Incredible edible invaders challenge our tastes

Speaking of strait-laced puritans, I hate the way leftists complain about “invasive species.” It reminds me of the DAR type womyn who once judged people not by the content of their character, but by when their ancestors came to America. Then the left turned around and imitatively trumped that by claiming that “native” Americans had superior moral authority because they had been here before the invasive Europeans. It’s all very -un-American. Hierarchical ranking of people based on how long ago their ancestors came here just plain sucks.

Whether with humans or animals. I mean, the left is into this global communitarian stuff, right? Plus, they are by their nature wedded to the animal rights agenda whether they like it or not. Now, animals immigrate, right? They cross borders without regard to law, right? Illegal human immigrants do the same thing, yet for reasons that I cannot fathom, I know that the the same left that loves illegal human immigrants absolutely hates illegal animal immigrants. Can anyone splain? Cause I cain’t.

All of these irreconcilable factoids were on my mind as I clicked on a link to Glenn Reynolds’ wonderful article about eating the invaders. In this case, invasive but tasty lion fish:

On a recent trip to the Cayman Islands, I accompanied dive operators Nat Robb and Art Hintze of Indepth Watersports on a number of lionfish hunts. Using a three-pronged spear, they impaled lionfish, snipped off the spines and fed them to groupers. On many occasions, the groupers snatched them off the spear and gulped them down before the spines were even removed—the spines can inflict a painful sting on people, but these fish didn’t seem to mind—demonstrating that they’d learned from prior observation that lionfish make a tasty snack. In fact, at one dive site, groupers began clustering and following us as soon as they saw the spear, as though it were an underwater dinner bell.

Will the groupers start hunting lionfish on their own? Let’s hope so. Even fish are capable of learning, when there’s a meal to be had.

Read it all. The author shamelessly admits that he “snacked on lionfish sashimi prepared carpaccio-style with lime juice, olive oil and capers—and it was very good” and that “the flesh tastes like something between Chilean sea bass and lobster.”

And what could possibly be wrong with that? We’re on the same planet, right?

I  love win-win deals.

Edible invaders should be welcomed.

(I’d say even if they seem inedible, but that might sound exploitative. I hate to judge simply on the basis of taste.)


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6 responses to “Incredible edible invaders challenge our tastes”

  1. handworn Avatar
    handworn

    I can ‘splain. Animal immigrants don’t vote and can’t be controlled any way but by violence.

  2. Kathy Kinsley Avatar
    Kathy Kinsley

    It’s got to do with this environment/ecology thing (odd, since the left does embrace evolution).

    Their rule seems to be: “The ecology in any particular are MUST NEVER CHANGE.” Despite the fact that it always has/always will. Doesn’t matter if it’s humans/other animals/plants/weather/Gaia doing the changing; things MUST REMAIN AS THEY WERE.

    I really don’t understand that – you’d think that would be the conservative position…

  3. SDN Avatar
    SDN

    Look at FL, where they want to blow millions in govt funds to “control” the pythons people have turned loose. Heck, let the governor have a pair of python skin boots and announce “Open season, no bag limit” on pythons. The good old boys will clean that problem up right quick….

  4. Kathy Kinsley Avatar
    Kathy Kinsley

    LOL – great example. Especially since I live in Florida. And you are (or the pythons – and boas are) DEAD right.

    Good eating too, at least the boas are – haven’t tried python.

  5. John S. Avatar
    John S.

    You know, an interesting idea for a Sci-fi movie would an alien invasion of Earth, but with the twist that instead of them coming to eat us, we discover that we can eat THEM…

  6. Leon C Avatar
    Leon C

    To be consistent, shouldn’t you stop using the phrase “native americans” and use the more consisten and accurate “siberian americans”?