Rat Risotto and Emu Chips: Things Not to Eat in Australia

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By Andrew Moseman
Dec 10, 2009 3:37 AMNov 19, 2019 9:44 PM
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If you're planning a visit down under anytime soon, be careful what you eat. Australians are all kinds of annoyed about eating animals this week. First, an Aussie company came out with chips flavored like emu and kangaroo. I have no idea what emu and kangaroo taste like; I do know that majestic versions of these two animals adorn the national coat-of-arms. That could partially explain why an Australian scientist's proposal that people curb global warming by eating kangaroo (which don't produce the methane that cows do through burping) hasn't really taken hold. Devouring your national symbol just rubs some people the wrong way. From Reuters:

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