Peoples Attitudes, Depression, Roadkill Recipes and Other Thoughts

[Craig H.]

Hi, Andy, and welcome back!

I spent about 10 minutes at the site, and have not even started to get a good look. I do know that it seems pretty impressive. Thanks for the link.

Randy, the tyres they are talking about are new. Only when they get a few miles on them do they become tired.

Craig

[Andy Bassett]

Geez Im only back two hours and you already taking a hand at my spelling. A man wouldnt need to enter the Coves with an inferiority complex.

Thanks for the website reviews, its only really a couple of months old. Positive criticisms also welcome.

BTW I can see that Kevin Mader is still haunting the Cove. I have been expecting him to turn up on the Business Books Bestseller List for some time as Americas latest Multi Millionaire Management Guru.

[Marc]

This thread has long been dormant, but I was reminded of it today while roving around the internet. When this thread started, This was what I thought of when someone spoke of roadkill. For those of you newer folks here in the Cove forums, this thread was started during an interesting time here in the forums, when personalities were running wild and so were the forums. But, all that said, this has been an interesting thread.

So - today I resurrect it (at least briefly) with this interesting (my opinion, of course) article:

Firm hits brakes on ‘road kill' candy
Production halted as activists call animal-shaped sweets tasteless
New Jersey animal activists want this candy taken off the shelves.

The Associated Press
Updated: 5:29 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2005

TRENTON, N.J. - Production of roadkill-shaped candy screeched to a halt Friday, as Kraft Foods Inc. announced it would stop manufacturing the treats amid protests by animal rights activists.

"We take comments from our consumers really seriously and, in hindsight, we understand that this product could be misunderstood," said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann.

After receiving a complaint from the NJSPCA Wednesday, Kraft officials pulled an animated advertisement from Trolli's Web site that featured car headlights and animals. No other decisions on changes have been made, said Kraft spokesman Larry Baumann.

"If you look across the Gummi category we certainly have many products that are offbeat, and that's what we were doing in this case," Baumann said. "We didn't mean to offend anyone."

Kraft plans to stop production of the fruity-flavored Trolli Road Kill Gummi Candyas soon as possible and then sell off remaining inventory, Baumann said.

The announcement came after the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested that the the candy, which is shaped like critters run over by cars — complete with tire treads — encouraged children to be cruel to animals.

"It sends the wrong message to children, that it's OK to harm animals. And that's the wrong message, especially from a so-called wholesome corporation like Kraft," said society spokesman Matthew Stanton.

This is dedicated to all of you who here who contributed Roadkill Recipes in this thread.

I also want to point out that there are, of course, more concise Roadkill Recipe web sites... I like this one Highland Way Online where the publisher says:

You must realise how hard it is to get fresh roadkill, armed only with a pushbike.

And there is, of course, The Roadkill Quarterly for devotees.

For those of you living in West Virginia (I'm staying away from mentioning Arkansas ), you have your yearly 'get together' at The Pocahontas County, WV - 13th. Annual RoadKill Cook-off

Enjoy!

[Wes Bucey]

I live in an area where your vehicle is more likely to make fatal contact with a whitetail deer than a neighbor's dog. The only problem with that is sometimes more than the deer suffers a fatality as a result of the impact.

Knowing how well the deer feed when they browse my yard, I wouldn't hesitate to cook and eat a fresh local kill.

From a recent report by the Forest Preserve HQ 1/2 mile canoe paddle up the river from my home:

The Lake County Forest Preserve District is made up of over 20,246 acres of land located around Lake County, Illinois. The Forest Preserve District manages woodlands, marshes, prairies, savannas, fens, and conservation areas. The forest preserve district was organized in 1958. Its headquarters are located in Libertyville, Illinois.

Many of the natural areas in Lake County have been fragmented by urban growth. So one of the main goals of the Forest Preserve District is to maintain a balance between animals and their surroundings. Because of this, they have found that they need to manage the number of deer in the county, especially to help protect the ecological balance needed for endangered and rare species that also exist in the county.

This is their picture, not mine:

[Marc]

See Post 201 and the followup posts to it in this thread. Good information on how to tell the difference between an ISO Auditor and a Raccoon...

Reading throught this thread brings back a lot of memories...

I haven't seen anyone tell us how to tell the difference between an ISO auditor and a deer. Yet... Any takers???



Just in case, if you go to a Single Post view, you can go to the post in the thread context by clicking the link at the top.

[Al Dyer]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, The old days when the west was young. This was one of my favorite threads with many an interesting recipe as well as banter to match. It also came at an opportune moment.

Last Friday we picked up my sons car from the bump shop. $4,000+ of damage after hitting a large doe. Scared the pants off of him and the car behind him when they hit her again. The doe got up after a couple of minutes and ran back in the woods. (the does are tough even north of Detroit)

The police were called to take a report and in doing so asked where the doe was. As the officer put it (paraphrased) "I'm not going in the woods in the snow to look for it so I'll be leaving now and won't be back here for a few hours."

My son departed the scene as the two fellows in the truck produced a ball bat, rope and attitude then started searching for the doe mumbling something about making up for the Go***mn deductable. So it goes in this part of the woods.

Al...

[Marc]

Also see Post 370 in this thread. It's a winner!

[Marc]

In Reply to Parent Post by Mickeyman

Say, are these recipies serious or just for humor purposes??

Ummmmm...... Now that you mention it....

In Reply to Parent Post by db

Aren't we a bunch of sick puppies?

Ummmmm...... Now that you mention it....