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------=_Part_2000_18313387.1123666861981 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/8/05, Simon Wistow <simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > http://www.osgrow.co.uk Brilliant! Too bad they don't ship internationally but hey, I could've=20 ofcourse figured that out myself.=20 It's strange, the kind of attraction this has on people/me. I'm immediately= =20 curious and Need To Have it, even though after having kangaroo and crocodil= e=20 steaks (not quite common but around in a lot of rather seedy restaurants in= =20 .nl) I find that it's not that special, especially compared to what a decen= t=20 chef can do with 'normal' ingredients.=20 So why is it that when I'm looking at this site that I get positively=20 excited and, as mentioned, Need To Have it? When I was in French Guyana (after a 3 month research stint in the=20 rainforest) we went to a 'game' type restaurant where they served Agouti=20 (one of our research objectives). After eating there we knew for sure why= =20 Agouti's are dying out anywhere humans can get near enough; they taste=20 brilliant and their first instinct in seeing a hunter is to sit perfectly= =20 still and stare... Richard (who is very glad to be lurking on this list) ------=_Part_2000_18313387.1123666861981 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 8/8/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sende= rname">Simon Wistow</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx">simon@t= hegestalt.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; p= adding-left: 1ex;"> <br> <a href=3D"http://www.o= sgrow.co.uk">http://www.osgrow.co.uk</a></blockquote><div><br>; <br> Brilliant! Too bad they don't ship internationally but hey, I could've ofco= urse figured that out myself. <br> <br> It's strange, the kind of attraction this has on people/me. I'm immediately curious and Need To Have it, even though after having kangaroo and crocodile steaks (not quite common but around in a lot of rather seedy restaurants in .nl) I find that it's not that special, especially compared to what a decent chef can do with 'normal' ingredients. <br> So why is it that when I'm looking at this site that I get positively excit= ed and, as mentioned, Need To Have it?<br> <br> When I was in French Guyana (after a 3 month research stint in the rainforest) we went to a 'game' type restaurant where they served Agouti (one of our research objectives). After eating there we knew for sure why Agouti's are dying out anywhere humans can get near enough; they taste brilliant and their first instinct in seeing a hunter is to sit perfectly still and stare...<br> <br> Richard (who is very glad to be lurking on this list)<br> </div><br></div><br> ------=_Part_2000_18313387.1123666861981--
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