted on 05/28/2023 6:09:26 PM PDT by _longranger81
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To: nickcarraway

“Silo, a “zero-waste” restaurant in east London...”

So..they don’t need garbage cans out behind the restaurant?


30 posted on 05/28/2023 6:20:33 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: nickcarraway

Will they be serving up third world illegal invaders? Soylent Eritrean?


31 posted on 05/28/2023 6:40:35 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: nickcarraway

Grows from four to five people. One restaurant will make big news today but will be out of business in under two years.


32 posted on 05/28/2023 7:28:13 PM PDT by webheart
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To: x

Black Squirrels Matter!


33 posted on 05/28/2023 7:35:48 PM PDT by dominusobiscum (Scripture is infallible, interpretations of Scripture not so much.)
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To: nickcarraway
Japanese Knotweed:


34 posted on 05/29/2023 12:21:08 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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