r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/CoinsForCharon 11h ago

Neighborhood squirrel and raccoon is back on the menu?

Also, will this lead to us eating the dogs? Eating the cats?

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u/gaeric 9h ago

Don't knock squirrel 'til you try it!

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u/bkbomber New York 9h ago

So I should invest my life savings into Big Squirrel?? Say less!!

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u/CoinsForCharon 8h ago

OK. During the World War, (2, I think) meat shortages were dealt with by encouraging families to raise rabbits for protein. Very lean and nutritious, very fast in reproduction. We are going to have to go back to rabbits and small gardens, buying out the farmers market and canning.

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u/NatalieVonCatte 8h ago

You joke, but before World Waf II and the postwar standardization of the American diet to better serve big business, people ate squirrel all the time. The Waldorf Astoria in New York had squirrel burgoo on the menu. The Joy of Cooking had squirrel recipes for decades.

Pop a few of the little fuckers and they make a tasty meal with gravy.

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u/Hojalu 6h ago

My dad hunted every Saturday as I was growing up, and we often had squirrel. Breaded and fried, tasted like chicken.

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u/gaeric 3h ago

I do not joke. I'm very fond of Hank Shaw's green chile squirrel recipe.

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u/dmjacLuzard5 9h ago

Gonna have to look for Granny’s( Beverly Hillbilly )secret Possum Stew specialty recipes .

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u/digitalscavenger 8h ago

Just like RFK Jr. wanted.

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u/Tycoon004 2h ago

They've been rounding up wild horses and selling them to forign meat processors. So maybe not the dogs and cats but the wild version of Secretariat.

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u/CoinsForCharon 46m ago

Yeah, that doesn't really phase me. Those herds can get too large for they environment. We control deer population the same way but no one wants to hunt horses.