slippery slope.

apparently, it's acceptable among foodies to eat bears. i don't care for this trend one bit. pictured above is (brace yourself).... a bear dump.

wrong in so many ways. for example:

Then there is the biological fact that bears a) are omnivores like us, and b) look disturbingly like people when skinned. The American Indians put bears in a different spiritual place in part for this reason. Of all the things humans eat with any regularity, bears come closest to being us.

if you like eating people, you'll love eating bears.

My first impression is that bear looks like lamb. Very red, but far lighter than venison and darker than most pork. Closest match would be the darkest part of a high-quality pork shoulder. I put my nose up to the meat and inhaled. Surprisingly, there was no smell. Everything I'd heard about bear was that it was smelly.

What to do with this meat? In the kitchen, the most important thing you need to know about bear is that it is the single biggest vector for trichinosis in North America. No one gets trichinosis from domestic hogs anymore, but they sure do from wild boar, bear and, oddly, walrus.

in case none of this deters you, and you'd like to learn more about murdering and devouring nature's most delightful creature, there is a recipe in the article. and it is kind of entertaining.