Have You Ever Eaten Coyote?

[howdy]

I went to two survival schools in the Marines....one in Flight School and the other was S.E.R.E. (Search, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) I can tell you, after 1 or two days with no food, you will eat ANYTHING.

[rotor]

My relatives come from eastern Europe. Grandma cooked almost every organ food you can think of. I won't gross you out by telling you what she cooked but they were poor and nothing was ever wasted. You just have to develop a taste for it all. Never tried coyote but I imagine it tastes like dog and I never tried that as a dog lover but I understand that the Vietnamese love dog meat.

Armadillo is a different story and you can get leprosy from handling or eating them. If cooked well they are safe to eat but I can't see eating one no matter how it's cooked.

[Jusme]

I have always kept an open mind regarding what I eat. I have eaten several types of wild game including squirrels and possum, but coyote has never been one of my menu choices. That said, I agree that many things,will come down to a case of survival. I haven't ruled it out as a food source, but it would not make the top of my list it and would be after several other choices were unavailable. JMHO

[jason812]

Coyote, coon, crow, are all basically the same as a buzzard. If I was hungry, real hungry it wouldn't matter but given the choice, uh no.

Rattlesnake is like a cross between fish and frog legs but with a thousand bones it seems like.

[John Galt]

Did it taste like chicken?

I don't want to eat anything that tastes like chicken, other than chicken.

[boxermoose]

Did it taste like chicken?

I'd have thought it'd like roadrunner

[jason812]

Did it taste like chicken?

I'd have thought it'd like roadrunner

Tangent: I've wondered, what were roadrunners called before there were roads?

[joe817]

Did it taste like chicken?

I'd have thought it'd like roadrunner

Tangent: I've wondered, what were roadrunners called before there were roads?

They were called chaparral birds. They are fun to watch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner

[The Annoyed Man]

Did it taste like chicken?

I'd have thought it'd like roadrunner

Tangent: I've wondered, what were roadrunners called before there were roads?

They were called chaparral birds. They are fun to watch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner

They are fun to watch, but I've been eternally disappointed over the years to never hear one go "mee-meep!®" They are kind of the avian version of a mini-velociraptor.

[Skiprr]

They are fun to watch, but I've been eternally disappointed over the years to never hear one go "mee-meep!®" They are kind of the avian version of a mini-velociraptor.

And to think the 'toons first appearance was September, 1949, in a piece titled "Fast and Furry-ous." I kid you not, Vin Diesel.

[lildave40]

While stationed in korea I at what they called gegogi. It was dog and pretty good too.

[Bayoutalker]

Did it taste like chicken?

The crow or the other meats? The rattlesnake had sort of a neutral flavor, so I guess the closest thing would be chicken with fish bones. The possum tasted just like you'd think possum taste and the racoon tasted like greasy possum.

Raccoon can be very good but it must be cleaned properly and all glands removed. After that, the method of cooking can make a world of difference. We had an old lady that we brought coons to that knew what to do with them. At lunch she would bring us a plate of oven roasted coon with butter beans and candied yams. It don't get better than that.

Another animal I've eaten that can be pretty good is nutria.

[Pig Renter]

I keep seeing people comment about the poster who stated he's eaten his fair share of crow. I originally took this to be a joke.

Were you being literal or just throwing some humor in there? Just curious.

[Pig Renter]

As far as coyotes and other dogs go, I read a book called "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose (author of Band of Brothers) about the Lewis and Clark expedition. In their daily log book they reported that when they got low on meat they began eating their dogs. They were very pleased with the taste and actually preferred it over elk meat and would actually trade Indians for more dogs later on specifically to be used for food.

I've always felt that as humans, especially Americans, what we consider to be suitable meat or not is hugely psychological. I agree to a degree that "meat is meat". For instance, a horse is a beautiful animal. We have an emotional attachment to them. They are great tools, "pets", graceful. But for most of us, even thinking of butchering one and eating it sounds barbaric. Yet, emotions aside, genetically a horse, if it were any other animal, would seem to qualify as an excellent meat animal. So why do we cringe when we hear of other cultures who eat horse?

Not sure if this is fair comparison to coyote or not. But my point is until we taste any animal, how do we know if it's good or not. But to answer the question, no, I don't think I'd care to process coyotes and eat them regularly. But I will try anything once.