A Thorny Meal

December 19, 2009

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Yours Truly came upon an interesting group of some ethnic tribe from a long long forgotten lost nation. (To add to the dramatic effect of the story bah....)

They seems to be performing some ancient feast ritual using a long forgotten ancient method of BBQ-ing. The sacrificial animal have thorny spiky thing all over its body. Upon inspection, it is a freaking porcupine. A freaking PORCUPINE. I mean, people only see this in cartoons or movies. Ahem. The type that shoots its thorns when it felt threatened.

And now, it is waiting to BECOME the dinner.

In case you don't know what is a porcupine, here's a description from Wikipedia:

Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend them from predators. They are endemic in both the Old World and the New World. Porcupines are the third largest of the rodents, behind the capybara and the beaver.

Most porcupines are about 25–36 in (63–91 cm) long, with an 8–10 in (20–25 cm) long tail. Weighing between 12–35 lb (5.4–16 kg), they are rounded, large and slow. Porcupines come in various shades of brown, grey, and the unusual white. Porcupines' spiny protection resembles that of the unrelated erinaceomorph hedgehogs and monotreme echidnas.

The name "porcupine" comes from Middle French porc d'épine which could be translated as "thorny porc", "spined porc" or "quilled porc", hence the nickname "quill pig" for the animal. A group of porcupines is called a "prickle".

There you have it, one porcupine for dinner coming right up.

Mr Porcupine Captured

Mr Porcupine ponder its fate

Mr Porcupine being 'prepared' for the ritual

So, after carefully extracting the porcupine from the cage (remember the flying thorny spiky thingy?), the head chef of the tribe does his magic in handling the beast by calming it down and in one swift motion slit its throat and let the beast bleed to the death. (Maybe it is a halal thing to do. I suppose. Or probably it would be better than to just chop off its head whole. Like how ya slaughter a chicken ya?)

Pulling out the thorns/spikes

Clearing the furs

OMG....it stares~~~~

Cleaning in process

Clean Clean Clean

Almost done

Wash Wash Wash

Cleaning the feet

Then, suddenly one of the tribesman shouted in some unknown language and gesture all of the kids around to get near him and shows them the following:

Oh yes, it is a beast biological lesson 101 for the kids.

"Kids, this is a porcupine's male reproductive organ aka PorcuPenis"

After giving some education, the tribesman continue to diligently clean the prized meal for the ancient feast ritual.

Rub Rub Rub

Wash wash wash and rub rub rub

In case you are wondering where the heck is the porcupine's head, well in the cleaning process it was chopped off and cleaned separately. The head deserves a better treatment then being lumped together with the body. Ahem. Apparently the head is also BBQ-ed. Here, the picture of the cleaned porcupine head called PorcuHead.