Python On The Menu
A restaurant chain in the UK is offering a python curry for Halloween this week:
Tracey Kitchener-Kemp, Managing Director of Tootsies, said: “It may sound like a trick but it’s definitely a treat. Hallowe'en is a great time of year to do something a little different, and we’ve had huge amounts of fun creating a dish that can be enjoyed by both our adult and junior guests alike.Remember the "eat lionfish" campaign? Imagine curry with locally-sourced Everglades Burmese pythons. Another item to try: fried Cuban Tree Frog legs. Iguana soup to follow the lionfish ceviche. There's a menu for a big fancy benefit dinner in here somewhere. We could call it "Invasive Species on the Table" and direct all proceeds toward conservation efforts.“We’re always looking to be innovative with our menus and python is certainly the most original ingredient we have ever worked with. Those who dare to give it a go will be very pleasantly surprised.”
Tootsies said the python had been sourced from a specialist meat supplier.
Tootsies puts snake curry on the menu [Big Hospitality]
Eat Lionfish, Save The Reefs [MP: South Florida]
Photo, of a Burmese python in Big Cypress: piccolo.drago/flickr
